Author: The Brasilians NewsPaper
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Pilobolus Dance Theater
Dancers who are also acrobats or vice versa. Bodies that merge with others or unusual materials, creating surprising shapes. It is done in such an original or innovative way that the American company, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, founded 46 years ago, was a pioneer in the style, largely responsible for a revolution in the modern dance…
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Daya Luz is “Everything Good”
Daya Luz emerges as the new name in the Brazilian pop scene. It hasn’t been long since the music video for “Olha pra mim,” her first single, was released on YouTube. Currently, the video has over 1.3 million views. The next chapter is a real-life fairy tale. Daya was at the Comic Con Experience, the…
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Zé do Pedal gives a lecture in the United States
Social activist José Geraldo de Souza Castro (Zé do Pedal), 59, was invited by the organizing committee of the Centennial Convention of Lions Clubs International to give a lecture on his experience in Africa during the two years he spent on that continent, to be held from June 28 to July 4 in Chicago, United…
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The Lost Reflection and Other Foolish Tales, E.T.A. Hoffmann
Synopsis: This collection titled “The Lost Reflection and Other Foolish Tales” is organized, translated, prefaced, and annotated by Maria Aparecida Barbosa – from “Reflections of the Cat Murr”, also published by Estação Liberdade – and offers a comprehensive and revealing selection of the works of E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822). The texts attest to the stylistic and…
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From Cuba, Ivan Lins spoke to ONU News about his participation in International Jazz Day
In June, Brazilian singer and songwriter Ivan Lins turns 72 years old. More than half of this journey is dedicated to melody. The chemical engineer who discovered his true vocation in the combinations of chords that would result in the formation of MPB asserts that music has a transformative power: “Music works miracles. Music heals,…
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Brazil Receives Beef from the USA
Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that the first shipment of fresh beef from the United States has arrived in Brazil after a 13-year hiatus. The entry of American beef into the Brazilian market presents a promising long-term economic opportunity for U.S. beef producers. “With the reopening of the vast Brazilian market to the U.S., American beef…
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Amazon offers shelter for the homeless
Amazon will open a shelter for the homeless in Seattle, providing temporary housing for up to 65 families.
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ExxonMobil funds partnerships at universities
The U.S. Department of State, Partners of the Americas, and NAFSA: Association of International Educators announced the winners of the Innovation Grant Fund 100,000 Strong in the Americas sponsored by ExxonMobil Corporation. The goal of 100,000 Strong in the Americas, the leading education initiative in the Western Hemisphere, is to increase the annual number of…
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Brazilian Laboratory is an International Reference
The National Agricultural Laboratory (Lanagro) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa), located in Goiânia (GO), has become a national and international reference after implementing the genetic sequencing (DNA) of 11 Brazilian species of freshwater fish.The data is available in the Bold Systems database at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. The…
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New Rules for Cancelling Health Plans
The new rules for contract cancellation of health plans at the request of the beneficiary came into effect in May in Brazil. According to the National Health Agency (ANS), the rules apply to contracts signed after January 1, 1999, or adapted to Law No. 9,656 of 1998. The resolution provides for immediate cancellation of the…