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Paula Góes

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Multi-Lingual Editor

Brazilian journalist, translator and lightworker living in London since 2002, Global Voices Multiligual Editor and proud volunteer translator for the Global Voices in Portuguese site. Beyond citizen media, I am studying Psychosynthesis, spiritual healing and animal reiki. I believe the peace of the world starts with me.

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1 March 2013

Paulo Coelho Promotes “Pirated” Audiobook on YouTube

Paulo Coelho's Pirate Audiobook

Using his social networks to promote a pirate audio version of ‘The Alchemist', the Brazilian best selling writer Paulo Coelho proposes readers to show the industry “that “piracy” is not a threat to their business”.

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14 February 2013

‘Follow the Pope's Lead,’ Brazil Tells Senate President

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Brazilians reveling in the recent Carnival holiday called on newly elected Senate President Renan Calheiros, who is accused of corruption, to follow Pope Benedict XVI's example and resign. An online petition demanding his ouster has gathered more than 1.5 million signatures.

27 January 2013

Cicero Guedes, Brazilian Landless Leader is Murdered in Rio

One of the main leaders of the landless movement in Brazil was shot dead on Saturday as he was cycling home in Rio de Janeiro state. Publishing a picture he took of Cicero Guedes, Marcos Pedlowski [pt] emphasises that “the loss is not only human, but deeply political. Besides being an exemplary man, husband and father, Cicero embodied the best qualities that true leaders must have”. According to the Catholic Church's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), the number of land activists threatened has jumped from 125 to 347 between 2010 and 2011.

11 January 2013

2012: Year of Milestones for Global Voices Lingua Project

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Lingua, the translation project that makes Global Voices truly global, celebrated many milestones in 2012. What will 2013 bring?

23 November 2012

Cat Finds Home Thanks to Kids’ Facebook Campaign

Facebook campaign to adopt a cat

“‘My sister and I really want a cat. Our papa promises we can get one if we can get 1,000 likes'”

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16 October 2012

Colombia/U.S.: “We Need to Talk About Coke”

Colombia based American blogger Natalie Southwick writes about cocaine supply chain and asks her countrymen to think about how Americans may be perpetuating the cycle of violence and exploitation by feeding the demand for cocaine. “At the least, think before you inhale”.

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3 October 2012

The United States: Structural Violence on the Global Frontier

La Asociación de Estudiantes Latinos y Latinoamericanos (AELLA) del Graduate Center, City University of New York los invita a participar en la conferencia gratuita “Violencia estructural en la frontera global: Centroamerica, México y Estados Unidos”, la cual se celebrará el próximo 4, 5 y 6 de octubre del 2012 en John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center, CUNY y St. Mary’s Church, respectivamente. Las repercusiones de las políticas agresivas anti-migratorias, las deportaciones, los desaparecidos, las amenazas y la inseguridad que atenta contra las vidas de los miles de migrantes son algunos de los temas que se discutirán durante los tres días repletos de actividades. La conferencia será transmitida en vivo en el portal de Asuntos del Sur: www.asuntosdelsur.org. Para más información escriban a aella.gradcenter@gmail.com.

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27 September 2012

Spain: Proposed Changes for Abortion Law

The 28th of September is the celebration of the Campaign for the Legalization of Abortion, which has taken place for years in Latin America and the Caribbean and this year will be celebrated all around the world for the first time. The group known as“Feminismos 15M”[es] has chosen this date to convene a demonstration, tomorrow, the 28th at 7pm at the Puerta de Toldeo in Madrid. The protest mainly denounces the new Spanish abortion law, proposed by the minister of justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, as a regression of women's rights. If the law is passed, abortion will no longer be legal and would also be prohibited in abnormal cases and cases of deformed fetuses. This reform is strongly discussed by the feminist movement. The foundation Derecho a Vivir [es] (The Right to Live) supports this law change.

5 September 2012

Spain: “Merkel Go Home”

Poster of the protest, “Merkel go home.”

The Spanish indignant movement has convened a rally tomorrow, September 6, 2012 in front of the European Union headquarters in Madrid due to the meeting between President Mariano Rajoy and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel under the slogan “Merkel go home.” The intentions of the first social protest of September will be commented on social networks with the denominations: #MerkelLlevateaRajoy y #6S.

31 August 2012

UK: Lion Spotted Is Actually Pet Cat Named Teddy Bear

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United Kingdom police officers were busy last weekend with a major operation launched on the evening of Sunday August 26, following the apparent sighting of a lion in the English county of Essex. It was later revealed to have actually been a large domestic cat named 'Teddy Bear'.

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