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    Olive tries to drag poor Popeye onto the dance floor, while Bluto looks on in delight

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART FOUR: TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE (CONCLUSION)

    Everyone Does the “Broadway Samba” Near the conclusion of “Samba Lelê,” Senhorita Olive Oyl ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes
    Bluto and Popeye advance toward their “fun” destination: The cartoon Cafe in Rio

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART THREE: SAMBA YOUR CARES AWAY!

    A Clubbing We Will Go In the next sequence, Popeye and Bluto stride brazenly ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes
    Paramount Pictures title card for ‘W’ere on our Way to Rio’ (1944)

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART TWO: WON’T YOU BE MY GOOD NEIGHBOR?

    Let Us Entertain You Nothing succeeds like success. And to repeat a successful formula, ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes
    Popeye (right) escorts Miss Olivia Oyla to the Cafe La Conga in “Kickin’ the Conga Round” (1942)

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART ONE: KICKIN’ THE COUNTRY AROUND

    I’m Popeye the sailor man / I’m Popeye the sailor man I’m strong to ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes
    Brazilian President Bolsonaro visits Dubai

    How International Pariah Bolsonaro Changed the Way the World Sees Brazil

    He may be welcome in Gulf sheikdoms, where religious faith and the sale of ...

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    David Sogge
    Trumpeting the past? The Bible has conflicting narratives over the conquest of Canaan. Wikimedia Commons

    The Bible As a Model to Tell America’s History: Warts and All

    At a time when Americans are seemingly as polarized as ever over the present, ...

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    Mark K. George
    Donald Trump at the White House, after a press conference

    What Does Trump’s Downfall Mean to Brazil and the Left Around the World

    No wind can help those who don’t know where they are going. Though barely ...

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    Antonio Martins
    Brazilian president says that Brazilians have to respect US's immigration laws

    Trying to Please Trump, Brazil Approves Mass Deportation of Brazilians in the US

    The U.S. government has again deported a planeload of Brazilians, the second such chartered ...

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    Lisandra Paraguassu and Ted Hesson
    Rio's Favela da Rocinha watched by a military helicopter - Photo: Agência Brazil

    It’s Time We Call the Killings of Blacks in Brazil by Its Proper Name: Genocide

    Genocide, as defined by the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment ...

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    Brazilian President-elect Jair Messias Bolsonaro

    Brazil’s President-elect Is No Trump. He Was Even a Hugo Chávez Admirer

    Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president-elect, is sometimes referred to as the Brazilian Trump (Economist, 2017), ...

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    Ted Goertzel
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