Author: The Brasilians NewsPaper
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Vanessa Jackson and “A Salute to Whitney Houston”
In the show “A Salute to Whitney Houston” that took place at the Teatro Antônio Fagundes in Rio de Janeiro, star Vanessa Jackson surprised the audience with her powerful voice and embodiment of the singer, which is practically impossible to interpret. It is no news to anyone that Whitney Houston was one of the most…
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Olavo de Carvalho
Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (1947) was born in Campinas, São Paulo, on April 26, 1947. He began his career as a journalist at Empresa Folha da Manhã S/A and later worked at the magazine Planeta. He was a columnist for the newspapers Folha de São Paulo and O Globo, and for the magazine Bravo.Olavo…
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Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos (1944-2016), the stage name of Juvenal de Holanda Vasconcelos, was born in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, on August 2, 1944. At eleven, he received his first musical instrument – a bangô, a gift from his father. By the age of 12, he was already playing at parties in the capital of Pernambuco.…
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Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (1958) was born in Bay City, Michigan, USA, on August 16, 1958. The daughter of an Italian family, she became an orphan at the age of five. She taught dance and piano. She received a scholarship to the University of Michigan. When she was in her first semester, she was invited to…
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Plastic Straws, the Number 1 Enemy
Banning the consumption of plastic straws has become an almost irreversible trend in 2018. The Starbucks coffee chain announced that it will stop using plastic straws in stores worldwide by 2020, avoiding the consumption of over a billion straws. The fast food chain McDonald’s also recently announced that it will stop using the accessory in…
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Sustainable Practices Adopted by Companies
Did you know that disposable plastic takes, on average, 250 to 400 years to decompose? And that to produce one kilogram of paper, 540 liters of water are needed? Furthermore, for every ton, two to three tons of wood are used? Now imagine how much we use these materials in our daily lives and how…
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Chris Barreto launches Urban-Art collection
Chris Barreto chooses Soho to launch her URBAN-ART Collection. The collection was inspired by the street graffiti art of New York City and the campaign was launched in collaboration with photographer Marcos Vasconcelos for the release of Fashion Magazine NY.The collection features unique and unusual pieces, such as hand-painted t-shirts with Art Faces themes and…
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Daydreams of Light
“We are living in a challenging moment in the world. The shadow has come to the surface. What was hidden is being revealed, and this does not only refer to the political-economic-social situation, but to each one of us. The way we react to this moment also reveals our shadows. This is not bad. We…
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James Brown
James Brown was an American singer, songwriter, and music producer, author of “I Feel Good,” one of the biggest hits of his career. The inventor of funk, he became one of the biggest names in showbiz. James Joseph Brown Jr. was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, on March 3, 1933. Abandoned by his mother, he…
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Operation Gota Brings Vaccines to Hard-to-Reach Areas
Since May, the Operation Gota of the Ministry of Health has been delivering vaccines to indigenous, rural, and riverside populations in 785 hard-to-reach locations across 25 cities in Amazonas, Acre, Pará, and Amapá. The populations will be vaccinated against measles, yellow fever, and meningitis, as well as other preventable diseases, with the help of aircraft…