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Paula Góes

Portuguese Language Co-Editor

Stories

January 18th, 2010

Western Europe

Sharpe's Opinion reacts sarcastically to the news of the first arrest in the United Kingdom over a Twitter joke: “Round of applause of the police there. Keeping us safe from those dangerous terrorists who go round advertising their intentions on public social networking websites.”

December 29th, 2009

Americas

Polyana De Oliveira blogs about the many Brazilian traditions for New Year's Eve, from outfits to food.

Brazil: 100-year-old grandma realises parachute dream

Paula Góes · 12:07 · Americas

lingua → pt · fr · zht · zhs · bn · es

It is never too late to achieve a dream, and a Brazilian granny has proved the cliché true. At the age of 100, she enjoys dancing, swimming, running, playing volleyball, basketball, football and now, parachute jumping. 2 comments · read »

December 28th, 2009

Americas

Brazil Travel Blog's collection Brazil on Flickr contains 61 albums “with photos from all the corners of the country”. They have published their top 10 Brazilian photos among those uploaded in 2009.

Sub-Saharan Africa

There are 20 languages spoken in Mozambique, according to the government website, apart from the official Portuguese. Carlos Serra [pt] wonders if there are more, according to two renowned linguists: “One told me that there were between 20 and 26; the other told me that there were 17 written and some yet to be spelled out”.

December 12th, 2009

Brazil: Police violence on National Anti-Corruption Day

Paula Góes · 12:59, December 12th, 2009 · Americas

lingua → pt · es · fr

Violence broke out during a demonstration against the latest bribery scandal. Meanwhile, in the run up to Christmas, Panettones have become the iconic image of anti-corruption protests in the country. 3 comments · read »