By Sara Moreira In a country which has experienced constant political instability, how can civil society mobilise itself to prevent further coups d’état and to build a participative democracy based upon its communities? Some possible ways forward were suggested [1] [pt] by a group of 70 young people at a meeting promoted by the Movimento Ação […]
Brazil: ‘Hands That Cure, Words That Heal’
Written by Paula Góes With their herbs, gestures, prayers and comforting words, the “doctors of the people” are an important element of Brazilian popular culture and religious syncretism. Folk healers are found throughout the country, but play a special role in remote areas, where medical professionals are scarce and allopathic medicine is inaccessible. In a […]
Brazil, the Next Fukushima?
26 years ago, Chernobyl (Ukraine, Soviet Union). Last year, Fukushima (Japan). Could Brazil, boosted both by its new position as the world’s sixth largest economy and its current vibrant economy, decide to rethink totally its nuclear ambitions – be they civil, or maybe even military – but end up being the next victim of a nuclear catastrophe? . In an […]
Cuncolim Union club house inaugurated
Cuncolim Association Mumbai the big brother of Cuncolim Union ——————————————————- We swept everything in view in the period between 2003- 2005. That was the golden period for the club. And, it was a proud moment for me to watch three of my villagers Mahesh Gawli, Freddy Mascarenhas and Micky Fernandes playing in the first eleven […]
May 10:153rd anniversary of the first war of Indian independence
By Dipin Damodharan The revolt of 1857 (May 10)- the British historians termed it Sepoy Mutiny, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of Independent India labeled it a feudal revolt, but the prince of Indian revolutionaries, Vinayak Damodhar Savarkar rightly described it as the first war of Indian Independence. It was exactly 153 years […]
Brazil’s National Program for Human Rights
The recently released third edition of the National Program for Human Rights (PNDH-3) has met with a storm of criticism from many different sectors of society, and even from members of the president’s own cabinet. The project comprises reform in amnesty law, abortion, same-sex civil union, media regulation and land reform, in addition to a […]