Portland - Instablogs
Oct 22 2009
Hundreds of people have demonstrated in Peru’s capital, Lima, as a legislative panel approved a bill proposing legalising abortion in some cases. The bill, which proposes allowing abortion in cases of rape, incest or foetal deformity, will now be...
Sep 30 2009
Palma, Maracanã, Castanha, Cocal, Guará, Girassol, Pirapire, Tupi. The list of various names includes more than 40 local currencies that circulate in Brazilian neighborhoods and small towns where there are community banks, created to strengthen the...
Jul 29 2009
Kai Rosenberg acknowledges that he might be a little insane. He owns a cacao plantation in this swath of untamed cloud forest in northern Venezuela, where ocelots dart under towering saman trees and howler monkeys shriek at visitors.
Jul 20 2009
Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors. A group of men kicked him and slashed him with knives for being a “batty...
Jul 13 2009
The end of the diploma requirement to be a professional journalist in Brazil is yet another chapter in the bitter story of Brazilian printing press’ decadence. Days before the fateful decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF), the Press Law...
Oct 14 2008
Here’s the latest post from our intepid Brazil bureau chief, Gian Paul. While we’ve been fretting about the gyrations of the stock market, GP has been thinking about the land where the saffron grows.