Announced by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) as future chancellor, Mauro Vieira made an emphatic defense of retired ambassador João Carlos de Souza-Gomes in the testimony given in 2018 in the process that led to the removal and suspension of the diplomat for sexual and moral harassment. As the …
Read More »Swedish government wants to suspend ‘feminist foreign policy’
Izabella Caixeta* – State of Minas posted on 10/20/2022 11:58 (credit: Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) Sweden’s new foreign minister, Tobias Billström, said on Tuesday (10/18) that he intends to review the ‘feminist foreign policy’ adopted by the country today as he considers it counterproductive. Tobias is supported by the current …
Read More »Sweden: Government ends the Ministry of the Environment – 10/19/2022 – World
Sweden will no longer have so-called feminist diplomacy or an environment ministry, the country’s new government said on Tuesday (18). A day earlier, moderate Ulf Kristersson was made prime minister of the Nordic country after forming a coalition with three other parties, including the far-right Sweden Democrats. The diplomatic status …
Read More »The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ series gets more and more realistic – 09/22/2022 – Luciana Coelho
Incessantly cited as a metaphor for these strange times over four seasons, “The Handmaid’s Tale” returned in this fifth year less allegorical, more realistic and not without its incredible ability to anguish. With much of the action transposed to Canada, the ghosts only seem more human and therefore scarier. With …
Read More »USA: Last Salem witch is exonerated after 329 years – 02/08/2022 – World
It’s now official: Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was not a witch. Until last week, the Andover, Massachusetts resident, who during the Salem witch trials confessed to having practiced witchcraft, was the only person convicted in the trials who had not yet been acquitted. She was exonerated last Thursday, 329 years after …
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