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Brazil: Reject Anti-Indigenous Rights Bill! – Human Rights Watch

Barbara Crane Navarro

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It Should Be Humanitarian, Not Political!

Filosofa's Word

The 24/7 press about the situation in Afghanistan wears on one’s psyche, especially in light of all the finger-pointing, mud-slinging and everyone putting their own coat of varnish on the situation and its political ramifications.  I am a forever supporter of a free press, but … in return, I expect them to be responsible in their reporting.  This responsibility seems to be largely lacking at the moment.

Nobody can sum up a situation quite like New York Times’ Frank Bruni, so I shall leave it to him to unpack the current chaos …


Stop Politicizing the Misery in Afghanistan

By Frank Bruni

Opinion writer

26 August 2021

Democrats are panicked that the debacle in Afghanistan will shake American voters’ confidence in not only President Biden but also the rest of the party, potentially costing it control of the Senate and the House in 2022. They’ve said as much — to…

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Tropical Storm Ida forms but system moving away from Jamaica – The Den

Tropical Depression Nine is now Tropical Storm Ida.

The system formed in the Caribbean Sea on Thursday (August 26) and continues to bring heavy winds and rains across Jamaica.

According to the latest update from the Met Service, the system is moving away from the island, however the flash flood warning remains in effect for all parishes until Friday (August 27) at 5:00 p.m.

According to the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre, Ida is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph (26 km/h) and this general motion should continue over the next few days.

On the forecasted track, the center of Ida will pass near or over the Cayman Islands during the next few hours.

The system is forecasted to approach the U.S. northern Gulf coast on Sunday.

Source: Tropical Storm Ida forms but system moving away from Jamaica – The Den

Nacionalni park Rapa Nui, Čile – Rapa Nui National Park, Chile

Myrela

Ubjeđen da su Polineziju naseljavali avanturistički nastrojeni moreplovci iz Južne Amerike, koji su mogli da stignu do udaljenih pacifičkih ostrva u primitivnim čamcima, norveški istraživač i arheolog Tor Hejerdal 1947. godine organizovao je smjelu ekspediciju. Ukrcao se na Kon Tiki, splav od balsamovog drveta, istovjetan onima što su ih koristili Polinežani, s namjerom da pređe 8.000 kilometara koji razdvajaju peruansku obalu od atola Raroja u arhipelagu Tuamotu. Ohrabren uspjehom ekspedicije, osam godina kasnije, riješio je da dokaže kako se isto desilo i sa Uskršnjim ostrvom, izolovanom vulkanskom formacijom, udaljenom 3.860 kilometara od najbliže ljudske naseobine. Hejedral i njegov tim izveli su arheološko istraživanje ostrva i ustanovili da je ono nekada bilo prekriveno šumom, koju je lokalno stanovništvo potpuno posjeklo. Ispitivanja starosti nekih od najpoznatijih ostrvskih statua uz pomoć radioaktivnog ugljenika pokazalo je da je naseljavanje ostrva započeto oko 380. godine, najmanje hiljadu godina ranije nego što se mislilo. Ali, stanovnici…

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The Urgency of Long Covid

CRAIN'S COMMENTS

With respect to the dead, the fundamental damage from the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants may be in the long term effects on survivors. Given the short time that the virus has been around, we are in the early stages in learning what these effects are and what the impact on individuals and society will be.

Long Covid is real and may ultimately cripple millions of people, whether or not they were hospitalized.

With no proven treatments or even rehabilitation guidance, long COVID affects people’s ability to resume normal life and their capacity to work. The effect on society, from the increased health-care burden and economic and productivity losses, is substantial.

The Lancet, 28 August 2021

Please read the link below.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01900-0/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email

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Igualdade Feminina

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

26 de agosto é o Dia Internacional da Igualdade Feminina. A data é um marco na história na luta pelos entre homem X mulher, principalmente, em relação a diminuição de diferenças. A passagem da data também relembra a importância de se discutir ações e debates que sirvam para alcançar a equidade em diferentes espaços da sociedade.

Somando-de a isso, vamos lembrar de alguns acontecimentos importantes na trajetória da mulher na luta por direitos.

É sabido que a mulher muito avançou ao longo da história em relação a conquista pelos seus direitos, principalmente, após o voto feminino em 1932. Porém, esse fato só se tornou uma realidade em 1934, no governo de Getúlio Vargas, foi que o voto passou a ser previsto na Constituição Federal. A partir disso, a mulher se sentiu muito mais segura, tendo inclusive participação na vida pública, onde ela passou a exercer cargos na política, ou seja…

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