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Brazil: tortured dissidents appalled by Bolsonaro’s praise for dictatorship

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Thousands were brutalized and hundreds killed during Brazil’s 21-year military rule – a period lauded by the current president

After they were arrested by military policemen in 1977 for leaving leftwing pamphlets outside a Brazilian factory near São Paulo, Márcia Paes and Celso Brambilla were tortured for 10 days straight.

“Where are the weapons?” their captors repeatedly asked them, as they attempted to link them to leftist guerrilla groups who had taken up arms against Brazil’s military rulers.

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Mosquito-spread diseases may endanger millions in new places due to climate change

duh!!! but top people are not listening – they think they will have a pass and will not be among the dead!

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Study finds that places where people have never had the diseases could see bad outbreaks if they aren’t prepared

Half a billion more people could be at risk from mosquito-transmitted diseases within 30 years as a result of the warming climate, according to a new study.

Canada and parts of northern Europe could be newly exposed to the threat. People there could come into contact with yellow fever, Zika, dengue and chikungunya, as well as other emerging diseases.

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Britain rebukes Huawei over security failings, discloses more flaws

May’s Tory part, whose lapdogs? Britain publicly chastised China’s Huawei Technologies for failing to fix long-standing security flaws in its mobile network equipment and revealed new “significant technical issues,” increasing pressure on the company as it battles Western allegations that Beijing could use its gear for spying.

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