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The Straits Times
March 9, 2018
Tiger Woods competes at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida, protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures. Tiger Woods plays ... Women protest on the occasion of the International Women's Day at Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 8, 2018. PHOTO: EPA-Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 9, 2018
... European Union's most corrupt states. Brussels, which keeps Romania's justice system under special monitoring, has praised magistrates for their efforts to curb graft. At the start of 2017, attempts by the ruling coalition to weaken anti-corruption legislation triggered Romania's biggest protests in decades.
Terre Haute Tribune Star
March 9, 2018
Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaLiving in the land of opportunity: Gaspar Serna lifts his notes to the applause of those participating in a vigil across the street from the Clay County Justice Center on Thursday in Brazil. Serna was applauded after he read about his experience and what it has meant for him toÃâà...
The Cut
March 8, 2018
For more than a century, women have been taking to the streets with wooden posts and giant signs, fighting for everything from maternity benefits to the end of violence against women. Before you head out for this year's marches, get some inspiration from these signs from previous Women's Day protests allÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 8, 2018
Hundreds of Brazilian women are marching to demand equal rights and protest gender-based violence to mark International Women's Day. ... that organized the marches across the country, said that women working at home, unpaid caretakers and students were a main focus of this year's protests.
Quartz
March 8, 2018
Brazil, a country of more than 100 million black and brown people, is one of the top five international markets for the movie. ... Intercept, Afro-Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro mounted gatherings in upscale shopping malls—spaces typically reserved for Brazil's white elite—as a protest against racial exclusion.
The Independent
March 7, 2018
Jewish and Muslim faith leaders were arrested outside of House Speaker Paul Ryan's office while calling for an end to deportations. Among them was 2017 Women's March co-organiser and activist Linda Sarsour, rabbis, and imams all staging a sit-in who were taken away on charges of civil disobedience.
News24
March 7, 2018
A woman carries a poster that reads in Portuguese "Lula is Innocent," during a protest in support of the Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ... Braslia – A top Brazilian court rejected a bid by former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to stave off prison on Tuesday, ruling he can beÃâà...
SteelGuru
March 7, 2018
Bernama reported that Brazil has filed a protest Monday with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the US tariff plan on steel imports and urged the White House to reconsider its decision. Brazil told a WTO meeting that the global trading system is not living normal times and that the institution isÃâà...
The Punch
March 6, 2018
News crews from around the world may have flocked to cover Neymar's foot operation, but some Brazilians would rather see the spotlight on the country's woes. No-one here doubts the talent of the 26-year-old star of the Brazilian national team and Paris Saint-Germain. But people are sick of seeing himÃâà...
malaysiandigest.com
March 6, 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil filed a protest Monday with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against the US tariff plan on steel imports and urged the White House to reconsider ts decision, China's Xinhua news agency reported. Brazil told a WTO meeting that the global trading system is "not living normalÃâà...
The New York Review of Books
March 5, 2018
He was known for organizing protests through a group in Brazil called the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST). .... By murdering activists who were striving to cross into mainstream politics, the assassins send a message that is much more specific than a general warning against landless protest.
Vibe
February 26, 2018
Take Brazil for instance, where a myriad of protests have risen, proving that the movie is no ground for complacency. ... black Brazilians have assembled, traveling hours outside of favelas or working-class neighborhoods to protest their exclusion from “elite” venues and defy their cloak of invisibility throughÃâà...
teleSUR English
February 14, 2018
Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff also attended and praised Tuiuti's procession, which depicted Senate-imposed president, Michel Temer, as a larger than life doll called “Big Neoliberal Vampire.” She said: “In Rio, the samba school Paraiso do Tuiuti lifts the bleachers as people sing againstÃâà...