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2018 Retrospective – Part II Posted by carol on Jan 14, 2019
Bom dia, leitores! Good morning, readers! Our previous post remembered the most remarkable events that took place in the ano (year) 2018 in Brazil. Now let’s move on to the second part! In case you missed it, here you go: A prisão do ex-Presidente Lula | The arrest of former President Lula For a period…
2018 Retrospective – Part I Posted by carol on Dec 31, 2018
If 2017 was the ano (year) of uncertainties, then in 2018 we were able to obtain many answers – sometimes undesired ones – to our doubts. During the course of events that defined this year, scandals, losses, protests and a lot of turmoil, Brazil underwent a series of mudanças (changes) that perhaps only the year…
Portuguese listening/reading practice – Hostil Mundo Novo Posted by carol on Nov 30, 2018
Boa noite a todos! Good evening, everyone! Today we resume our ongoing Listening/ Reading practice. The selected text is called Hostil Mundo Novo (Hostile New World) by one of Brazil’s most renowned writer and biographer Ruy Castro, who was written about our country’s popular personalities such as Garrincha and Carmen Miranda. His text is about…
Fernando Haddad’s defeat speech Posted by carol on Nov 16, 2018
[O discurso de derrota de Fernando Haddad] Olá, gente. Hi, everyone. As we were discussing last month, Brazi1’s 38th president was selected and 55% of voters opted for the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. His victory speech was featured on our previous post, so now it is time for us to read what the defeated candidate…
Jair Bolsonaro’s victory speech Posted by carol on Oct 31, 2018
[O discurso de vitória de Jair Bolsonaro] Olá a todos. Hello to all. After a period of tumultuous elections, Brazil has finally chosen its 38th president, the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. After defeating his opponent Fernando Haddad on the polls on Sunday, Bolsonaro read a speech that set the tone for his next fours years…
The stabbing of the presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro Posted by carol on Sep 27, 2018
Boa tarde, caros leitores. Good afternoon, dear readers. The upcoming presidential election in outubro (October) seem to have pushed tensions to the limit of chaos in Brazil. Although gruesome, attempting to eliminate your political opponents through the use of violence is by no means unprecedented. The United States, for instance, grapples with the baffling number…
The Museu Nacional fire Posted by carol on Sep 9, 2018
Saudações a todos. Greetings to all. Museus (museums) are said to be edifícios (buildings) designed to store works of art or objects of cultural and historical interest to the public. If that is so, Brazil started out this semana (week) culturally impoverished after the incêndio (fire) that took place in the Museu Nacional, in Rio…