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| August 28th, 2011
As I detailed in my previous posts, I worked this summer as an intern at a human rights NGO in São Paulo called Conectas Direitos Humanos. Among other projects I researched both the presence and impact of Brazilian multinationals in Angola... -
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August 25th, 2011
A little over a week ago in São Paulo I witnessed my first spontaneous police frisking on the street. It went a little something like this: I was walking in one of São Paulo's nicer neighborhoods, returning from a NGO visit with two of my friends....
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August 17th, 2011
For the past two months I have been interning with Conectas Direitos Humanos, a human rights NGO based in São Paulo. They do a lot of exciting activism, lobbying, and other things you would expect of a top-notch human rights NGO in the U.S. However...
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August 11th, 2011
So, I’m entering into the conversation a little bit late… We’re already into the last third of the summer and just under a month away from being back at class. But I’ve been meaning to post about this for a while. There are huge...
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