Category: Brazil
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Mineiridade. What is that?
Estava eu quieto no meu canto, aí aparece alguém e me pergunta o que mineiridade. Tomei algumas palavras emprestadas aqui e acolá para poder explicar com jeito e na mais singela tradução um pouco do nosso mineirês… O escritor mineiro João Guimarães Rosa, traduziu Minas Gerais por meio daquilo que os mais de 20 milhões…
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Brazil Begins Large-Scale Vaccinations Against Dengue
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is a viral infection transmitted from mosquitoes to people. It is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. The majority of people infected with dengue do not show symptoms. But for those who do, the most common symptoms are high fever, headache, body aches, nausea, and rash.…
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Lula proclaimed 2024 as the ‘National Year of Fernando Sabino’
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The Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva approved the law that will declare 2024 as the ‘National Year of Fernando Sabino’. The aim is to celebrate and recognize the significant contribution of the author to Brazilian literature on the centenary of his birth. He would have turned 100 years old on October 12 of…
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Preteens Flood Sephora in Search of Anti-Aging Products
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in Asia, Brazil, children, Europe, Fashion, Geral, Health, Inside, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South America, United States, Women, WorldSwarms of preteens are flooding Sephora stores across the country in search of makeup and anti-aging products. Some experts argue that this trend is becoming an epidemic and that these products are generally not suitable for children. Videos of girls crowding the aisles of Sephora with baskets loaded with hundreds of dollars in products have…
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Rio strengthens security ahead of carnival festivities
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Rio Carnival celebrations officially began last weekend, along with monitoring efforts to ensure the safety of revelers.
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U.S. Offers English Course for 300 Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Youth
The Embassy and Consulates of the United States in Brazil, through the Regional English Language Office (RELO), in partnership with the +Unidos Group, are selecting 300 young people for the Access E2C 2024 program (English to Connect, Communicate, Catalyze), a course that promotes language teaching for the Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous population. Interested individuals must reside…
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US Extends Waiver of Interview for American Visa Until the End of 2024
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The United States government has renewed the rule, in effect since the Covid pandemic, that allows consulates and embassies to waive the requirement for an in-person interview for the issuance or renewal of certain types of visas. The rule, published at the end of December by the U.S. Department of State, is valid until the…
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2023 is the Hottest Year Ever Recorded in Brazil
The year 2023 was the hottest in the history of the planet and also the hottest ever recorded in Brazil. The average temperature in the country was 24.92 degrees Celsius (°C), 0.69°C above the historical average for 1991–2020, which is 24.23°C. According to a survey by the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet), nine of the…
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2023 Is the Hottest Year Ever Recorded in Brazil
The year 2023 was the hottest in the history of the planet and also the hottest ever recorded in Brazil. The average temperature in the country was 24.92 degrees Celsius (°C), 0.69°C above the historical average of 1991–2020, which was 24.23°C. According to a survey by the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet), nine of the…
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Hague Tribunal: South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide
A hearing on Friday (12) concluded two days of argument presentation in a case brought by South Africa, a long-time critic of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, against Israel for the alleged crime of genocide against the Palestinian people since the onset of the war in the Gaza Strip, following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October…