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Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

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MA in Communications (Cásper Líbero), Bachelor in Intl. Relations (PUCSP), blogger and lover of Alt. Media, Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Nationalism and Cyberculture.

Blog: Tsavkko – The Angry Brazilian
Columnist of the Diário Liberdade – “Defenderei a casa de meu pai” [pt]
Trezentos [pt]
Amálgama [pt]
Other publications available on magazines and newspapers [pt]
Twitter: @Tsavkko
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5 February 2013

Punish the Critical Mass Car-Attacker

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3 February 2013

Brazil Without Make-up

Presentation of the website "Brazil without make-up, an honest guide to my beautiful country."

Presentation of the website “Brazil without make-up, an honest guide to my beautiful country.”

Brazilian LGBT activist @Rafucko posted a video on Youtube introducing the website “Brazil without make-up“. The initiative aims at demystifying many Brazilian stereotypes while criticizing the government of the city and state of Rio de Janeiro for the lies told on the preparation of the World Cup 2014.
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28 January 2013

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Brazil: “Massacre of Pinheirinho”, One Year Later

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January 22, 2013 marked one year since the violent eviction of the Pinheirinho settlement in the city of São José dos Campos, Brazil. A demonstration to commemorate the date took place at the entrance to the grounds of Pinheirinho. The land has since remained empty and the people who lived there remain homeless.

28 November 2012

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Worldwide Protests for Brazil's Indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá

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Threatened with expulsion from their land, with their waters poisoned, and ready to resist to the death, the Guarani-Kaiowá indigenous community of Pyelito Kue / Mbarakay, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, finds on social media and on the streets worldwide support from activists.

26 November 2012

Indigenous Organization Denounces Brazil at the UN

The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) denounces [pt] human rights abuses against the indigenous populations in an open-letter [pt] to the United Nations. Among several issues, APIB calls the attention to the Guarani-Kaiowa genocide, the mining projects on indigenous lands and the illegal constructions in the Amazon rainforest – such as the Belo Monte dam -, and the lack of education and healthcare.

24 June 2012

Brazil: Anti-Corruption Bill Revoked

The Brazilian anti-corruption bill known as Ficha Limpa (No Criminal Record), had its immediate effect revoked by the Supreme Federal Court with 6 votes against 5, as Marcos Bahé, from the blog Acerto de Contas, informs [pt].

Brazil: Second Round of Occupy Belo Monte Started

Marcelo Salazar, a Brazilian engineer who works for the [river] Xingu Program of the Instituto Socioambiental, posted on Facebook a series of photos from the second round of “occupy” Belo Monte, which started on June 22, 2012, in the construction site of the hydroelectric power plant.

12 June 2012

Brazil: Satirical Blog ‘Falha’ Summarizes Censorship Case in Video

Brazilian journalist Lino Bocchini recorded [pt] a 2 minute video that summarizes the case of  the satirical blog Falha de São Paulo. Falha was censored and sued by the newspaper Folha de São Paulo in 2010. Global Voices published an update on the story in May, 2012.

1 June 2012

Brazil: Expropriation Approved for Slave Labor Properties

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In order to combat slave labor, the Brazilian Congress recently approved Bill 438, which guarantees the immediate expropriation of rural or urban areas, without the right to compensation, where one proves the existence of slave labor or similar forms of exploitation of manpower in them.

Brazil: Government Cuts on Public Healthcare System

The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff decreased [pt] by 50% the salaries of physicians in the Healthcare System (SUS) through a ‘provisory measure‘, in May, 2012. Conceição Lemes, from the blog Vi o Mundo, reports on the new measure that affects 48,000 doctors and quotes the President of the Regional Council of Medicine from Rio who says that “it is getting harder to attract doctors to the SUS”.

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