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Brazil Takes Stand on FARC

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:23:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Good to hear this...hope he means it.

Brazil's defense minister says that if Colombian rebels enter his country's territory they'll "be met with bullets."

Minister Nelson Jobim made the comment Monday in Colombia, where he met with foreign and defense ministers and President Alvaro Uribe. The two nations share a 1,645-kilometer (1,022 miles) border.

Colombia is in a diplomatic row with Ecuador over that country's alleged harboring of Colombian rebels. It claims rebels fired mortars from Ecuador into Colombia on Friday, wounding one soldier.

Ecuador denies the claim.

Jobim has said there is no evidence the FARC has a presence in Brazil.

The Flying Priest

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:57:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: If it were not for the fact that he had actually pulled this off before, I would say this guy is a good candidate for the Darwin Award.

Clip Source: www.cnn.com

Rescuers reached a cluster of brightly colored party balloons floating in the ocean off Brazil's coast Tuesday but did not find the Roman Catholic priest who had been using them in a bid to set a flight record.

Rev. Adelir Antonio di Carli remained missing after lifting off from the port city of Paranagua on Sunday strapped to hundreds of helium-filled balloons.

Di Carli, who has taken jungle survival and mountain climbing courses, was carrying enough drinking water and cereal bars to stay alive for at least five days, Coelho said, suggesting the priest may be adrift in the ocean or resting on a beach or forest-covered mountain along the coast.

The priest embarked on a similar adventure on Jan. 13, when he used 600 balloons to carry him on a four-hour, 17,390 foot-high voyage from the town of Ampere to neighboring Argentina, where he landed safely.

Daily Cuteness

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:28:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is my son Nathan with two female admirers.

Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

Tags: brazil, brazilian, kiss, cute, baby

The Spitzer-Brazilian Connection

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:03:33 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I knew that sooner or later something in this story would be linked to Brazil.

Clip Source: www.nydailynews.com

Authorities want to speak to Brazilian madam about Eliot Spitzer: source

Schwartz, who was convicted of running a high-end midtown brothel in 2006, told her family she was being deported and would arrive Saturday. Instead, she's stuck in the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, N.J., awaiting deportation.

A source close to Schwartz said she'd been told she would be deported and was packed and ready to leave. Then, the source said, authorities wanted to question her about disgraced Gov. Spitzer and another prostitution ring.

SuperInteressante

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:20:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The popular Brazilian magazine SuperInteressante has made all of it's back issues available online...for free.

I think it just got more popular.

Clip Source: super.abril.com.br

A Superinteressante oferece todo o seu acervo de textos gratuitamente! São mais de 12 mil páginas com as matérias de capa e algumas das seções que construíram a história da revista. Em breve, todos os especiais, o restante das seções e o conteúdo integral das edições em 2005 e 2006 também estarão disponíveis. Só mesmo uma revista tão Super poderia fazer isso!

Cellphone Economics

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:53:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: comic imitates life

Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

The following cartoon would be funnier if it were not so true. Or perhaps it is funny because it is so true. I don't know if it is this way in the US, but it is most certainly this way here in Brazil:

Translation

Panel 1: "You spent all your savings on this 'slim power, choco-diamond blaster with a 12 megapixel camera, playstation, and 2,500 gigabytes of memory! Can I make a call?"

Panel 2: "Call? It doesn't have any credit. Do you have any spare change?"

Hi-Res Picture of Rio

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:49:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Very beautiful.

Clip Source: pichaus.com

Scenes from a Brazilian Wedding

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:06:19 GMT

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Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

One neat thing about this wedding was that the groom sang a love song to the bride as she came down the aisle.

The ring bearer came down the aisle when the pastor introduced the ring ceremony--not with the rest of the procession. The effect was very nice.

"With this ring..."

Actually, both bride and groom have been wearing this ring since they have been engaged--on their right hands. At the ceremony, they put the ring on their left hands, where it will stay "até a morte os separe".

As witnesses, our job is to sign the official wedding document.

The happy couple!

Anti-Americanism

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:41:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ...from my blog.

Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

For me, it seems like yesterday that I awoke to images of the towers collapsing, of people jumping from the top floors and landing with a sickening "thud" on the ground. I have listened to the desperate phone calls of victims who knew that rescue was never coming. No matter what your feelings toward America, it is absolutely inhuman to poke fun at that event.

Brazil Courts Arab World

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:49:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.anba.com.br

São Paulo – The Brazilian government is betting on the promotion of official visits and trade events in the Arab world to increase agribusiness exports to the region even further this year. "The Middle East is the regional bloc to which our exports grew the most, and we detected the need for closer relations," said in an interview to ANBA the secretary of Foreign Relations in Agribusiness at the Ministry of Agriculture, Célio Porto.

My Counseling Staff for Carnaval Retreat

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:38:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I wish I had half their energy and enthusiasm. Perhaps some of it will rub off this week.

Clip Source: www.comingstobrazil.com

Chico Bento

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:27:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A couple panels from my favorite Maurício character, Chico Bento--including the classic mispronunciation of "problema". The neat thing about Maruícios work is that I know people with the characteristics that he puts in his creations. They represent a nice cross-section of Brazilian culture.

Clip Source: www.monica.com.br

Maricio de Sousa creates Japanese Character

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:58:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I love de Sousa's work. I learned Portuguese reading Monica, Cebolinha, and Cascão--althought my all-time favorite character is Chico Bento.

His work gave me some good insights into Brazilian culture as well.

Clip Source: www.asahi.com

A cartoon character in the image of a third-generation Brazilian boy of Japanese descent is the poster boy celebrating a centenary of Japanese immigration to Brazil.

The yet-to-be-named character is the creation of Mauricio de Sousa, 72, one of Brazil's most popular cartoonists.

Traffic in Brazil

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:42:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just a little something to cheer you up on your morning commute...unless you happen to live in São Paulo.

Clip Source: www.darkroastedblend.com

Taken from the window of Google offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil:

Round House in Brazil

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:55:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Impossible to sit in a corner...

Clip Source: www.milkandcookies.com

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