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☆ ‘El Otro Oz’ Review: There’s No Place Like (Your Ancestral) Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Laurel Graeber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Every dramatization of “The Wizard of Oz” seems to offer a pilgrimage to the Emerald City. But “El Otro Oz,” the inspired and imaginative interpretation now playing at Atlantic Stage 2, introduces additional journeys that are ultimately more poignant and profound. When I first saw this Latin-flavored retelling of L. Frank Baum’s tale two years ago, I was most impressed by its comic inventiveness. More an admirer of Beyoncé than of merengue, the American-born Dora deeply resents her Mexican immigrant mother’s plans for a quinceañera, the traditional celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday. After she reluctantly dons a voluminous pastel dress for the occasion, Dora wails, “I look like cotton candy!” (Stephanie Echevarria designed the vivid costumes.)

Persons: Oz ”, El Otro, Frank Baum’s, “ El, ”, Oz, Melissa Crespo’s, Mando Alvarado, Tommy Newman, Newman, Jaime Lozano, Dora, Nya, Beyoncé, Dora wails, Stephanie Echevarria Organizations: Atlantic, Atlantic for, Atlantic Theater Company Locations: Emerald City, Chihuahua, Toquito, Oeste, Chicago, American

☆ Replanting the Amazon could slow global warming. Here’s why it’s hard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +24 min

Milton da Costa Junior nosed his pickup through a remote stretch of the western Brazilian Amazon to check on his babies. Local authorities said the September 2021 incident, which Da Costa outlined in a police report that was reviewed by Reuters, is being investigated. Out of dozens of reforestation initiatives in the country, Rioterra and The Black Jaguar Foundation, a Brazilian-European group, are among the largest. Illegal invaders destroy in hours what it takes Rioterra or Black Jaguar a year to plant. In all, Black Jaguar has signed contracts with 26 farms and planted 326 hectares (806 acres) to date.

Persons: Milton da Costa, Da Costa, Carlos Nobre, Alexis Bastos, Rioterra, ”, Nobre, “, Bastos, Jamari, Dejesus Aparecido Ramos, it’s, ” Bastos, Jair Bolsonaro, Germany –, Bolsonaro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Black, Ben Valks, Valks, Leandro Silveira, Silveira, São, ” Valks, aren’t, Cristina Banks, Leite, Marcos Mariani, Araguaia, Mariani, Tânia Irres, ” Irres, Regina Molke, I’ll, Clovis, Black Jaguar, Aquaverde, Renato Franklin, “ Ben, ” Franklin, L’Oreal, da Costa, ” Da Costa, da, Spring, Clare Trainor, Catherine Tai, Lais Morais, Ilan Rubens, Lucy Ha, John Emerson, Marla Dickerson Organizations: Milton da Costa Junior, Toyota, Reuters, Black Jaguar Foundation, National Institute for Space Research, Rioterra, Cultural, Environmental Studies, Petrobras, “, Amazon Fund, Environment Ministry, United, United Arab Emirates, São Paulo, Global, Farmers, Brazil’s Central Bank, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, Imperial College London, Santana, Bolsonaro, United Nations, Space Agency, Copernicus, Sentinel Locations: Machadinho, Rondônia, Brazil, Germany, Brazilian, European, Manhattan, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Bastos, Porto Velho, droves, Rio, Black, Itapuã, Oeste, Norway, United Arab, Pará, Caixa, “, Costa, Syria, Paris, Santana, Araguaia’s, Clovis, Regina, United States, South, Geneva, Rio Preto, da Costa

☆ Conservatism Grows in Brazil, Despite Leftist President’s Win
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Samantha Pearson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

ROSÁRIO OESTE, Brazil—President Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for reelection last month, but his right-wing movement continues to grow. That is largely owing to Brazil’s evermore powerful and prosperous farming belt, where Chinese demand for commodities in recent years has enriched towns in Brazil’s central savannah and fortified conservative states economically and politically.

The video, which was posted to Twitter, shows a crowd of people, some carrying and others draped in the Brazilian flag, with many apparently performing a Nazi salute as the Brazilian national anthem plays. It’s unclear who posted the video and CNN has not been able to verify its authenticity. Nazi incitement is a crime in Brazil. Brazilian authorities will investigate the video. @CentralEleicoes/TwiiterA Brazilian Jewish organization, the Brazilian Israeli Confederation, released a statement condemning the image as “disgusting.”“Brazilian society cannot tolerate gestures like this.

His complete radio silence has raised concerns about the orderly handover of power, while also adding to doubts about how long the blockades could last. However, Normando Corral, president of farm group Famato, said the roadblocks in the top grains-growing state of Mato Grosso could disrupt agricultural shipments if they persist. One of the state's main exports this time of year is Brazil's winter corn crop, which is planted after soybeans are harvested. Evandro Lermen, a member of grain cooperative Coacen in the Brazilian 'soy capital' Sorriso, Mato Grosso, told Reuters corn shipments were not being disrupted by the protests. Rumo, a leading rail company that operates Latin America's biggest grain terminal in Rondonopolis, Mato Grosso, said none of its operations in Brazil had been affected so far.

☆ Fostul portar Jose Luis Chilavert va candida pentru funcţia de preşedinte al statului Paraguay
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-25 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Fostul portar Jose Luis Chilavert va candida pentru funcţia de preşedinte al statului Paraguay, la alegerile programate în 2023.Chilavert, în vârstă de 55 de ani, a declarat încă din vară că intenţionează să candideze, iar acum a postat un mesaj pe rețelele de socializare, în care a făcut anunțul oficial.Jose Luis Chilavert a evoluat de-a lungul carierei la Guarani, San Lorenzo, Real Zaragoza, Velez Sarsfield, Strasbourg şi Penarol.El s-a remarcat ca un portar-golgheter, marcând numeroase goluri din penalty şi lovituri libere. La echipa naţională a Paraguayului, Chilavert a jucat în 74 de meciuri și a marcat de opt ori, un record în rândul goalkeeper-ilor la acest ultim capitol.El a înscris în cariera de jucător profesionist 67 de goluri, multe decisive, fiind al doilea portar din acest punct de vedere după brazilianul Rogerio Ceni cu 131 de goluri.Chilavert a fost primul portar care a reuşit un hat-trick, în 1999, în meciul dintre Velez Sarsfield şi Ferro Carril Oeste, scor 6-1. Atunci, paraguayanul a marcat din trei lovituri de la 11 metri.

Persons: Jose Luis Chilavert, Luis Chilavert, Penarol.El, Chilavert, brazilianul Rogerio, paraguayanul Organizations: Real Zaragoza, naţională Locations: Paraguay, San Lorenzo, Velez, Strasbourg, Paraguayului, goluri.Chilavert

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