João Miguel D. de A. Lima
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Occasional biker, studying for a MSc in Sociology, lover of good stories, zinester and collaborator of Global Voices in Portuguese. I'm speaking from Fortaleza, Brazil. My blog [re]memorabilia is about micropolitics of everyday life.
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28 January 2012
Brazil
Researcher Telma Monteiro wrote on her blog [pt] about the election of the Brazilian mining company Vale as the world's worst corporation of 2011, with over 25,000 votes on the Public Eye Awards. She attributes the victory to Vale's involvement with the construction of Belo Monte Dam, in the Brazilian Amazon. Movement Xingu Vivo held a page “supporting” Vale's candidacy [pt].
16 January 2012
11 January 2012
22 December 2011
Brazil
‘Titan Kids' is a documentary about the kids of Titanzinho, a slum in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. Birthplace of professional surfers, surfing is perceived as hope in face of “drugs, prostitution, and extreme violence”. Directors Lee-Ann Curren and André Silva (himself a surfer and former resident) released a teaser of the film.
15 December 2011
Brazil
The People's Gateway for the World Cup and the Olympics [pt] has been launched to monitor forced evictions, government misconducts and violations of human rights due to the major urban changes planned for the mega-events of 2014 and 2016. The website was created by a national coalition of committees advocating for the rights of poor communities in the host cities.
27 October 2011
Brazil
Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) reports [pt] that 600 people have occupied Belo Monte Dam construction site in Altamira, brazilian state of Pará. Journalist Beth Begonha (@BethBegonha) said [pt] that Kayapó people from the village of Gurupira will join the protest shortly. This action was decided yesterday, with news that the trial on the dam's future had been postponed for the second time.
I have just had some news about Iaiá, from Alcinéia. She did another jump at...