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Brazil’s Rousseff going to UN over impeachment
Beleaguered Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will travel to New York in a bid to rally international support against her impeachment, leaving behind a Cabinet paralyzed by political crisis as another minister defected on Wednesday. Rousseff aides said the leftist leader … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, crisis, government, Justice, Opposition, Parliament, Politics, President, UN, usa, Vulnerability
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The story of cities #15: the rise and ruin of Rio de Janeiro’s first favela | Cities | The Guardian
Since it was first built by war veterans in 1897, Morro da Providência has become a complex symbol of poverty, violence and sentimentality, fetishised in popular culture. But where do the favelas fit into Brazil’s vision for the Olympic Games? … Continue reading
Story of cities #27: Singapore – the most meticulously planned city in the world | Cities | The Guardian
Lee Kuan Yew’s vice-like grip on power helped create a byword for cleanliness, efficiency and safety. What lies beneath this ‘Disneyland with the death penalty’? Source: Story of cities #27: Singapore – the most meticulously planned city in the … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, Culture, Economics, Metropolis, Politics, Urban
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The Storming
Manchester School of Samba as part of The Storming by Humberto Vélez, an event at the former Cornerhouse for Home in 2015.
Posted in Costume, Dance, Drumming, Manchester, Music
Tagged Anthony Watt, Art, brazilian style, Choreography, Coco, creatives, film, Humberto Vélez, Manchester, Politics, rhythm, samba
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The coup unfolds
On Wednesday, three supreme court judges publicly scolded President Dilma Rousseff for describing the impeachment vote in the house of deputies as a coup. They were Celso de Mello, Dias Toffoli, and, no surprise, Gilmar Mendes. The judges’ grounds for … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Congress, crisis, impeachment, judiciary, Politics, usa
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And after Dilma goes? — news and views
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff isn’t accused of participating in the Lava Jato scandal. There is zero evidence linking her to this. Instead, she is accused of allowing a misleading presentation of the budget deficit by including funds from state-owned banks. … Continue reading
Corrupt Politicians In Brazil Could Bring Their Whole Political Class Down
THIS IS A NEWSWEEK ARTICLE THAT I COPY PASTED FOR YOU TO GET A CHANCE TO READ OPINION ROUSSEFF’S IMPEACHMENT MEANS YEARS OF MAYHEM BY MARIEKE RIETHOF ON 4/19/16 AT 7:42 AM Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in June 2013. The … Continue reading
The Dirty Business with the Car Wash
The fifth largest country in the world is called a defective democracy. Because what is happening these days, just revealed the level of corruption that had been taken place in the last 20 years in this South American country. Yesterday … Continue reading
What if…
Picture from: Pinterest Kinshasa, RD Congo What if…all the soldiers in the world were to have dinner with those they were fighting against, on December 25th. A dinner where they would share food, pictures of their families and tell stories … Continue reading
Bilateral: Power
India and Brazil sat together and stared at a dragon struggling to pull a sword from its stomach. Above it was an elegant white bird perched atop the shell of its former life. Brazil’s eyes were drawn away from the mural and to … Continue reading
Eduardo Cunha, the nemesis of Brazil’s beleaguered president, is now the one feeling the heat
Eduardo Cunha — the speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress who wants to see President Rousseff impeached —is under pressure over his alleged role in a major kickback scheme in the state-controlled oil company Petrobras. http://bentavener.com/2015/12/15/eduardo-cunha-the-nemesis-of-brazils-beleaguered-president-is-now-the-one-feeling-the-heat/
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Tagged Brazil, crime, Dilma Rousseff, Eduardo Cunha, Investigations, Lava Jato, Michel Temer, Operation Lava Jato, PMDB, Police, Politics
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RSA Animate – The Power of Outrospection
Posted in Finance, Politics
Tagged animation, Art, comparison, creatives, Culture, Economics, empathy, infrastructure, Metropolis, philosophy, Politics, Urban
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