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Paula Góes

Portuguese Language Co-Editor

About Paula Góes

579 posts · joined 2007-08-31

Brazilian journalist and translator living in London. I blog about translation and Brazilian literature and poetry available in English [pt] and keep a blog about our GVO coverage of the Lusosphere [pt]. I am also proud to be a volunteer translator for the Global Voices Lingua project in Portuguese. Follow me also @paulissima [en] or @paulagoes [pt]

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November 19th, 2009

Brazil: Do banks have metal or melanin detector doors?Video post

Most banks in Brazil use revolving doors with metal detectors. But are they being used as an excuse to discriminate against people? A citizen media video reveals at least one case.

November 14th, 2009

Brazil: Was the blackout caused by hackers or UFOs?

See the many conspiracy theories about the 2009 blackout in Brazil: everything from the president, his possible successor, UFOs and hackers have been blamed from one blog to another.

October 10th, 2009

Brazil: Pictures of the Rio2016 celebrationPhotos post

Thousands partied on Copacabana beach to celebrate Rio de Janeiro's choice as the 2016 Olympics host. See some of the pictures showing the party around the world.

September 28th, 2009

Brazil: Socio-digital Inclusion through the Lan House Revolution

The Future of ICT for Development
The poorest and most excluded population of Brazil have increasingly more access to the Internet through Local Area Networks. But, has the digital inclusion promoted by lan houses across the country affected human development in Brazil?

September 12th, 2009

Brazil: Photos of a country hit by hail, rain and high windsPhotos post

Heavy rains killed at least 11 people in Brazil, injured hundreds and made thousand homeless in the past week. Citizen photographers have registered the wreckage across the country.

August 26th, 2009

Americas

Freelance photographer Anderson Barbosa took chilling photos of the eviction of 800 families from the Olga Benário squatter settlement in São Paulo after a court order. The property had been occupied for two years by hundreds of families who watched their houses burn and be demolished last Monday.