Tag: south america
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July 20, 2006 02:24 AM EDT --
by Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Counterpunch
For decades now the green movement has been tying itself in knots about this part of the world. The forest which covers Amazonia, 60 per cent of the land area . . .
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March 23, 2009 06:16 PM EDT --
Petropolis, Brasil, is a city in the State of Rio de Janeiro where intellectuals, artists and craftsmen have long congregated. It is a young and beautiful city filled with university students . . .
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March 25, 2009 06:04 PM EDT --
During a recent tour of Rio de Janeiro (the city) I visited the Carmen Miranda Museum. It has many of her private possessions (including her shoes!) and her elaborate wardrobe as a gift from her . . .
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October 18, 2009 03:34 PM EDT --
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security: Dwight David Eisenhower : 34th president of the United States, 1890-1969
Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, is . . .
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August 23, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
To me, anything presented by John Pilger is Pure Intelligent Truth. He has been doing documenties for decades and it is interesting to watch his natural aging process over the years. He even . . .
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August 21, 2007 09:45 AM EDT --
In three days I will be embarking upon the biggest adventure of my life! I will be joining a research team in Costa Rica, where I will spend two weeks learning about sustainable coffee farming. Before . . .
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May 13, 2008 09:08 PM EDT --
It is not only tragedies and violence of centuries past which leaves their mark on our modern world, victims of the most recent heinous also attempt to communicate their suffering to us.
In . . .
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December 22, 2008 08:49 PM EST --
We've seen toucans being used for advertisements for a certain cereal. I hope to give you some warm weather critters this winter. The toco toucan is the largest . . .
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April 09, 2009 03:04 PM EDT --
Paraty ( the “t” is pronounced as a “ch” as in “ParaCHEE”)
Paraty is a UNESCO World heritage site on the . . .
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May 06, 2009 11:35 PM EDT --
In Europe, South America and in Mexico as in a lot of other countries in the world it is perfectly acceptable for females or males to walk hand in hand through the streets or the parks or wherever with . . .
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November 26, 2006 11:19 PM EST --
Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez on Sunday promised hundreds of thousands of supporters he would win a resounding victory in his December 3 reelection bid he describes as a challenge to Washington. . . .
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April 05, 2007 12:09 AM EDT --
Books reviews are not my forte. In fact, I've never written a review of any book I read, ever. Reading "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario, however, really set my hair follicles . . .
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June 05, 2007 06:04 AM EDT --
What is it with these people coming across the border illegally? They want to enter the United States of America. But why do so without bothering to go through the proper . . .
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March 05, 2008 06:24 PM EST --
The question here has to do with Truth. Where does the Truth lie?
We all know that Hugo Chavez is a bit of a troublemaker. He loves to give speeches extolling the virtues of leftist idealogy, and the . . .
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October 05, 2008 10:20 AM EDT --
I found this vidoe of a ghostly apparition on the web. It looks extremely fake to me, but as usual the person who took the video claims, yes, it it real. You be the judge. What do you . . .
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November 21, 2008 05:25 PM EST --
CNN
November 21, 2008
Variations of two deadly superbugs that had previously only been discovered in the United States have surfaced in South America.
The drug-resistant microorganisms . . .
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December 23, 2008 11:43 PM EST --
The past twenty years of our South America policy has been a disaster!!!!!We have totally alienated US from South America and Cuba. We need to send a special envoy with the goal of literally getting . . .
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January 18, 2008 04:47 PM EST --
Hello everyone, we have been busy preparing for the South American Member Cruise. The timeline is decreasing; however, my list seems to grow longer every day with the work for the events to take place . . .
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February 05, 2008 01:28 PM EST --
The time is drawing near and I'm sure everyone is gearing up. This past weekend, some of our member crew headed their way down to South America to board the Radiance of the Seas and prepare . . .
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December 26, 2007 09:36 PM EST --
KIVA STORIES
kivashare.gather.com (moderated) This group will share stories of loans made to entrepreneurs through Kiva.org.
The owner will moderate, the content . . .
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