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Brazil: The country pays homage to the Samba masterGlobal Voices Online » Music - 11 hours ago Before reading on, please check out the accompanying samba soundtrack for this post. If he was alive, Angenor de Oliveira (1908-1980), better known as Cartola, would be celebrating 100 years this October 11. To put it … Also tagged: music, americas, history, weblog, photos, brazil, arts and 038 culture |
Global Voices Online » Americas - Oct 12, 2008
Manoel Netto [pt] announces the arrival of Brazilian social media product Brasigo, a product based on user generated content tailored to Brazilians. “We fully believe in Social Media and we are investing our time …
Also tagged: americas, roundups, brazil, software and 038 tools
Global Voices Online » Food - Oct 12, 2008
Leocardo [pt] describes how the melamine crisis has changed some of the consumer habits in Macau. He inquired the owner of the family owned supermarket next to his home if she had noticed any differences. “She told she …
Also tagged: food, roundups, economics, east asia, macau china
Global Voices Online » Arts & Culture - Oct 12, 2008
Emerson Santiago [pt] writes at Patafurdia Magazine about akonting, the musical instrument found in Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. “The Portuguese colonizers and the North American slaves owners …
Also tagged: music, angola, history, language, roundups, sénégal, guinea bissau, sub saharan africa, gambia, arts and 038 culture
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Brazil: The country pays homage to the Samba masterGlobal Voices Online - Oct 12, 2008 Before reading on, please check out the accompanying samba soundtrack for this post. If he was alive, Angenor de Oliveira (1908-1980), better known as Cartola, would be celebrating 100 years this October 11. To put it … Also tagged: music, americas, history, weblog, photos, brazil, arts and 038 culture |
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Brazil: A day in jail for blog commentsGlobal Voices Online » Governance - Oct 10, 2008 Interrupting his blogging holidays, police officer Alexandre de Sousa [pt] posts in solidarity with Major Roberto Cavalcante Vianna, the first Brazilian citizen jailed for commenting on a blog: Fui aluno do Major … Also tagged: americas, law, general, weblog, freedom of speech, brazil, governance, cyber activism |
Global Voices Online » Sub-Saharan Africa - Oct 6, 2008
João Branco comments on Cape Verde's achievement going two points up to the respected 3rd place in the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. “This is an important piece of news, given the fairly rigorous and serious way …
Also tagged: development, roundups, cape verde, sub saharan africa
Global Voices Online » Weblog - Oct 5, 2008
Queue in Santos, state of São Paulo. Photo by Flickr user Luana Garrido used with permission. Over 128 million Brazilians are today choosing 5,563 mayors for cities and towns, and 52,137 city councilors. Despite the …
Also tagged: americas, history, weblog, freedom of speech, photos, élections, brazil
Global Voices Online - Oct 4, 2008
Visit to Carandiru, photo by Flickr user silmaraelis, published under a Creative Commons license. The caption says “the souls had longer been forgotten there”. The Carandiru Massacre, considered a major human rights …
Also tagged: human rights, americas, video, general, history, weblog, feature, brazil, governance, humanitarian
Global Voices Online » Americas - Oct 3, 2008
Visit to Carandiru, photo by Flickr user silmaraelis, published under a Creative Commons license. The caption says “the souls had longer been forgotten there”. The Carandiru Massacre, considered a major human rights …
Also tagged: human rights, americas, video, general, history, weblog, brazil, governance, humanitarian