31.5.11

Epidemic of violence against environmentalists in Brazil

Americans might remember that an American nun was murdered by ranchers in Brazil in 2005. She had opposed the

Lately, Brazilian environmental activists have been getting knocked off and it's turning into a bloodbath as a third is murdered. Hopefully, the federal government is sensitive to the bad press with the world cup and olympics looming. Are you listening, Dilma?

27.5.11

Festive Land: Carnaval In Bahia

Nice trailer here of a very recent documentary on "a folia baiana":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN315PygcoE