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Incredible footage shows the moment a helicopter crashed in Brazil on Monday
leaving two pilots dead and the aircraft owner fighting for his life
The helicopter was performing a flight test after undergoing maintenance and was flying from Oscar Laranjeiras Airport in Caruaru
A surveillance camera showed the aircraft flying at a low altitude when it suddenly began to dive and made contact with the ground in a forest and began to burst in flames
The bodies of pilots André Ferreira and Raildo Rodrigues were found charred
the Caruaru Health Department said in a statement
where he received treatment for burns to 90 percent of his body
Santos was intubated and placed in an induced comma, his wife Drycka Cunha said on social medal. He has been treated for pneumonia due to the inhalation of smoke.
His friend, lawyer Geraldo Santos, told Folha de Pernambuco newspaper that he jumped and landed in bushes just moments before the helicopter crashed.
'There is a video that we believe was the moment he jumped. I think he must have been about 10 meters (32 feet) high,' Geraldo Santos said.
DailyMail.com reviewed footage of the crash, but it was difficult to determine if Henrique Santos had leaped from the helicopter.
Separate video footage showed the aircraft covered in flames while Henrique Santos, whose burns were visible, was standing near the debris and talking to residents, who rushed to render assistance before first responders arrived on the scene
'He is taking a cocktail of antibiotics due to the infection from the burns,' Geraldo Santos said. 'Tomorrow he will undergo new surgery to remove some of the burned parts and clean them.'
Doctors will then determine if Henrique Santos, who owns a livestock farm and an online store that sells wild and exotic pets, will be transferred to a medical facility in his hometown of Recife, the capital of Pernambuco.
Pernambuco Military Fire Department Mayor André Pereira told TV Asa Branca that the fire was controlled within 20 minutes of their arrival.
The National Civil Aviation Agency dispatched investigators from the Second Regional Service for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents to investigate the crash site on Tuesday and recover data.
'Specific techniques are used in Data Collection, conducted by qualified and accredited personnel who collect and confirm data, preserve the elements, perform the initial verification of damage caused to the aircraft, or by the aircraft, and collect other information necessary for the investigation,' the Brazilian Air Force said in a statement.
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the government of Pernambuco and officials at INCRA
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It has been announced to us today that the INCRA has appealed to the courts for the repossession of the Paulo Freire Training Center
located in Normandia Settlement in the city of Caruaru/PE
The federal judge of the 24th Federal Court of Caruaru has accepted INCRA’s request and has ruled for the immediate repossession of the center
“If there is no immediate eviction within the granted time limit
a warrant for the repossession will be issued
which will authorize the: a) the use of law enforcement
c) coercive conduction of the apprehended to the DPF
d) the removal of possessions that are within the area being repossessed
e) relocation of any animals in the center to the “Curral de Gado” in the municipality of Caruaru/PE
and authorizing the permission to put them for adoption and/or be put down.”
Recalling that the Training Center belongs to the Normandy Settlement
but due to all the conflict and procedures
it was advised by the INCRA technical team that the headquarters should be used collectively for the training and formation of any residents of the State of Pernambuco and this has been how it has operated
Immediately after the establishment of the settlement and in agreement with INCRA
the settler’ cooperative transferred the headquarters
plus the additional 14 hectares to create a space for training and apprenticeships of any residents of the State of Pernambuco
and slowly we began developing and raising funds for the development of the Training Center that we have today
was also developed in partnership with the government of the State of Pernambuco
and with a partnership with FUP (United Federation of Oil Tankers)
a kitchen and cafeteria were built and developed
This training center evolved from being a center for the State of Pernambuco to being a training center for the northeast regions
We have partnerships with the Caruaru City Hall to hold two school classes
and with the State Government we hold the course “Pé no Chão”
we are teaching our 37th class. “Pé no Chão” is our main course here at the center
based on experiences and practices in agroecology
the course is offered to people of all ages living in the state’s camps and settlements.
We offer a variety of activities that have been held throughout the years
realizing partnerships with the state government through universities – and even through INCRA which has developed several training sessions with staff and technicians of the institution
Through our history of development and achievements
several courses and partnerships have been held with various universities (UFPE
we established a partnership to have a geography course with UPE)
As well as the partnership with the University of the State of Pernambuco – UPE to hold the CRB – (Course in Brazilian Current Affairs) and partnership with the IF – Federal Institute to hold student internships; we had the first main course in veterinarian agroecology in partnership with UFRPE Garanhuns Campus
UAG and IPA; it has been a space for teaching training in the schools of the settlements and the EJA CAMPO program in partnership with the Pernambuco State Department of Education
where have gathered more than 2,000 teachers; a specialized course in promoting the safety and health of the environment
2017-2019 with the School of Government of Brasilia/Fiocruz-BSB with 55 students
a Free Course on promoting the safety and health of the environment and the workforce with the School of Government of Brasilia/Fiocruz-BSB – 2017-2019 with 40 students; Specialized course in Health Education with emphasis on training of multidisciplinary residency teachers in Health with the Institute – 2018 with 25 students with the Institute AGGEU Magalhaes/Fiocruz-PE; Multi-professional Residency in Family Health with emphasis on the health of the Campo population with the UPE
totaling 40 students; two classes for the Intercultural Indigenous Course; class in specialized Campo Education in partnership with the UPE Garanhuns Campus education more than 60 specialists; in addition to some many other courses and activities realized in this Training Center
the Center has partnerships with almost all the existing State Institutions that directly or indirectly perform activities day by day
appropriating the structures provided by the Center
The Center received the International Congress as a forum of the region
in addition to countless national meetings
it became a reference for training and to specialize in the field of agroecology
we see no reason for INCRA to request repossession besides an ideological motivation to impose a defeat for MST in the Pernambuco State
we are reaching for all the possible venues to prevent this insanity against the Paulo Freire Training Center and the Normandy Settlement from happening
the judge orders that every community are be destroyed
It is worth remembering that in this space we have 3 agribusiness belonging to the Normandy agricultural cooperative
which belong to the CPA of the Boleiras Collective
The destruction of all this would be a huge setback
we are calling each and every one to help us save the Paulo Freire Training Center
“Land for me is life.”“It is everything, it is health, food security, and dignity.” “It is life, overcoming adversity, and land security.”“[Land for me is…] achievement and sustainability.”“It is our home, where we raise our children, and where we preserve our culture.” – What does land mean for you? (2015)
and ethnic discrimination hamper implementation
policies and institutions are not yet truly responsive to the lives of women
especially those living in extreme poverty
It takes much more to affect real change on the ground.What can be done to address the gender asset gap and secure land rights for women
especially in a patriarchal society such as Brazil
Espaço Feminista – the organization I lead – has been dedicated to empowering grassroots women in northeast Brazil so that women and men are enabled to transform gender
and ethnic relations; secure equal rights; and claim autonomy to break out of extreme poverty
whose experiences give texture and depth to the causes of severe land inequity in a country where the Constitution and Civil Code have enshrined equal property rights for men and women
This is shown by the immense land concentration in Brazil in the hands of a few
Women who live in extreme poverty have many barriers to exercising their right to land
National statistics and local data consistently indicate this gender disparity
When Espaço Feminista collected data in Bonito and Caruaru
two municipalities in Agreste Central in 2018
we found that only 12% of total registered land was under women’s names
only 5.5% of total agricultural land is registered under women’s names
When we asked women about what kept them from registering land titles
said: “Women have countless barriers to overcome to get her land registered.” She added that the barriers ranged from a lack of knowledge about the right to have land registered in her name to difficulties in paying notary fees
An additional barrier is that a large percentage of women live for decades with their partners without legalizing their relationships
55% of the women interviewed in Bonito cohabitate with their partners without formalizing their relationships
Not having marriage papers has left many women in very fragile situations in terms of land and claims to other shared assets
Dulcicleide from Bonito is an example of this
After living together with her partner for more than 25 years
Most women – especially in the rural areas – receive their land through inheritance from their husbands
When marriages and successions are not formally documented
women find they have no legal claim to family assets after the deaths of their husbands or family members
since gender bias is deeply rooted in Brazilian culture
tend to favor men’s claims when successions are contested
a farmer and mother of seven children from Bonito
When Maria was younger and pregnant with her second child
leaving her alone with no proof of their relationship
their first daughter’s birth was also unregistered
Maria went to a notary to get a birth certificate of her daughter and a certificate of her stable union
But when she explained her situation to the notary
he told her to “go to hell.” Thankfully
She made an appeal at the public ministry and received a formal permission
she said: “I went to hell [as you suggested] and I talked to the devil himself
and he sent you this letter.” Eventually
she got her children registered and was able to claim her late partner’s pension
Espaço Feminista has also documented an alarming trend – an increasing number of female-headed households with land insecurity
Women with low income and minimum education experience more difficulties in enforcing their land rights
more of these women are becoming the heads of household
our survey has revealed the correlation between low levels of education
and women as the chief income earners (even in households with husbands or male partners)
A high percentage of women heads of household have less than five years of education and are in low-income situations
a young mother of three children from Jacaré
gave us a simple and straightforward explanation for this phenomenon
are responsible for the children and the well-being of elders
They give up pride and take whatever work is offered
This is because they know that at the end of the day
The most challenging and complex issue to untangle may be the overlap between land and housing security and domestic violence
When we prepared our survey questionnaire
we took great care to ask about domestic violence indirectly
yet women in abusive relationships were still reluctant to reveal their situation. We witnessed how often women unequivocally denied experiencing violence despite obvious evidence of it
DoCarmo from Caruaru told us how her father used to drink and beat her mother in front of their seven children and sexually abused her mother
a man arrived at their small house and informed her mother that she had four hours to leave the house
He told her that her husband had sold the house in exchange for a bottle of pitu (traditional alcohol) and a watch
the mother and the children grabbed the very few items they had and fled before sunset
They ended up staying in a barn on a nearby farm
DoCarmo became a leader in the struggle for women’s land and housing rights – the right for a woman to have land in her name
To have land in her name means giving power back to women
It means ensuring women have access to education and information
It also means that they have to understand what is needed to register their partnerships
and that barriers that keep women from claiming their inheritance must be removed
To have land in her name means women who are chief income earners can take better care of children and the elderly
It also means women do not have to stay in abusive relationships because they lack independent access to shelter and livelihoods
we are working to combine women’s empowerment
and increasing women’s organizing power and capacity to overcome the barriers to claim their rights
hold officials accountable to their commitments
and advocate gender equitable policies at local
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A Brazilian priest is being lauded for his commitment to bringing stray dogs to his masses
introducing them to parishioners for potential adoption
João Paulo Araujo Gomes, 51, has served in the Diocese of Caruaru since February 2013. According to a viral Reddit post
and then presents a dog to each mass to be adopted."
Allegedly dozens of stray dogs have been adopted due to Gomes
according to a post in the "Made Me Smile" forum that has exceeded 108,000 upvotes
Brazil is well-known for its colorful wildlife
and Brazilians have shown a love of animals
According to a World Animal Protection report from March 2020
Brazil had approximately 106 companion animals as of the end of 2013—which was the fourth-highest such population worldwide at that time
and second when considering only dogs and cats
it was also estimated that Brazil had about 52.2 million dogs and 22.1 million cats
including a total population of approximately 30 million stray dogs and cats
Stray animals drew attention around the time of the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil
due to Brazilian authorities reportedly removing and killing them
It led to the city of Rio removing about 900 strays from its streets the following year
when Sao Paulo became the first Brazilian state to enact a law banning the killing of stray dogs and cats as a population control practice
the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
citing 2019 data compiled by Shelter Animals Count
said approximately 6.3 million animals enter U.S
animal shelters annually—a decline from about 7.2 million in 2011
about 3.1 million are dogs and about 3.2 million are cats
That includes about 920,000 shelter animals being euthanized annually
with cats composing about 530,000 of those euthanizations
The 920,000 figure is a major decrease from 2.6 million euthanizations in 2011
About 4.1 million shelter animals are adopted each year—a split between dogs and cats —and about 810,000 animals entered as strays are returned to owners
Gomes' Facebook page features numerous posts about both dog and cat adoption
as well as photos of dogs sleeping on the "icy floor in the middle of the heat in Caruaru" during prayer services
Some photos also feature his own dogs sleeping in his bed
"How often our love for animals is criticized as madness," Gomes wrote in a February 26 Facebook post
"It's unfortunately common to hear: it's more important to like people
There is no love for animals that does not translate into love for others
Love will always be madness for hearts that only care about money
I'm really happy to be crazy about life anyway."
Another post from earlier that month stated that Gomes prays "for the suffering animals
Redditors said Gomes' actions of bringing dogs to the church in an effort to get them placed into stable homes were lessons of compassion
Some said this would provide an incentive to go to mass every Sunday
This benefits the dogs and the community; a loyal four legged friend can help beat loneliness and a range of depression/anxiety related mental health problems
The activity of taking a dog for a walk helps you keep healthy and just having a pet can help heal a broken heart
And the dogs get the loving owners and families they deserve
for giving these animals a chance to have a safe
Gomes' known passion for animals extends beyond social media. He was featured in a season two episode of the Netflix series Dogs called The Protectors
which documented his work and inspired local grassroots groups to emulate his mission
Newsweek reached out to Gomes and the diocese for comment
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Armadillos. You probably know the little mammalian tanks as those things with armor that curl up into balls for defense (although only one of 22 varieties does this), or scurry across dirt paths in vague and sprawling nature videos
But have you ever taken the time to sit back
and give some thought to just how cute Dasypus and Chlamyphoridae
look at this clip of an armadillo drinking water
Let its little eager sips quench your thirst for cuteness:
have you been rolled up in a ball or something?—is a municipality in Brazil
and still have their most significant presence in that region
Along with drinking water like a little thirsty pup with a weird
armadillos also have a bunch of other cute stuff going for them: like the fact that armadillo means “little armored one” in Spanish
or the fact that the epidermal scales that make up the armadillos’ armor are called “scutes.” Armadillos also have a very slim chance of infecting you with leprosy
but this is a time for thinking about their cuteness
watch this GIF of an armadillo getting a bath:
What do you think about this cute little armadillo drinking water? Do you want an armadillo for a pet now, or are you just going to buy some of that 3-D printed battle armor for your cat
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That was the last time Brazil hosted the World Cup
Back then there were only six stadiums and zero protests
The international spotlight is larger than ever and it’s been pointed right at Brazil since the late 2000s
when they won both the World Cup and Summer Olympic bids back to back
and protests have plagued Brazil ever since
12 cities stretched across 4,000 miles have played host to the matches and the festivities and throngs and throngs of futebol fans
breathing document of this historic period for the nation
Criss-cross my way through Bahia and Sergipe to get to Recife
And then a straight shot from Recife to Fortaleza
But I’m not flying and my Citroën Sandero is no crow
We zig-zagged and slept in towns with names like Caruaru and Aracaju and Vitória da Conquista and Imbassai
Everyday images of football fans and quadrilha dancers and fishermen and favelas and forró and festia junina and protests
“Tudo bom” roughly translates to “all good.” It’s used both as a question and an answer
The World Cup in Brazil has been both a blessing and a curse
Zackary Canepari is a photographer with Panos Pictures and a Sony Global Imaging Ambassador
The beautiful game. O jogo bonito. Pelé claims he was the first to coin the term. British commentator Stuart Hall disagrees
Football does something that no other sport does
even Americans.) And not a day goes by here in Brazil
where the universal nature of futebol can’t be seen
Manic Algerians aggressively chanting on the streets of Belo Horizonte
American flags hanging from balconies in Recife
An entire stadium in Salvador singing “Allez allez allez” after France scored goals four and five against Switzerland
The tricolor flag of Mexico hanging from a random guy's neck in a São Paulo subway
Every time Brazil plays the country has a national holiday
200 million people simultaneously willing Neymar to score another goal
Even I have to remind myself that I’m there to take pictures
France takes on Switzerland at Arena Fonte Nova
My first-ever live professional football match played more like a basketball game
I have no idea what happened in the stadium but outside was intense
Screaming ecstatic football fans were swarming
The passion of the World Cup in all its glory
Colombia in the quarterfinal at Estádio Castelão
but this is what the Brazilians scream all game — every game
no matter who they're playing: "Score 1,000 goals
Maradona snorts cocaine..." Pretty clever if you ask me
But the stadiums aren't the the only places where futebol is being watched and played
Brazilians gather to watch the World Cup matches in stores and wave their flags along the street
And they play the game almost anywhere: in fields
Identity has never been an issue in Brazil
A high percentage of super models and legendary football players
500 million thumbs-up gestures per day and one sport to rule them all
Don’t quote me on those numbers but I’m pretty sure I’m in the ballpark
Not even the World Cup can stop Brazil from being Brazil
Dia de São João on June 24th is the culmination but that didn't prevent everyone from bonfiring
forró-dancing and caipi-drinking every other night that week
The apex of traditional Festa Junina is the quadrilha: country line-dancing with better costumes
We encountered lots of people on the water
who may just be the coolest teenager in Brazil
My goal was to find traditional crab fisher-women on a Sunday morning during a holiday weekend in the laziest beach zone of all of Brazil
Want to photograph me bird hunting from a canoe with an archaic single-shot hunting rifle from the 1930s?" Maybe I'm paraphrasing a bit but next thing I know he's plucking the feathers of a local Garça bird
Then he showed us his personal collection of blue crabs that he's been fattening up for a special occasion
Then he re-loaded his rifle and headed back to his boat
who was fishing in a river during a Brazilian holiday
laborers clear a sugar cane field in preparation for a new planting season along the BR-101
Every weeknight after 9 pm and all day on Sundays
an elevated road cutting through the middle of São Paulo
It’s basically a cross between a business proposal and job application
they basically ran uncontested (Colombia dropped out)
Every single thing about pacifying the favelas
By all means the 2014 World Cup will be seen as a success
And with the Olympics creeping closer and closer
There have been two different types of protests in Brazil lately
This was one of the violent ones. The police used tear gas and sound bombs to try to stop the protest. And then there is this group called Black Bloc
punk rock young people who either believe in fighting for a cause or just like to fight
and they just can't compete against the police force
So once the chaos descends it's hard for them to regroup and start again
Petered out once the Black Bloc kids got separated from each other
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Floods are an inevitable part of rain in Brazil
A few hours of hard rain can shut down a city here
Which was almost the case in Recife on the day of the USA-Germany match
has exploded since the announcement of the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics
and for the poorest it has been too much to bear
A tent city sprung up on an abandoned hillside earlier this year and now it houses approximately 5,000 residents
the families survive on donations and the support of the MSTS
a local organization that supports homeless people in São Paulo
The hope is that there will be a new housing development that they will be built to permanently house them
documenting any activity at the Estelita site
2021 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the State Secretariat for the Prevention of Violence and Drugs (SPVD) made a technical visit to the facilities of the Integrated Center for Social Defense Operations (Ciods) of Pernambuco
The purpose of the visit was to better understand the process of receiving
and dispatching occurrencies from the 190 and 193 call centers
with the purpose of subsidizing the analysis that will be carried out by the Prevention Observatory
in the process of implementation in the state
the Ciods is responsible for coordinating the operational resources of the agencies that make up the Secretariat for Social Defense (SDS)
Fire Department and Criminalistics Institute
The Center has access to images from almost 1000 video surveillance cameras from 31 municipalities in Pernambuco
The visit was attended by UNODC's Monitoring and Evaluation analyst
The delegation was received by BMPE lieutenant Valdemir José (CIODS Manager)
SD PMPE Paula Leite (NTI/CIODS) and by the Hexagon technician
According to SPVD's Technical Advisor for Planning
"this visit is important to understand the process of obtaining data and results
and to strengthen the relationship between SPVD and the Pernambuco Cooperation with Ciods for the installation of the Prevention Observatory
which will allow for the study of Pernambuco's territories from the perspective of Violence Prevention," she said
The Prevention Observatory is part of the Pernambuco Cooperation
an agreement signed by the Pernambuco State Government
the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT)
the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
"SPVD is taking an important step in the consolidation of evidence-based violence prevention public policies
This is one of the main principles that are being defined through the UNODC-led Prevention LFA
Such strategy will help in the construction of a multi-sector and interconnected vision for the State prevention policy
subsidizing the decision making and the short and medium term planning"
The Ciods team clarified the flow of information registration
from the receipt of calls in the call center to the closure of the occurrence by the specific field service teams
Issues such as detailing the profile of the victims
were discussed with the UNODC and SPVD teams
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.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By The Associated PressBrazil Zika Babies
babies born with microcephaly Alexandro Julio
wait for their physical therapy session at the UPAE hospital in Caruaru
A year after a spike in the number of newborns with the defect known as microcephaly
doctors and researchers have seen many of the babies develop swallowing difficulties
epileptic seizures and vision and hearing problems
Brazil (AP) -- Two weeks shy of his first birthday
doctors began feeding Jose Wesley Campos through a nose tube because swallowing problems had left him dangerously underweight
Learning how to feed is the baby's latest struggle as medical problems mount for him and many other infants born with small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus in Brazil
I didn't want this for him," said Jose's mother
breaking into tears as she cradled her son
the conditions appear to be causing more severe problems in these infants than in patients born with small heads because of the other infections known to cause microcephaly
The problems are so particular that doctors are now calling the condition congenital Zika syndrome
And now they are having many problems eating
so a lot of these children start using feeding tubes," said Dr
a pediatric neurologist in Recife who was one of the first doctors to suspect that Zika caused microcephaly
was not known to cause birth defects until a large outbreak swept through northeastern states in Latin America's largest nation
Seven percent of the babies with microcephaly that Van der Linden and her team have treated were also born with arm and leg deformities that had not previously been linked to other causes of microcephaly
there are babies whose heads were normal at birth but stopped growing proportionally months later
Other infants infected with the virus in the womb did not have microcephaly but developed different problems
such as a patient of Van der Linden's who started having difficulties moving his left hand
"We may not even know about the ones with slight problems out there," Van der Linden said
"We are writing the history of this disease."
Jose laid on a blue mat wearing just brown moccasins and a diaper
his bony chest pressed by a respiratory therapist helping him clear congested airways
who has been visited by The Associated Press three times in the last year
He is slow to follow objects with his crossed eyes
His head is unsteady when he tries to hold it up
far below the 22 pounds that is average for a baby his age
Breathing problems make his cries sound like gargling
has seizures every day despite taking medication for epilepsy
He also started taking high-calorie formula through a tube after he appeared to choke during meals
"It's every mom's dream to see their child open his mouth and eat well," said his mother
adding that each day seems to bring new problems
Studies are underway to determine if the timing of the infection during pregnancy affects the severity of the abnormalities
a researcher at the Fiocruz Institute in Recife
three groups of babies whose mothers were infected with Zika are being followed for a study funded by the U.S
The groups include infants born with microcephaly
some born with normal-sized heads found to have brain damage or other physical problems and babies who have not had any symptoms or developmental delays
Bernardo Oliveira's head measured more than 13 inches
thought her child was spared from the virus that had infected her during pregnancy and stricken many newborns in maternity wards in her hometown of Caruaru
The pediatrician told Ferreira that her baby was likely colicky and would get better by the third month
so Ferreira took him to a government-funded event where neurologists were seeing patients with suspected brain damage
his head stopped growing," Ferreira said
"Bernardo was afflicted by the Zika virus after all
the government has reported 2,001 cases of microcephaly or other brain malformations in the last year
only 343 have been confirmed by tests to have been caused by Zika
but the Health Ministry argues that the rest are most likely caused by the virus
Health Minister Ricardo Barros said there was a drop of 85 percent in microcephaly cases in August and September compared to those months last year
when the first births started worrying pediatricians
He credited growing awareness of the virus and government attempts to combat mosquitoes through spraying campaigns
some infants with the syndrome are showing signs of progress
11-month-old Joao Miguel Silva Nunes pulled himself up in his playpen and played peek-a-boo with his mother
"He is my source of pride," Silva said
"He makes me feel that things are working out."
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goes through a physical therapy session at the UPAE hospital in Caruaru
SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government said that babies whose mothers were infected by the Zika virus during pregnancy will be monitored until they are 3 years old to detect the presence of possible problems other than microcephaly
a rare defect that causes babies to have smaller than normal heads and not properly developed brains
Friday’s statement from the Health Ministry said that besides microcephaly
babies whose mothers were infected by the mosquito-borne virus also will be watched for vision and hearing loss and malformed arms and legs
The ministry said that more than 2,100 cases of microcephaly have been confirmed since October 2015
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THIS is the miraculous moment rescuers find the badly burned survivor of a helicopter crash that erupted into flames after falling out of the sky
The lone survivor was found dazed and covered in red burns to his face
Two others died in the inferno but one man was unbelievably thrown clear
Images filmed by rescue workers show the badly scorched and shirtless survivor with his burned skin hanging off
He is heard trying to explain how the helicopter had horrifically plunged into the ground
Later footage shows the remains of the aircraft blazing fiercely as it is completely engulfed by fire
His wife, Drycka Cunha, reportedly said on social media that he had been intubated and put in an induced coma.
Local media reports said the pilot of the chopper, named as Andre Gomes Ferreira, 40, died in the crash along with a 45-year-old unnamed passenger.
Firefighters said the blaze appeared to have been caused by a problem with the helicopter's fuel supply system.
CCTV footage caught of the crash shows the aircraft flying at low altitude before suddenly beginning to dive towards the ground
The helicopter was supposed to be flying from Oscar Laranjeiras Airport in Caruaru
Pernambuco Military Fire Department Mayor André Pereira told local media the horrific fire was controlled within 20 minutes of their arrival
The National Civil Aviation Agency dispatched investigators to look into the crash site and recover data on Tuesday
The Brazil Air Force said in a statement: "Specific techniques are used in Data Collection
conducted by qualified and accredited personnel who collect and confirm data
perform the initial verification of damage caused to the aircraft
and collect other information necessary for the investigation."
It comes days after nine people were killed after a military helicopter crashed in El Salvador.
Among those onboard when the El Salvador Armed Forces chopper fell near the southeastern city of Pasaquina were a civil police chief and a money laundering suspect
The horror plunge took place on Sunday night as social media footage showed what appeared to be the chopper's wreckage in the middle of the jungle
Men could be seen scouring the pitch-black grounds with their flashlights
On board the aircraft were Mauricio Arriaza Chicas
the former executive president of the Santa Victoria Cooperative (Cosavi)
Barrientos had been turned over by the Honduran police a few hours prior in response to an international arrest warrant for suspected money laundering
He was caught on Saturday in Choluteca, Honduras, while allegedly trying to flee to the United States, according to El Heraldo
along with his parents and two of his brothers
was being investigated for the alleged embezzlement of at least $35 million
he wrote: "It is necessary to investigate thoroughly and to the final consequences
Source: India Today
In a touching display of compassion and kindness
Brazilian priest Joao Paulo Araujo Gomes has embarked on a mission to provide a second chance at life to stray dogs in need
has become an advocate for these abandoned animals
going above and beyond to ensure they find loving homes
Father Gomes' heartwarming initiative involves rescuing stray dogs from the harsh streets
and even giving them a soothing bath to prepare them for a fresh start
what sets this priest's efforts apart is his unique approach to helping the strays
Father Gomes introduces one of the rescued dogs to the congregation
This heartwarming act not only draws attention to the plight of these animals but also provides an opportunity for churchgoers to adopt and give these dogs a home forever
Brazilian priest João Paulo Araujo Gomes, from the Diocese of Caruaru, takes abandoned dogs off the streets, feeds them, bathes them, and then presents a dog to each mass, to be adopted. Dozens of stray dogs already have a home thanks to the priest. pic.twitter.com/t3dVnuGSMM
The results have been nothing short of remarkable
with dozens of stray dogs finding loving families thanks to Father Gomes' compassion and determination
Father Gomes has helped find homes for many strays
Everything I do depends on volunteers and volunteers who help me
too,” he told The Dodo in a 2019 interview
11° Marcha pela vida das mulheres e pela Agrocologia - Reprodução
The covid-19 pandemic hit the Brazilian economy hard
women’s participation in the workforce
More than half of the female population aged 14 and over was out of the labor market in the third quarter of 2020
according to the latest data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
This means that the percentage of women in the country's workforce
Pernambuco is one of the states with the nation’s highest unemployment rates
The city of Caruaru is located in this state
in a semi-arid region 136 kilometers the state’s coastal capital
who is currently in a situation of “social vulnerability”
Dukarmo's primary occupation was collecting scraps on the streets of Feira da Sulanca
a popular clothing marketplace in Pernambuco’s countryside
many clothing factories shut down and the production of face masks began to be done with "non-woven fabric"
of a quality too low for the manufacture of dish towels
we are unable to use these materials in dish cloth”
the mother of seven and grandmother of four lives in a small house with the three families of her children
Her only income comes from the social assistance project created during Lula da Silva’s government called Bolsa Família
“Today we are living below the poverty line
because you have to be strong to raise a family
people had to choose whether to eat in the morning
who is also part of a housing movement in the region
Only the children have snacks and lunch”
We have to cook the rice and use the same water for other foods
We women are even having a hard time buying our ‘modis’ [as tampons are commonly called] because where’s the money
Among heads of households such as Dukarmo Carvalho
the unemployment rate was already higher for women than men in the third quarter of 2019: 10.7% compared to 5.7%
these rates were 14.4% for women and 7.6% for men
coordinator of research and technology of the Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese)
there are structural reasons for this scenario
in addition to the cyclical nature of the pandemic and economic crisis
there is a difference in wages and job positions between men and women
Even women with higher education work jobs that are less valued
usually in service professions such as healthcare
“We already have a disorganized and unequal labor market structure
the most vulnerable populations were much more affected
The first impact was among informal workers
many of which are occupied by women”
there was a loss of 400 thousand jobs with formal contracts and 1.2 million unregistered jobs
there were 5.8 million women working in domestic and informal jobs
A United Nations (UN) report published in November 2020
pointed to 76% more women being left out of the labor market than men at the end of the second quarter of 2020: 321 million unemployed women versus 182 million men
The UN relied on labor data from 55 high and middle-income countries
With the onset of the pandemic
the prospects of getting a job diminished for Elen Ramalho
a 35 year old resident of Cidade Tiradentes
an impoverished district in the city of São Paulo
because we can see that things are not going to improve
mainly because there is no plan in place for that to happen
who has been unemployed for two years and living off of informal jobs
Brazil has an increasing number of covid-19 infections and deaths
with the last week averaging 1,300 fatalities every 24 hours
the country exceeded 10.7 million cases and 260 thousand dead
all amid a collapse of the hospital system
with most states having more than 80% of their ICU beds full
Today, Elen Ramalho lives with her mother, stepfather and two young children in an unfinished house of the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program, a housing program that also began during the Workers' Party administrations. It is only thanks to the pandemic emergency aid of R $ 600 and now to the Bolsa Família benefit of R $ 220
coupled with financial aid from her mother
that Ramalho managed to support her children and herself during the past months
but I'm living on the edge," she says
in the low income Capão Redondo neighborhood
it is also difficult to foresee a significant improvement of her current situation since she was fired in May of 2020
today she works in the informal market to guarantee the minimum to survive
The scenario has led her to put college on hold
the one who should be in charge of changing the course of the pandemic and economic crisis
“There is a lot that leaves something to be desired
the current situation is not just the result of the pandemic
The feeling is that "we were doomed" from the start
“It’s a consequence of political and economic choices
there are ways out of this neo-liberal logic which can bring about economic development along with social equality
It is possible to envision a developmental project for the country that contemplates the elimination of social
“the country we live in today doesn’t even allow us to choose our meals
let alone have a dream,” laments worker Dukarmo Carvalho
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A video is viral on social media which shows a man
The video draws immediate attention because the man who is in the attire of a priest is seen engaging in a provocative dance with the woman even as several others dance and record videos in the background
The video is being circulated on social media with sarcastic jibes at the priest and at Christianity itself
Tamil actor and choreographer Kanal Kannan tweeted this viral 17-second clip on June 18, 2023. It has accumulated close to 8 Lakh views and 3,100 retweets. In the caption, he urged converted Hindus to repent for the state of ‘foreign religious culture’. (Archive)
— kanal kannan (@kannan_kanal) June 18, 2023
The cyber cell of Tamil Nadu police on July 10, 2023, arrested Kannan in connection with the tweet
On the same day, Twitter user Vijay Patel (@vijaygajera), whose bio describes him as an ‘investigative journalist’, posted an ANI report about Kannan’s arrest, and in the comments, tweeted another similar video of the ‘Christian priest’ dancing provocatively
He is arrested for sharing this video with the caption “This is the culture of foreign religion”pic.twitter.com/q2E4ee0E1K
— Vijay Patel🇮🇳 (@vijaygajera) July 10, 2023
Twitter user @Anandkumar_IND, too, tweeted a video showing the ‘priest’ dancing with the same woman as in the video shared by Kannan and captioned it with sarcastic jibes at the ‘Christian way of practising devotion’. (Archive)
हिन्दू और हिन्दू संत के बारे में बहुत ही टिप्पणीया होती है कुछ इनके बारे में भी बोलिये……..!! pic.twitter.com/LHP00sdXvS
— Anand kumar🙏🚩 (@Anandkumar_IND) June 15, 2023
The video is also viral on Facebook
Several users shared it while calling out the ‘Christian priest’s’ act
By comparing relevant screengrabs from the videos posted by Kanal Kunnan and Vijay Patel
we were able to determine that the man featured in both videos was the same person
A post shared by MIKAELLA NUNES | MODA E HUMOR (@mikanuness_)
In the post, she has tagged the man, which led us to this profile
most of them featuring the man in the dress of a Christian priest
He has also shared the video which initially went viral
of him dancing with a lady in white and black clothes
The bio of his Instagram account led us to Inacio Falcao’s YouTube channel
which he handles under the fictional name of the priest he impersonates at parties and social gatherings
The description of his YouTube channel (@papapopocaruaru)
Creator of the character Papa Popó Caruaru
which for several years has animated São João de Caruaru and other events such as: Carnival
On his YouTube channel, Falcao had posted the viral video on June 19, and has credited the source of the clip to Dra. Poliana Teodoro. Alt News ran a keyword search for the same which directed us to the Instagram account of the woman in a black and white dress seen dancing in the clip tweeted by Kanal Kannan. She also uploaded the video on her own account
A post shared by Dra. Poliana Teodoro | Medicina Integrativa (@drapolianateodoro)
a clip had originally gone viral on social media with the claim that a Christian priest was dancing indecently with a young woman in what appears to be a social gathering
Alt News found that the man who appeared to be a priest was actually a Brazilian actor named Inacio Falcao who would often impersonate a fictional Christian priest in parties and act as a source of amusement to the crowd
On July 11, Right Wing propaganda outlet OpIndia published a story about the arrest of Tamil stunt choreographer Kanal Kannan
whom they identified as the ‘state president of the popular Hindu organization Hindu Munnani’
The article referred to the man seen dancing in the video only once
The article gives a brief summary of the police action against Kannan
and is concluded by the remarks of the state spokesperson of Hindu Munnani
OpIndia has also shared the tweet that landed Kannan in trouble with the authorities
but has not elaborated on the source of the video or the identity of the man seen dancing
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