Latest posts by Paula Góes from January, 2008
Brazil: How the USA backed the dictatorship
Luiz Carlos Azenha [pt] has started a series of posts in which he intends to translate all the official documents about the American support to the 1964 coup in Brazil,...
Lusosphere: Child survival
UNICEF has just published its annual analysis of the mortality rate of children under 5 years. Among the conclusions, Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, East Timor and...
Brazil: São Paulo's 454th anniversary in Second Life
Andre Lemos [pt] reports that, to celebrate the anniversary of 454 years of São Paulo, Second Life has inaugurated its main avenue in the virtual world at the New Island...
Brazil: Corrupted sports media
Paulinho, a Brazilian journalist, has compiled facts and provided comprehensive evidence of a criminal scheme in the sports media in São Paulo. He has investigated Futebol Interior website, which promotes...
Brazil: Brazilian Landless Workers Movement turns 24
The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) celebrates today its 24 years. João Valente Aguiar [pt] publishes a beautiful black and white picture and describes it as a “movement which consists...
Brazil: Update on the censorship in Pernambuco
PE Body Count [pt] has an update on the case of media censorship that has been going on in Recife, Brazil, following an interview on TV in which the authorities...
Portugal: Getting ready for critical mass bike day
This Friday, there will be a Critical Mass bike gathering in many parts of the world, showing how easy and enjoyable traveling in a sustainable way can be. Pimenta Negra...
Brazil: A “drinkshop” for bloggers
Instead of a workshop, a few Brazilian bloggers met in a more relaxed “drinkshop” to talk about the blogosphere, nonsense and have fun. “All, absolutely all informal meetings with bloggers...
Brazil: Blog Carnival about online journalism
“Several blogs will be publishing texts about online journalism this Wednesday, in the first round of ‘Ciranda de textos’ and every month one of them will make a kind of...
Brazil: On community radios and mainstream media
“Do you think you know little about community radio stations or those that are called “pirates” on TV? Don't be surprised”. Luiz Carlos Azenha [pt] interviews Guilherme Canela about a...
Mozambique: Yet another case of deforestation
Carlos Serra [pt] reports on yet another case of interception of illegally felled hardwood for exportation in Mozambique. This time, seven ten tonne trucks were seized by the Mozambican police...
Brazil: Gaza, Egypt, Israel and a stupid boycott
“Making the life of people who live in Gaza worse is a tremendous stupidity”, Pedro Dória [pt] gives his thoughts on the Israeli boycott against Gaza.
Brazil: Counting the victims of murder
PE Body Count [pt] welcomes the news that another news website is also implementing a murder counter in the neighbor state of Alagoas. “To combat the problem [crime], it is...
Brazil: Global anti-Chavez propaganda or coincidence?
Luiz Azenha [pt] on anti-Chavez propaganda: “I am interested in investigating whether there is a connection between the campaigns that run in the United States with what happens in other...
Brazil: Blame the Oscar rules
“The exclusion of The Year My Parents Went on Vacation from the nominations for the foreign-language Oscar should not be blamed on the quality of the film itself or the...
Brazil: Ten facts about yellow fever in Brazil
“In the face of continuing misinformation on the current yellow fever situation in Brazil, I’ve dedicated some time to gather together a few facts about the crisis”, says Brazil Travel...
Brazil: Journalism and Twitter
Raquel Recuero [pt] is surprised to discover that Twitter, a tool that she had not paid much attention to, has been widely used by both, journalists and candidates’ public relation...
Brazil: 25 years without Garrincha
Brazil remembered this Sunday the 25th anniversary of Manuel Francisco dos Santos's death. Better known by the nickname “Garrincha“, he was an outstanding Brazilian football player who helped Brazil national...
Brazil: Discrepancy in the crime rates after media censorship
Following yesterday's news that the Secretary of Social Defense (SDS) in Pernambuco, Brazil, has decided to stop providing information on violence and crime rates to the press, PE Body Count...
Brazil: How the media caused a yellow fever panic
Luiz Carlos Azenha [pt] shows how the same media that promoted panic in Brazil recommending mass vaccination against yellow fever is now eager to blame the government. “Look at this...
East Timor: The silence of the media
Malai Azul [pt] tries to understand the silence of the media when it comes to East Timor's issues. “I am talking about Lusa Agency's work, or the lack of work,...
