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A dream deferred
VINICIUS RABELO’S grandparents were manioc farmers in the interior of Bahia. His parents moved to the city for a better life and, after opening a clothes shop, sent their children to private school. In 2018 Mr Rabelo started as an electrical mechanic in Camaçari, near the state capital, Salvador. Home ...
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Sources and acknowledgments
Acknowledgments In addition to those quoted in the report, the author would like to thank Pedro AbramovayBruno CarazzaSylvio CostaEduardo GiannettiRuan MartinsChico OtavioFelipe RecondoNathália SardelliRafael SoaresMatias SpektorGabriel UchidaCarolina UnzelteGabriel VasconcelosOscar Vilhena Those interested in further reading on the issues raised in this report may like to investigate the sources below:BooksDecadent Developmentalism: The Political ...
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Sliding back
IN 1969 A Bahian construction firm called Odebrecht began work on a brutalist building in Rio de Janeiro, which was to be the headquarters of Petrobras. It was an exciting moment: Petrobras had found oil off the coast and Odebrecht would become Brazil’s biggest contractor. But 45 years later came ...
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Money trees
THE INDIGENOUS territory Sete de Setembro draws its name from the “first contact” with the Paiter Suruí tribe: September 7th 1969. At the time, tribe members thought white men, with their pale skin and strange beards, were a sort of monster, whereas the indigenous were “real people”, or paiterey in ...
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Portogallo
Madeira e Açores também saem terça-feira da “lista verde” britânica
Portugal, incluindo os arquipélagos da Madeira e Açores, vai deixar a "lista verde” de viagens internacionais do Governo britânico na terça-feira às 4h00, anunciou o Ministério dos Transportes britânico.
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Kenya
KRA wins Sh107m tax case against KCB insurance agent
A statement from the Kenya Revenue Authority says the taxman has collected over Sh21 billion from its Alternative Disputes Resolution (ADR) mechanism.
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Kenya
Police unearth major syndicate that targets export containers
A syndicate involving theft of empty containers from Mombasa can be revealed today.
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Portogallo
Hoteleiros dizem que saída de Portugal da lista verde britânica é "injusta" para Algarve
A retirada de Portugal do corredor verde de voos para Reino Unido é "injusta" e "penaliza" o Algarve pelas infeções de covid-19 registadas em zonas como Lisboa, frustrando expectativas para o verão, disse o presidente da associação hoteleira regional.
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Portogallo
Operadores e transportadoras criticam saída de Portugal da "lista verde"
Operadores turísticos e dirigentes de companhias aéreas criticaram o Governo britânico por retirar Portugal da "lista verde" de viagens internacionais, receando que o setor do turismo continue sujeito a restrições da pandemia covid-19.
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Portogallo
Sair da "lista verde" britânica é "devastador" para o Turismo do Porto e Norte
O presidente da Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal (TPNP), Luís Pedro Martins, diz que a decisão do Governo britânico de retirar Portugal da "lista verde" é "devastadora" e "injusta", assente em argumentos que "não convencem".