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Brazil: Do banks have metal or melanin detector doors?

Posted by Paula Góes on 19/11/2009

Most banks in Brazil use revolving doors with metal detectors. But are they being used as an excuse to discriminate against people? A citizen media video reveals at least one case.

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Blogger Profiles: Caribé, an incurable idealist and cyberactivist in Brazil

Posted by Diego Casaes on 15/11/2009

Global Voices Online has interviewed João Carlos Caribé, one of the most influential cyberactivist bloggers in Brazil and the man behind the Mega Não movement, that fights censorship in the Brazilian Internet.

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Brazil: Was the blackout caused by hackers or UFOs?

Posted by Paula Góes on 14/11/2009

See the many conspiracy theories about the 2009 blackout in Brazil: everything from the president, his possible successor, UFOs and hackers have been blamed from one blog to another.

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Indigenous teacher missing in Brazil after violence over ancestral lands

Posted on 13/11/2009

Brazilian and Paraguayan authorities must redouble their efforts to find an indigenous teacher who has been missing since 30 October following a violent eviction of activists on the border between the two nations, said Amnesty International. Fears for the life of the teacher, Rolindo Vera, have int ...

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Latin America: The Rapid Spread of Desertification

Posted by Belen Bogado on 04/11/2009

There is a fundamental difference between deserts and desertification. While deserts are a natural formations, desertification is a process of degradation of lands when affected by climate change, human activities, and natural forces until they eventually become deserts.

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