Posted on April 12, 2008 by Colin Brayton
Extra (Rio de Janeiro) runs a really surprising headline today (above, white belly-band in the middle of the page): “State Assembly votes to legalize militias; only three votes against.”
Sure enough, the Web site of the Assembléia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro registered the approval of “legislative suggestion” No. 214 on April 10, calling [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2008 by Colin Brayton
“… This is the second time Italians abroad have elected representatives. How do you view the performance of South American representatives in these 20 months in office?” Top to bottom: excellent, good, reasonable, bad, could not be worse, do not know. Source: Insieme (“together”) magazine, for Brazilians of Italian descent.
THE port of Gioia Tauro is [...]
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