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GMO Mosquito Trial Has Reverse Effect, Causes Dengue Emergency

Activist Post Civil society groups today expressed alarm at an increase in dengue incidence, leading to an emergency decree, in a town in Brazil where releases of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes are taking place. The promise was to create genetically modified mosquitoes that would end dengue, but results from field trials conducted in Bahia, Brazil […] Continue reading →

Aided by America and Europe, ISIS Poses Mortal Threat to Iran

Kader Abdollah | WorldMeets.us No history is determined without the consent of the Americans The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS], the highly-fanatical Islamic movement that has taken over Iraqi cities and set its sights on Baghdad, has proclaimed an Islamic caliphate. A caliphate is an Islamic state, an empire headed by a single […] Continue reading →

Four Teams to Be Bullish on at Brazil’s World Cup

From Group A, host Brazil is likely to get through. If it doesn’t, expect a revolution before the competition is even over! Nominating from the other three countries isn’t easy as Croatia, Cameroon or Mexico could make it. Given Chicharito has a link to Manchester United, my team, I will go for Mexico. With apologies […] Continue reading →

GUN CONTROL: Failing In Other Countries As Well

We received the following press release via email from Fabricio Rebelo, Bachelor of Law, a researcher in public safety for the Movimento Viva Brazil NGO. Brazilian Disarmament: An Undisputed FailureThe public security field should be immune to ideological experiments, because it’s subjects are individuals, the citizens who make up the population of a country. Thus, […] Continue reading →

The bigger the government – the worse the economy

Seton Motley We’ve seen it in too many sectors of the economy to possibly mention – both domestically and internationally. The greater the government involvement in an economic sector – the greater the ensuing economic damage. To that sector – and the broader economy. Every additional upward ratchet of the government regulatory winch (it is […] Continue reading →

Fan Killed by Toilet Bowl as Violence Hits World Cup Host Brazil

Less than 40 days before the start of the World Cup, Brazilian soccer is grappling with another act of fan violence that left a man dead after being hit by a toilet bowl allegedly hurled by rival supporters. Authorities say the next two matches at the Estadio do Arruda in Recife will be played without […] Continue reading →

Breakfast Costs Poised to Increase as Coffee & OJ Surge

The cost of breakfast beverages are poised to increase as coffee futures surge after a Brazilian drought damaged crops, while orange-juice prices climb with Florida’s output heading for a 29-year low. The CHART OF THE DAY shows that an index comprising futures in New York for arabica coffee and orange juice climbed yesterday to a […] Continue reading →

Pricey PS4: The Most Expensive Countries to Buy a PlayStation 4

It’s not easy being a gamer in Latin America or the Nordic region. The virtual guns and terrain in “Battlefield 4″ may be the same, but the price of a console can be more than triple or quadruple what Americans pay. Sony said it’s sold more than 6 million systems worldwide. Many of the entertainment […] Continue reading →

Snowden: NSA’s indiscriminate spying ‘collapsing’

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in a lengthy “open letter to the people of Brazil” that he’s been inspired by the global debate ignited by his release of thousands of National Security Agency documents, and that the NSA’s culture of indiscriminate global espionage “is collapsing.” In the letter, released widely online, Snowden commended […] Continue reading →

US-Brazil tensions rise after new NSA spy report

The Brazilian government condemned a U.S. spy program that reportedly targeted the nation’s leader, labeled it an “unacceptable invasion” of sovereignty and called Monday for international regulations to protect citizens and governments alike from cyber espionage. In a sign that fallout over the spy program is spreading, the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported that President […] Continue reading →

New U.S. spying revelations coming from Snowden leaks: journalist

Glenn Greenwald, the American journalist who published documents leaked by fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, plans to make new revelations “within the next 10 days or so” on secret U.S. surveillance of the Internet. “The articles we have published so far are a very small part of the revelations that ought to be […] Continue reading →

Pope draws 3M to Mass as Brazil trip closes

Pope Francis’ historic trip to his home continent ended Sunday after a marathon weeklong visit to Brazil that drew millions of people onto the sands of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana beach and appeared to reinvigorate the clergy and faithful alike in the world’s largest Catholic country. Dignitaries including Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer turned […] Continue reading →

Pope wants to be with people; clergy want him safe

Pope Francis’ decision to shun a major security detail for his visit to Brazil exemplifies his view of what the Catholic Church should be doing: Go out into the streets. Spread the faith. Recapture the dynamism that other denominations have been using to snap up souls. Upon his arrival in Rio de Janeiro this week, […] Continue reading →

Mass Protests Against Massive Failure

Paul Jacob While Americans appear mildly unsettled or perhaps “ticked off” about recent government revelations, elsewhere in the world citizens move from “unease” to “unrest” and outright “protest.” The demonstrations that erupted recently in Turkey and then in Brazil and elsewhere are, we are told, filled with the ranks of the young, not a few […] Continue reading →

Brazil: 150K protest against govt corruption

About 150,000 anti-government demonstrators again took to streets in several Brazilian cities Saturday and engaged police in some isolated, intense conflicts. Anger over political corruption emerged as the unifying issue for the demonstrators, who vowed to stay in the streets until concrete steps are taken to reform the political system. Across Brazil, protesters gathered to […] Continue reading →

Obama Versus Obama: Part III - Thomas Sowell

Much puzzling behavior by Barack Obama falls into place when we go behind the image that he projects (“Obama 1″) to the factual reality of the man’s whole life and thrust (“Obama 2″). Obama himself is well aware of the nature and importance of his image. In his own words, “I serve as a blank […] Continue reading →