Tag Archives: Brazil

Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy

Posted on November 6, 2015 by agogo22

Luís Roberto Barroso, “Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy,” Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies ed. Rebecca J. Cook, Joanna N. Erdman, and Bernard M. Dickens (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) pp 258-278, … Continue reading →

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1.4 million Brazilians sign zero deforestation bill

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

Campaigners deliver 1.4 million signatures supporting the zero deforestation bill to the Brazilian congress Photo © Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado. For the past three years, Greenpeace Brazil has been collecting signatures in support of a bill to establish a zero deforestation … Continue reading →

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A penguin saved from an oil slick and the unusual friendship with a man in a Brazilian fishing village

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

By Sophie McAdam | Truce Activist   In 2011, João Pereira De Souza found a penguin on the beach of his home in South-East Brazil. The bird, a Magellanic penguin, was covered in oil and needed serious TLC. De Souza … Continue reading →

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ARCA, an arched retreat in the Brazilian rainforest | Atelier Marko Brajovic

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

The humid forest of Brazil’s Costa Verde is the setting for this unusual small house. Nicknamed “Arca” (“Ark”) by the locals for its resemblance to an overturned vessel, the arched house was built as a getaway by architect Marko Brajovic. … Continue reading →

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Post # 20 – Special Glasses

Posted on October 24, 2015 by agogo22

And I wear my special glasses On this fortress by the sea A broken sax and both of you, No one sees things like we see! By the river in Boston Where the little white boats Are like stars in … Continue reading →

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Nature | Exploring caves

Posted on October 23, 2015 by agogo22

Follow Us On Twitter People With Depression Can Have A Good Day? Description from photographer if any: By j_bispo Source: 500px.com https://thepicturesshow.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/nature-exploring-caves/

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How do they manage to have such clear water, Val?

Posted on October 23, 2015 by agogo22

There’s a national misconception that Brazilian movies are crap. And there is some fairness to this, because the most talked about and advertised movies are in fact the brainless comedies that, however, fill up the movie theaters for weeks on … Continue reading →

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Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete)

Posted on October 22, 2015 by agogo22

Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete) For the vinagrete: 1 medium red or white onion, chipped 2 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 medium green pepper, seeded and chopped 1 Tbsp cilantro, chopped 1 Tbsp green onion, green part only, … Continue reading →

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A Bavarian at Oktoberfest in Brazil and Germany for the first time

Posted on October 20, 2015 by agogo22

About six years ago somebody told me that the second biggest Oktoberfest is in Blumenau in Brazil and I knew that I had to go one day. Finally this year the time has come and of course I also had … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the jungle

Posted on October 20, 2015 by agogo22

We arrived in Manaus at 8 o’clock in the evening greeted by 30C/92F heat, which felt like 300 with the humidity. I pointed this out to the taxi driver, who proceeded to tell us how cool of a day it … Continue reading →

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