by December 14 In crafting a screenplay that focuses on the early years of its candy-making protagonist writers Paul King & Simon Farnaby (of Paddington 2 and The Phantom of the Open) conscientiously strive to preserve the core moral lessons that are inherent in Dahl's many stories These serve as a guiding thread throughout Wonka weaving a heartwarming tapestry around the central theme that dreams aren't only worth pursuing they find true value in sharing them with the people we love it's an apt message for a family Christmas flick while it's a refreshing take on the character the movie unfolds in a fairly predictable manner miss an opportunity for more imaginative storytelling Paul King's Wonka movie's commitment to upholding Dahl's moral ethos is evident in its portrayal of the protagonist's journey The narrative plays out as a testament to the belief that individual aspirations gain significance when intertwined with the lives of others The heart of the story lies in the realization that personal fulfillment reaches its height not in solitary achievement but in collective joy and shared experiences with those who matter One of this movie's unmistakable strengths lies in its exceptional ensemble cast there was much debate surrounding the unconventional casting choices British actor Hugh Grant's portrayal of the orange Oompa-Loompa is a comedic triumph providing moments of genuine hilarity that deeply elevate the movie's overall charm adds her own brand of amusement to the narrative offers a breakthrough performance as Noodle an orphan girl who is the heart and soul of Wonka Timothée Chalamet as a younger Willy Wonka but the actor successfully carves out his own interpretation while retaining the odd compassionate aura of the character previously represented by the iconic performances from Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp The entire cast in addition to Chalamet commits 200% to their purposefully over-the-top the costume and production design in Wonka are nothing short of outstanding enchanting world that befits this story's magical universe feels a tad less inspired than other technical counterparts There's a strange lack of vividness to complement the fantastical elements Composer Joby Talbot's score is incredibly sweet referencing many of the well-known melodies from the original classic When it comes to songwriter Neil Hannon's original songs written for this movie some are undeniably memorable – I'm going to be humming to the "Oompa Loompa" beat until the end of the year – but others fail to be as captivating and rich as one would hope All are entertaining to watch (and listen to) relevant information about the story or characters occasionally feeling reiterative in their messages and meaning within the Wonka story Wonka offers a fresh perspective on the iconic character while paying homage to Roald Dahl's timeless tale of morality visually dazzling take on the origins of Willy Wonka Despite the rather formulaic narrative lacking the same creativity of other filmmaking aspects satisfying viewing experience that should be enjoyed on the big screen Find more posts in: Review Add our RSS to your Feedly +click here+ Latest posts now available on Bluesky: Get the latest posts sent on Telegram Want emails instead?Subscribe to our dailynewsletter updates: Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information arrives at the Luanda District Court on Feb. 11 2022 at 11:54 AM EDTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Angolan businessman Carlos Manuel de Sao Vicente was sentenced to nine years in prison by a court in the southern African nation for embezzlement The court asked the government to take control of the tycoon’s assets, according to the Luanda-based newspaper. Sao Vicente’s business interests once included a 49% stake in the local unit of South Africa’s Standard Bank Group Ltd was detained in 2020 after authorities froze $900 million of his assets in several bank accounts in Switzerland Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (VIDEO) National Soccer Player Juan Manuel Izquierdo's Final FarewellThousands attended the wake of Uruguayan Nacional footballer Juan Manuel Izquierdo who passed away on Tuesday in São Paulo after spending five days in the hospital Fans from various teams gathered outside the Tricolor headquarters where the family and the club bid farewell to the player who lost his life at the age of 27 due to brain death following a cardiorespiratory arrest along with jerseys from these and other teams like Liverpool and Fénix adorned the area where attendees placed dozens of banners with messages and hundreds of flower bouquets During the two hours that the wake was open to the public hundreds of fans entered the venue to say goodbye to Izquierdo while many others were unable to do so and paid their respects from Avenida 8 de Octubre "I'm moved by the civic response of the Uruguayan people who are showing the solidarity we all wish to see but I can't even begin to imagine what the family are going through," said Nacional president Alejandro Balbi to the press He also expressed gratitude for the presence of players and officials from various teams emphasizing the arrival of a delegation of São Paulo players the Brazilian club Nacional faced last Thursday in the Copa Libertadores Argentinians Jonathan Calleri and Luciano Galoppo and Brazilians Rapinha and Welington traveled on Wednesday night to bid farewell in Montevideo to the player who had collapsed on the pitch at São Paulo's stadium a week earlier and had to be taken away by ambulance Uruguayan Football Association president Ignacio Alonso expressed his sorrow at what he considered an injustice and mentioned that the football governing body had already offered its support to the player's family A young widow now has a lot to face at an age where life is usually seen differently and two small children who need a lot of support and care," he remarked longtime Nacional official Hernán Navascués reflected on the many times he had to say goodbye to people who had "a significant life of service to the club" and confessed that he had never experienced a moment as painful as that of this Thursday two days after a traffic accident in the Uruguayan capital Navascués also mentioned the historic Abdon Porte on the field of the Gran Parque Central stadium due to a knee injury that had cost him his place on the team and distanced him from football Minutes after Navascués spoke and the family said their goodbyes to Izquierdo the footballer's coffin was placed in a hearse waiting at the headquarters' entrance The silence of that moment was broken by the applause of thousands of fans who immediately began singing a Nacional supporters' song "Not even death will separate us; from heaven I will cheer for you," chanted the fans on a day of mourning for the football world the former CEO of a company with a lucrative government monopoly to insure Angola's oil sector had his bank accounts frozen on suspicions of money laundering Swiss authorities have frozen nearly $900 million belonging to an Angolan business executive with ties to successive presidential regimes according to newly released court documents Switzerland’s public prosecutors froze seven accounts of Carlos Manuel de São Vicente and family members in December 2018 on suspicions of money laundering, according to news website Gotham City It is one of the largest amounts of money frozen by the Alpine nation The freezing order on six of the accounts has since been lifted Swiss criminal proceedings are highly secretive and details of the investigation and order have only now been made public “My client strongly refutes the charges against himself,” Vicente’s Swiss lawyer, Clara Poglia, told the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists “He confirms that he has always acted according to the law as it will be demonstrated in the frame of the criminal proceedings He considers in addition that any publication related to these proceedings violates the principle of presumption of innocence as well as his personal rights.” Vicente took unsuccessful last-minute legal action against Gotham City to prevent publication of the news “Gotham City’s article contains important factual mistakes,” Poglia said Vicente, a Portuguese-Angolan citizen, is the former chairman and CEO of AAA Seguros. Under a 2001 presidential decree signed by José Eduardo dos Santos the company received a lucrative government monopoly to insure oil sector activity in the natural resource-rich Southern African nation which was partly owned by the national oil company Vicente is also the husband of Irene Alexandra da Silva Neto a former member of parliament and vice-minister in the administration of Jose Eduardo dos Santos Da Silva Neto is also the daughter of Angola’s first president Swiss authorities allege that between 2012 and 2019 Vicente transferred almost $900 million from the insurance company to personal accounts The case began in 2018 when the former chairman’s bank alerted Swiss authorities to a $213 million transfer “It was […] unusual for the CEO and chairman of the board of directors a power of individual representation of the company to have in his favor funds belonging to a company to an insurance company regulated by the State,” prosecutors wrote Vicente told Swiss authorities that the $213 million was a partial reimbursement for loans The Swiss court noted that the contracts used to justify Vicente’s claim were created after the money transfers and only upon the bank’s request for more information Prosecutors also were alerted when Vicente asked SYZ a private wealth and asset management specialist to transfer “the entirety of his personal account” to Singapore The court decision does not say if the transfer happened The Angolan economist told the bank that he gave the order because he was dissatisfied with Geneva’s management of his account part of AAA Seguros’ money that landed in Vicente’s account belonged to Sonangol Earlier this year, ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks investigation revealed how former Sonangol chairwoman, President dos Santos’ daughter Isabel dos Santos, moved more than $38 million out of the country to a company in Dubai owned by a friend Angola has opened criminal investigations into the transfers Vicente’s lawyers told the Swiss court that he faces no charges in Angola and that no AAA Seguros shareholders have complained about the management of the company Angola has not responded to a Swiss request for legal assistance The page you were trying to reach does not exist. Please check the URL or click here to return to the home page The main stem of the Amazon River has provided access to ocean-going cargo ships for centuries including modern container ships that service the manufacturing sector in Manaus and ore-carriers that haul bauxite from near Oriximiná (Pará) and iron ore and manganese from Santana (Amapá) built at Itacoatiara in 1998 across from the mouth of the Madeira River (Amazonas) was followed in 2003 by one at Santarem (Pará) at the mouth of the Tapajós in 2014 at Barcarena near Belem (Pará) at the mouth of the Tocantins and in 2016 at Santana (Amapá) on the north side of the Amazon delta These terminals are currently receiving grain from barge loading facilities located at the top of the three major transportation corridors each of which has developed or hopes to expand an industrial waterway on the section of the river known as the Solimões river traffic declines by several orders of magnitude because there are no industrial mines or agricultural landscapes producing commodities at scales required to support a bulk transport system A few ocean-going cargo ships hauling timber are known to operate sporadically from Iquitos (Peru) or deliver heavy machinery required by the oil and gas industry at Coari (Amazonas) and Iquitos River traffic consists largely of riverboats providing fuel and consumer goods to riparian communities (HML #3) cruise liners catering to tourists on the Rio Negro and timber for the manufacturing sector in Manaus or for export to overseas markets There is an uptick in activity on the tri-border area around Tabatinga (Brazil) Leticia (Colombia) and Santa Rosa de Yavarí (Peru) The aspiration of creating an industrial waterway between Brazil and the Andean republics is a major component of the IIRSA investment portfolio which includes eighteen projects organized in four groups with a total budget of $US 530 million This basket of proposed and completed projects represents a laudable effort to provide sustainable transportation options that minimize the need for roads most river port investments on the Andean piedmont are akin to the Field of Dreams approach to infrastructure planning: If you build it There is no commercially relevant bulk cargo in either direction between Brazil and the Andean nations while the manufactured goods produced in Manaus are not likely to be competitive with similar products from East Asia They provide essential services to many isolated communities of the region that are being denied road access in the name of forest conservation their development should not be viewed as an investment that will pay for itself but as a subsidy to support nature-based livelihoods the one example where a waterway might be able to support a self-sufficient commercial transportation system is opposed by environmental and social advocates: the Hidrovía Amazónica between Iquitos on the impacts caused by dredging operations on problematic sections of the river but also from current operators and inhabitants who fear they will be exploited by the concessionaire that has been awarded the contract to upgrade and operate the waterway The largest tributary of the Amazon has functioned as fluvial corridor for millennia and was a major commercial artery during the rubber booms of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries it has experienced a commercial revival due to the transport of soy and maize and Porto Velho is now one of the busiest ports in the Amazon navigation between the Madeira and its tributaries of the upper watershed (Itenez/Guaporé Beni and Madre de Dios) were blocked by multiple rock outcrops distributed along approximately 200 kilometers between Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim About half of these rapids have been flooded by the dams built at Santo Antonio y Jirau while the rest would be flooded by the two dams that have been proposed for future construction the Brazilian Transportation Ministry evaluated the feasibility of extending the Madeira waterway beyond Porto Velho and confirmed that the construction of the two additional dams would resolve the physical blockages that impede navigation If all four dams were enhanced by the construction of locks navigation via the Madeira waterway would extend fluvial transportation to central Mato Grosso (1,200 kilometers via the Guaporé) the agricultural frontiers of the Chapare and the Guayaros (1,000 kilometers via the Mamoré) the Bolivian Yungas (500 kilometers via the Rio Beni) and southern Peru (1,000 kilometers via the Madre de Dios) The agency that manages Brazil’s commercial waterways Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários (ANTAQ) considers the Guaporé to be an economically important waterway and has the 2013 feasibility study identified physical attributes such as seasonally shallow water and excessive sinuosity that limit its utility as an industrial waterway while highlighting the presence of indigenous territories in Bolivia and Rondônia that would complicate its development The agribusiness sector shows no interest in developing the Guaporé as a bulk transport waterway presumably because it would not be cost competitive with rail The most enthusiastic supporters of a greater Madeira-Mamoré waterway have always been Bolivian politicians who dream of converting their lowland provinces into agricultural breadbaskets This aspiration may be another example of the if-you-build-it-they-will-come syndrome; however the regional government of Beni has approved a new land-use planning framework that legalizes the conversion of one million hectares of savanna habitat for the cultivation of soy which has the support of both the central government and the agribusiness sector of Santa Cruz The Brazilian Transportation Ministry and the agribusiness sector view the Tapajós River as a strategically important waterway located between the most productive farmlands of Mato Grosso and grain terminals on the Amazon River a technically challenging river with multiple rapids that limit its navigability during twelve months of the year The Tapajós can be used as an industrial waterway only if a series of dams (between three and six) are constructed to create lakes that flood the most problematic rapids and regulate water flows necessary to ensure transit by barge The waterway was selected for priority development in the late 2010s and construction was initiated on four dams on the upper the basin: Teles-Pires The environmental licensing process was initiated for São Miguel do Tapajós while development of the two dams located on the mid-section of the river (Chacarão and Jatoba) were placed on the docket for future evaluation Following the political backlash that accompanied the constriction of the Belo Monte hydropower complex and the corruption scandals that marred the dams on the Rio Madeira political support for the São Miguel project declined and the environmental authorities successfully denied approval of its environmental license This determination has effectively killed the Tapajós – Tele Pires waterway project because the three lower dams are all keystone elements the Tapajós is navigable for 300 kilometers between its mouth and the twin towns of Itaituba and Miritituba located across from each other at the top of a naturally inundated valley situated at the base of the northern border of the Brazilian Shield Itaituba is the larger of the two towns and capital of the municipality but Miritituba is located near the intersection of BR-163 and BR-230 making it the preferred site for building logistical facilities for loading barges for trans-shipment to grain terminals on the main stem of the Amazon River Unless the Brazilian Congress acts to create a legal mechanism that overrides the 1988 Constitution or the Murunduku indigenous people modifies its opposition to dams the Tapajós waterway will be limited to the section between Miritituba and the Amazon River These two parallel rivers drain the landscapes between the highlands of central Mato Grosso and western Bahía; consequently they are strategically located to provide a transportation option for two of Brazil’s most important agricultural landscapes Both are candidates for waterway development but differ in their physical characteristics and the complexity of the social and environmental challenges that accompany the development of an industrial waterway creating the first essential asset on the Araguaía –Tocantins waterway system The Araguaía requires less investment in dams and locks (Santa Isabela and Araguanã) but suffers from seasonally low water levels due to its broad flat floodplain the Tocantins has a relatively confined river valley but with numerous rock outcrops that require the construction of several dams and their associated locks the transportation ministry decided to limit its waterway investments to the Tocantins because of the existence of two dams (Estreito and Lajeado) and the planned construction of three additional hydropower units (Marabá The decision not to pursue the Araguaía waterway avoided the inevitable confrontation over the operation of an industrial waterway on the border of a large indigenous territory (TI Araguaía) and two protected areas (PN Araguaía and PE Cantão) The inevitable confrontation with environmental advocates began with the difficulty in obtaining an environmental license to modify the channel of the Rio Tocantins at the Pedral do Lourenço a massive rock outcrop situated between the Tucuruí Reservoir and the city of Marabá This stretch of the lower Tocantins is navigable during highwater seasons but an industrial waterway must be open twelve months of the year to be economically viable Proposals to dynamite a channel through the Pedral would impact the nesting habitat of two species of aquatic turtles an endemic species of dolphin and migratory catfish that have already suffered population declines caused by the construction of the Tucuruí Dam Delay in the approval of the license has frozen the use of the waterway for almost ten years in spite of strong support from both national and state authorities and the demands of private investors who have committed significant financial capital in developing port facilities in Barcarena Development of the Tocantins waterway above Marabá is less than certain To reach the border with the state of Goiás – the goal of the transportation ministry – would require the construction of three more large-scale dams at the cost of between $US 5 and $10 billion and the installation of locks at all five hydropower facilities at approximately $US 100 million each Other impediments include the need to build access roads between the farms in Mato Grosso and the waterway which would entail building a highway across an enormous wetland complex (Ilha de Bananal) that is part of the Araguaía indigenous territory This non-Amazonian waterway is navigable between Corumbá (Mato Grosso do Sul) and ports in Argentina and Uruguay; it is used by mining companies operating near Corumbá but is not an export corridor for agricultural commodities from Brazil an essential transportation asset for Bolivia’s agroindustry whose producers in Santa Cruz are 2,000 kilometers from the nearest Atlantic port Pacific ports are closer at 1,500 kilometers but they are also situated on the other side of a 5,000-meter pass via roads that are not designed for high-capacity grain trucks Bolivia’s soybean producers are absolutely dependent upon the Paraguay River and a legacy railroad system without which they would be unable to compete in global markets “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon” is a book by Timothy Killeen and contains the author’s viewpoints and analysis. The second edition was published by The White Horse in 2021 under the terms of a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0 license) Read the other excerpted portions of chapter 2 here: The “fortress conservation” model is under pressure in East Africa as protected areas become battlegrounds over history and global efforts to halt biodiversity loss Mongabay’s Special Issue goes beyond the region’s world-renowned safaris to examine how rural communities and governments are reckoning with conservation’s colonial origins and trying to forge a path forward […] (VIDEO) Medical Staff React as Juan Manuel Izquierdo Collapses at MorumbiThe world of football and sports in general is mourning the death of Nacional footballer Juan Manuel Izquierdo an event that has prompted multiple reactions from key figures in international football Izquierdo was taken by ambulance from Morumbi Stadium where the second leg of the Round of 16 match The player collapsed at the center of the field 39 minutes into the second half immediately causing panic among the players of both teams who urgently called for medical assistance the stadium’s ambulance entered to assist Izquierdo where he underwent a series of tests to determine his condition "Juan Izquierdo suffered a cardiac arrhythmia during the match against São Paulo," reported the club adding that the 27-year-old footballer was in the intensive care unit of the Albert Einstein Hospital it was communicated that Izquierdo remained stable from his cardiac arrhythmia and was kept sedated: "Update on Juan Izquierdo: According to the information provided by the treating doctors at Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo Juan is stable from his cardiac arrhythmia where he will continue under observation for the next 72 hours." patient Juan Manuel Izquierdo underwent new tests this Sunday The evaluation showed progression of brain involvement and an increase in intracranial pressure Juan remains in neurological intensive care dependent on mechanical ventilation," concluded the medical report the hospital had issued a medical bulletin detailing that Izquierdo had been admitted on Thursday with a cardiac arrest of indeterminate onset "The hospital immediately initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers and the patient regained spontaneous circulation it was reported by the hospital where he had been admitted for the past five days that he suffered "brain death following a cardiorespiratory arrest" associated with an arrhythmia "The Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital regrets to announce the death of Mr as a result of brain death following a cardiorespiratory arrest associated with an arrhythmia," stated the final bulletin and society is in mourning after receiving the unfortunate news of the death of the 27-year-old Uruguayan footballer in the city of São Paulo where he had been hospitalized since last Thursday with a critical neurological condition Juan Manuel Izquierdo and Other Tragic Deaths in FootballThis time football mourns the Uruguayan defender Juan Izquierdo who passed away this Tuesday in São Paulo after collapsing on August 22 at the 84th minute of the Copa Libertadores match between Nacional and São Paulo who started the match on the bench and came on for the second half in place of Sebastián Coates fell to the ground and had to be removed from the stadium in an ambulance the Uruguayan club reported that the 27-year-old defender suffered a cardiac arrhythmia and was admitted to the intensive care unit at the Albert Einstein Israelita Hospital in São Paulo where he passed away despite all medical efforts The Hospital Reveals the Cause of Juan Manuel Izquierdo's Death Izquierdo's death inevitably brings a recount of other similar tragic events in football Moustapha Sylla in 2023: The Ivorian Moustapha Sylla died on March 5 The 21-year-old full-back collapsed on the field and lost his life due to a cardiac arrest  Raphael Dwamena in 2023: Raphael Dwamena at the age of 28 after collapsing during a match between his team Dwamena died in the hospital following an attempt to revive him at the stadium He had a history of heart issues and had previously collapsed in October 2021 but recovered Patrick Ekeng in 2016: Cameroonian Patrick Ekeng died at the 70th minute of the match between Dinamo Bucharest and Viitorul in the Romanian league on May 6 seven minutes after replacing Eric Bicfalvi Cristian Gómez in 2015: Argentine Cristian Gómez died minutes after suffering a health crisis during a match between Atlético Paraná and Boca Unidos de Corrientes in the Primera B Nacional on May 24 Gómez collapsed on the field after half an hour of play Carlos Barra in 2014: Chilean Carlos Barra Héctor Sanabria in 2013: Argentine Héctor Sanabria of a cardiac arrest during the match between his team and General Lamadrid in the Primera C Championship Sanabria collapsed at the 29th minute and was taken by ambulance to a nearby clinic Yair Clavijo in 2013: At just 18 years old Peruvian Yair Clavijo of Sporting Cristal passed away on July 21 during a match against Real Garcilaso in the Reserve Tournament Clavijo suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and died five minutes before the end of the match The exact cause was cerebral edema and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (VIDEO) Fans Bid Farewell to Juan Izquierdo with Messages and Flowers Piermario Morosini in 2012: Livorno player Piermario Morosini at the Santo Spirito Civil Hospital in Pescara after collapsing due to a cardiac crisis during a Serie B match between his team and Pescara Víctor Hugo Ávalos in 2009: Paraguayan Víctor Hugo Ávalos died on April 2 while celebrating a goal in an amateur tournament match in Asunción He was 37 years old and had previously played for teams in Argentina Phil O’Donnell in 2007: Motherwell captain Phil O’Donnell while being substituted during a match against Dundee United He died in the ambulance en route to the hospital Antonio Puerta in 2007: Spanish Antonio Puerta two days after collapsing on the field at the 28th minute of the match between Sevilla and Getafe Puerta suffered multiple fainting episodes and died from post-anoxic encephalopathy and multi-organ failure Juan Manuel Izquierdo and Other Tragic Deaths in Football Serginho in 2004: Sudden death struck defender Paulo Sergio de Oliveira Silva during a match against São Paulo in the Brazilian Championship Serginho collapsed at the 59th minute and could not be revived Miklós Fehér in 2004: Hungarian international Miklós Fehér of Benfica at a Guimarães hospital due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after collapsing on the field during a match against Vitória during the Confederations Cup semifinal between Cameroon and Colombia midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed on the field at the 75th minute of the match Foé suffered a cardiac arrest that ended his life immediately Catalín Hildan in 2000: The captain of Dinamo Bucharest suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on October 5 Hildan collapsed at the 74th minute on the field and died in the hospital from a heart attack despite a recent medical check-up showing no abnormalities The Hospital Reveals the Cause of Juan Manuel Izquierdo's DeathUruguayan defender Juan Izquierdo passed away at 27 years old due to "brain death following a cardiac arrest associated with an arrhythmia," according to the São Paulo hospital where he had been hospitalized for the past five days as a result of brain death following a cardiac arrest associated with an arrhythmia," stated the latest medical bulletin Ancelotti Sends “Strong Hug” to Families of Juan Manuel Izquierdo and Sven-Göran Eriksson The Nacional player suffered an arrhythmia after coming off the bench in the second half during the final minutes of the match between São Paulo and Nacional last Thursday at the Morumbi Stadium in the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores and was immediately transported to the hospital where he arrived in "cardiac arrest" and had to be resuscitated with a defibrillator doctors had kept him sedated and on mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit Izquierdo showed "progression of brain damage and an increase in intracranial pressure," although he remained under "intensive neurological care." His condition worsened on Monday with a "critical neurological situation," and on Tuesday he passed away in the company of his family and a delegation from the Montevideo club which suspended its activities last weekend and will not return to the field this coming weekend have also deeply mourned Izquierdo's death and expressed their condolences to fans as well as the defender's family and friends Izquierdo spent most of his career in Uruguay and Peñarol.His only experience abroad was with Atlético San Luis in Mexico STRATEGY GUIDE: What are the tactical options for the Miami Grand Prix Verstappen vs Norris into Turn 1 and Antonelli after redemption – What To Watch For in the Miami Grand Prix What the teams said – Sprint day and Qualifying in Miami ‘Just to get into Q3 is tough’ – Hamilton admits Ferrari ‘struggling big time’ after exiting Miami Qualifying in P12 FIA post-Qualifying press conference – Miami Charles Leclerc delivered an emotional home victory in Monaco on Sunday becoming the first Monegasque to triumph in Monaco in the world championship era Not every driver is fortunate to have a home Grand Prix – even fewer the chance to win it – but throughout history there have been plenty of occasions where fans have witnessed one of their own savour a famous triumph on home turf.. F1 NATION: Can Leclerc’s Monaco masterclass ignite Ferrari’s title fight? It’s our Monaco GP Review The opening round of the 1955 season was held in Juan Manuel Fangio’s native Argentina and he strived to replicate the success he achieved in 1954 The 96-lap race took place in extremely hot and stifling conditions to the extent that the majority of the competitors handed their cars to another driver for a spell But Fangio persevered and remained behind the wheel of the Silver Arrows’ Mercedes W196 for the entirety of the race That was despite a hot chassis tube rubbing against his leg causing burns that left him with a permanent scar and after a gruelling three hours Fangio was rewarded with victory The Argentine crowd erupted to celebrate their hero who went on to win his home Grand Prix again in 1956 and 1957 Fangio takes the flag at his home Grand Prix in 1955 Formula 1 relocated its Canadian Grand Prix to Montreal’s Ile Notre Dame on a permanent basis from 1978 installed that year as the final round of the season in October Jean-Pierre Jarier claimed an unexpected pole position for Lotus and controlled the opening stages of the race while Gilles Villeneuve – still in only his first full season in Formula 1 – held fourth READ MORE > F1 ICONS: Melanie Villeneuve on her father Gilles, the legendary Ferrari racer Villeneuve worked his way past Alan Jones and then overhauled future Ferrari team-mate Jody Scheckter to run second Jarier dominated but a loss of oil pressure after 47 laps halted his Lotus which he retained through to the chequered flag It was a fairytale finish: Villeneuve sealed his maiden F1 win on home soil becoming Canada’s first race victor in the process much to the delight of the local spectators The circuit where he pulled off that dream triumph was later renamed in his honour Gilles Villeneuve took his first ever F1 victory on home soil Victory at the fast and flowing Osterreichring evaded Niki Lauda during the first chapter of his career despite thrice claiming pole position for the event but benefited when McLaren team-mate and title rival Alain Prost spun out on oil deposited by the Lotus of Elio de Angelis Lauda moved into second and swept around Nelson Piquet for the lead before suffering a gearbox problem that threatened to be terminal READ MORE: ‘He was like a ghost’ – Remembering Niki Lauda’s comeback from fiery Nurburgring crash Because it was a long walk back to the pits Lauda strived to find a gear discovered that third and fifth were still operational and went on to claim victory in his hobbled car Niki Lauda had to wait until his second F1 spell to secure a home win Nigel Mansell had already twice won in Britain at the final Grands Prix held at Brands Hatch From 1987 Britain’s Grand Prix was permanently held at Silverstone and the fans surrounding the former airfield were expectant of another victory for the moustachioed maestro But on race day it was Mansell’s Williams team mate Nelson Piquet out in the lead Mansell decided to pit for fresh tyres and came back out trailing Piquet by half a minute READ MORE: ‘He had to fight for it all’ – David Tremayne on how ‘people’s champion’ Nigel Mansell finally tasted F1 title glory Mansell got the hammer down and repeatedly broke the lap record as he hunted Piquet down before pulling off one of the greatest moves in history on his rival into Stowe and fans invaded the track before surrounding Mansell and his Williams forcing him to come to a halt on the cooldown lap Mansell had five victories in front of his home fans As Murray Walker famously said after his 1992 triumph Britain Classic Moments - 1987 Mansell and Piquet Ayrton Senna never managed to win in his six starts at Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarepagua circuit and while he started from pole position for Interlagos’ 1990 comeback a clash while lapping Satoru Nakajima thwarted his chances In 1991 Senna controlled the race from pole position but a gearbox problem as the race wore on slowed his efforts requiring him to coax his ailing McLaren MP4/6 around Interlagos as the gears gradually packed up With just sixth gear remaining for the final laps it looked like fate was about to rob him yet again of the victory he craved more than any other READ MORE: From his first win to that magical Monaco pole lap – 10 moments of Ayrton Senna brilliance He desperately kept the McLaren machine moving and a rain shower across the final couple of laps added to the drama but somehow he held on to win by 2.9 seconds before crying out in elation after crossing the line in one of the most iconic radio messages in history an exhausted Senna needed help climbing out of the McLaren before emotionally hoisting aloft the Brazilian flag – and trophy – on the podium as his home fans went wild Top 10 Moments of Senna Brilliance - 2 - Brazil 1991 Michael Schumacher took a record nine victories in Formula 1 on German soil with his prospects bolstered by the addition of the Nurburgring race labelled as either the European or Luxembourg Grand Prix to complement Germany’s round at Hockenheim and it was his first in the Eifel mountains that was the most spectacular READ MORE > F1 ICONS: Alpine's Esteban Ocon on his racing inspiration, Ferrari legend Michael Schumacher Schumacher trailed long-time race leader Jean Alesi in slippery conditions but honed in on the Ferrari driver during the closing stages On the 65th of 67 laps Schumacher made a bold move around the outside of the chicane to snatch the lead all but sealing his second world title in the process A jubilant Michael Schumacher celebrates on the podium after winning at the Nurburgring In 1994 Damon Hill delivered on home soil for the beleaguered Williams team still reeling from the death of Ayrton Senna while in 1995 the ebullient Johnny Herbert was a popular winner at Silverstone David Coulthard twice triumphed at Silverstone but 2008 marked a new era for home success in Britain Lewis Hamilton arrived at his first home Grand Prix under pressure having failed to score across the previous two races READ MORE: ‘He was determined to be the best that day’ – Hamilton’s mesmerising first home win remembered by team mate Kovalainen But wet weather on race day inspired the 23-year-old in just his second season avoided the drama that befell most of his rivals and was cheered across the line over a minute clear of second-placed Nick Heidfeld after one of the greatest wet weather displays ever seen in the sport The victory reignited Hamilton’s title charge and it was the first of a record eight wins at Silverstone (and counting) for Hamilton The moment Lewis Hamilton sealed his first home win with a virtuoso drive in the Silverstone rain Fernando Alonso has claimed two victories at the Spanish Grand Prix but it was perhaps his sole win in the short-lived Valencian round that provoked the greatest reaction In the topsy turvy 2012 season Alonso was knocked out in Q2 despite being within three-tenths of a second of the best time and he swiftly made up lost ground in the race He worked his way into the podium positions and then profited when leader Sebastian Vettel suffered an alternator failure READ MORE: ‘If we repeated it 100 times, 99 of them we wouldn’t win’ – Alonso singles out his favourite F1 race Alonso reeled off the laps to claim a victory that had seemed improbable 24 hours beforehand and stopped his Ferrari in the final sector A popular podium featured an emotional Alonso alongside Kimi Raikkonen and Formula 1 returned to the Netherlands in 2021 at the renovated Zandvoort Circuit with the event’s comeback largely fuelled by the presence – and popularity – of the country’s first race winner In 2021 Verstappen was locked in an epic title tussle with Lewis Hamilton and the thousands of orange-clad spectators flocked to the seaside venue in anticipation of a home victory Verstappen duly delivered on expectations as he followed up pole position with a controlled win becoming the first Dutch driver to win the Dutch Grand Prix Verstappen is yet to be beaten at Zandvoort having added to his triumph in 2021 with another measured display in 2022 before mastering changeable weather conditions to win again in 2023 The grandstands were packed for Max Verstappen's first home win at Zandvoort VideoWATCH: Verstappen handed penalty for pit lane collision with Antonelli in eventful Miami Sprint ‘Racing is a pretty cruel business’ – Piastri left disheartened as Sprint strategy call sees Norris continue his ‘luck in Miami’ AS IT HAPPENED: Follow all the action from Qualifying for the Miami GP as Verstappen takes pole Norris wins chaotic Miami Sprint from Piastri and Hamilton after late Safety Car and multiple incidents F1 ACADEMY: Pin storms from sixth to victory in Miami Race 1 © 2003-2025 Formula One World Championship Limited The government wants to open up the Tapajós basin – an area the size of France – for trade with China But the indigenous Munduruku won’t let it happen without a fight Crashing upstream through the São Luiz rapids the churning river throws the speedboat around like a child’s toy then relief and finally wonder at crossing a natural boundary that has held back the destruction of this corner of the Amazon for almost five centuries This is the gateway to a land that indigenous inhabitants call Mundurukania which has settled the middle and upper reaches of the Rio Tapajós since ancient times misty hills and untamed waters – breached at one point by a dolphin – mark it out as one of the few regions of the planet still to be explored and exploited by industrial commerce the changes now being planned could bring this waterway closer to the industrialised traffic-filled Yangtze in more ways than one the Brazilian government – backed by Chinese and European finance and engineering – wants to turn this river into the world’s biggest grain canal by building 49 major dams on the Tapajós and its tributaries This would make the rapids navigable by barges carrying produce from the deforested cerrado savanna of Mato Grosso – which produces a third of the world’s soya – up to the giant container port being planned in the closest city of Santarém and then out to global markets The network of dams would also produce 29gW of electricity A consortium headed by Furnas – a subsidiary of the state-run energy utility Electrobras – plans to sell the power to distant cities and to local mining companies that want to unearth the mineral riches under the forest this mega-scheme to open up the Tapajós basin – which is roughly the area of France – is a linchpin of national economic development and trade with China expand and enrich the business of nearby cities which expect their populations to double in size over the next 10 years For opponents, however, the “hydrovia” – as the river transport scheme is known – and related projects are the biggest threat ever posed to the native inhabitants, traditional riverine communities, waters and wildlife. By one estimate, 950,000 hectares of forest would be cleared releasing significant amounts of carbon dioxide “The hydrovia is part of a set of other projects – dams roads and railways – that aim to industrialise this region agribusinesses and mining companies are all pushing for it,” said Fernanda Moreira a Catholic NGO that works with local communities Campaigners – including International Rivers Amazon Watch and Greenpeace – oppose the project because they say there has not been adequate study of the impacts – including accelerated deforestation habitat loss and social problems – or the alternatives The government will have to kill us if they want to push ahead with these projectsMunduruku village chief Juarez Saw Munduruku“This is a historic moment for the Amazon We have seen previous economic booms – rubber logging and mining – that caused social conflict and environmental damage but the proposed development along the Tapajós covers a much wider area and would have a much more profound impact,” said Alcilene Cardoso of the Amazon Environmental Research Institute Opponents claimed a partial victory last year when the Brazilian environmental agency suspended a licence for the São Luiz do Tapajós dam one of the three biggest hydroelectric plants in the project that would together flood 198,400 hectares nature reserves and territory claimed by indigenous groups The damming of the rapids – which would require a 7km-wide concrete barrier and a reservoir eight times the area of Manhattan – remains a priority of the powerful mines and energy ministry and Electrobras Three other dams are already under construction on the Teles Pires Munduruku efforts to assert their territorial rights through a self-demarcation campaign have been ignored by the centre-right government of President Michel Temer and his Workers’ party predecessor Half an hour above the rapids is the Munduruku village of Dace Watpu which would be flooded if the São Luiz dam were built That is our constant concern,” said village chief Juarez Saw Munduruku as residents gathered in the small wooden hall to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the community school the two-way radio and array of solar panels demonstrate the villagers are not opposed to development – but they want it to be on their terms are a threat to their homes and way of life “The Brazilian government may call hydroelectric dams clean energy It is mixed with our blood and our misery,” he says “The government will have to kill us if they want to push ahead with these projects.” Images of Munduruku protests usually show them in traditional costume But their strategy is more sophisticated than these images suggest Recognising that foreign investment and consumption are part of the issue presenting their grievances last month at the United Nations They have also worked with environmental NGOs The latter have verified the long history of settlement in the region which is crucial to Munduruku ownership claims and also important to rebut the widely held idea that this region can be dammed because it is empty The first written record of “Mundrukania” dates back to 1742 though habitation by indigenous groups goes back much further first excavated sites near the proposed dams in 2010 suggesting cultivation of the land had occurred intermittently for many centuries “Studies of the area showed it wasn’t just an empty space that can be flooded “The prevailing view is that the Amazon is a provider of raw materials rather than a centre of culture. That is wrong,” Rocha said. “In the 16th century, several million indigenous people lived in the Amazon and they had a standard of living that was higher than in Europe at the time. But about 90% were wiped out by the guns and diseases of the colonisers.” The Munduruku survived thanks to the rapids – which prevented steamships from entering their territory – and temporary alliances with European settlers against other tribes. Now, they are changing strategy, linking up with the nearby riverine community of Montanha e Mangabal – most of whose inhabitants are former rubber tappers - to oppose the project. “In the past, we used to fight one another. But that is finished. Now we must unite against a common and powerful enemy: the government,” says Juarez Saw Munduruku. “The more people are involved in the struggle the better.” Maurício Torres, a geography professor at Federal University of Western Pará, said the alliance marked a turning point. “Two generations ago, the indigenous communities and the rubber tappers were fighting one another. Now they are united against the dam and have delayed the process of approval. That is remarkable.” But they are up against enormous geostrategic pressures. To lift Brazil out of recession, the government wants to ramp up exports of soya and meat, particularly to Asia. Currently China accounts for 57% of Brazil’s overseas soya sales and production and demand are expected to grow. Read more“We have opened the biggest food frontier in the world,” said Roberto Jaguaribe a former Brazilian ambassador to Beijing who is now head of the state’s export promotion body Apex-Brasil “The Food and Agricultural Organisation expects global demand for food to rise by 30% over the next 20 years Brazil needs to increase production by at least double that average.” Spanish and Italian energy firms are also involved saying they hope the hydrovia will act as a catalyst for industrialisation “We are in the midst of several huge projects of national strategic importance but we don’t want to be a mere corridor for soya to reach the world market We want more fish farms in our rivers,” said Nélio Aguiar “We hope the Chinese investment is important for that.” this city – which sits on the confluence of the clear Tapajós and cloudy Amazon – is thriving it bucked the recession that afflicted the rest of Brazil to rack up impressive growth The world’s biggest agricultural company – Cargill of the United States – recently built a huge new grain terminal here The municipal government is planning an even bigger container port we project Santarém will double its population from 300,000 to 600,000 and the city will be more prosperous and offer a better quality of life.” He has support from the Nature Conservancy, which backs plans for a dam cascade to provide energy and food to a growing global population. “The Tapajós river is important to not only its surrounding lands, wildlife and people, but also to the entire Brazilian population and to the world,” the US-based group notes Certainly, an infrastructure upgrade is essential. The main road between Mato Grosso and Santarém – the BR163 – has recently become so choked with soya trucks that it has begun to challenge China’s worst coal transport routes for the unwelcome title of “world’s worst traffic jam” trucks were snarled up for 10 days over a stretch of more than 50km forcing the authorities to organise emergency provisions of food and water to trapped drivers The São Manoel dam site on the Teles Pires a tributary of the Tapajós river in the Amazon Photograph: International RiversHow to ease this bottleneck is a question of global importance There are three approaches: an upgrade of the BR163 (which would make it wider and paved in asphalt) a parallel Ferrogrão grain railway (also financed by China and supported by many environmentalists as a lesser evil in terms of pollution and traffic) and the Tapajós hydrovia (which is preferred by grain companies construction firms and electricity utilities) the national government is pushing all three at once “This is the fastest development I’ve seen since I arrived in Santarém 30 years ago,” said Caetano Scannavino of the Saúde and Alegria (Health and Happiness) NGO They are repeating the errors of the past.” Some fear that this will lead to the industrialisation of the Amazon as forests are cleared factories move in and the population surges to the point where the Tapajós begins to resemble the stressed and polluted Yangtze the Temer government recently submitted a bill to congress that would reduce the size of the nearby Jamanxim national park by 350,000 hectares The Amazon Watch NGO recently urged the government in Beijing to rethink its use of the Brazil-China Cooperation Fund to finance destructive transport projects in sensitive ecosystems “Support of projects that result in rainforest destruction undermines China’s efforts to position itself as a leader in the global fight against climate change,” the group’s program director noted. the town closest to the proposed site of the São Luiz dam The town – which has previously seen booms of gold mining logging and timber – is in the midst of a new expansion due to its location as the first port below the rapids Bunge and four other companies have built huge terminals which transfer grain from trucks on the BR163 to barges on the Tapajos a group of Chinese businessmen – all wearing black suits and lapel pins showing the flags of the two countries - were visiting the town to look into a possible purchase of land for a port secretary of the environment in the municipal government It suggests they put much more of a priority on the economy than the environment,” he said The Amazon has the greatest freshwater assets in the world We don’t want what happened [in China] to happen here.” Domestic precedents also give him cause for concern The last huge Amazonian dam – at Belo Monte – has caused enormous social and environmental problems since it was completed in 2015 The population of nearby Altamira has surged without adequate provision of sanitation, hospitals and education. Crime, suicide rates and deforestation level are among the highest in Brazil. The project has also been a focus of a massive corruption scandal involving construction companies and politicians “We saw what happened in Altamira,” Rolin said “Big projects in the Amazon have not benefited local people They extract power or commodities for other regions and countries and leave problems behind The negatives are greater than the positives.” Given its history as a centre of illegal mining and logging Itaituba is probably not a city that environmentalists or indigenous campaigners can rely on said this was a region where people have always just taken what they can rather than investing in making it a better place “The local government turned a blind eye when rubber tappers destroyed the forest They did the same when the gold miners contaminated the rivers Why should it be any different this time with the big hydro projects?” the dire state of Brazilian public finances and local opposition are holding up plans to dam the São Luiz rapids the politically powerful agribusiness lobby and a global economic system geared towards consumption growth The Yangzification of the Tapajós is a distant but entirely possible prospect but they say they will fight to preserve the rapids that have kept them secure until now it is about conserving their home – a lesson it will kill the Munduruku,” said Valto Dace Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Carlos Manuel Vila Nova President of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe The Director-General welcomed the President who expressed his appreciation for the strong partnership with FAO The meeting reiterated the importance of the good cooperation between FAO and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.  The President commended the Director-General for his vision in creating the World Food Forum (17-21 October 2022) noting its importance and multifaceted programme addressing Science and Innovation as well as the Hand-in- Hand Investment Forum He also applauded the Director-General for his vision in the creation of the Office of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs).  He went further to highlight that SIDS have specific challenges and needs which they need to overcome in order to address the climate crisis and biodiversity issues that are unique to them The President requested additional support from the Director-General in the fisheries sector and the launching of key projects The two agreed that innovative marketing solutions are key components to transform agrifood systems and address the social economic and environmental challenges faced by SIDS The Director-General added that the needs for improved promotion of agriculture products and appropriate platforms to expand their reach is essential He added that in order to facilitate this notion there is also a necessity to simplified transportation of goods and thus infrastructure and accessibility The President and the Director-General reiterated their mutual commitment to a continued strong partnership Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and scrupulously logical The paper rejects climate models on human-induced global warming and has been widely cited on social media as being the first "peer-reviewed" research led by artificial intelligence (AI) on the topic Titled "A Critical Reassessment of the Anthropogenic CO2-Global Warming Hypothesis," it contains references contested by the scientific community Computational and ethics researchers also cautioned against claims of neutrality in papers that use AI as an author The new study — which claims to be entirely written by Elon Musk's Grok 3 AI — has gained traction online with a blog post by COVID-19 contrarian Robert Malone promoting it gathering more than a million views "After the debacle of man-made climate change and the corruption of evidence-based medicine by big pharma the use of AI for government-funded research will become normalised and standards will be developed for its use in peer-reviewed journals," Malone wrote There is overwhelming scientific consensus linking fossil fuel combustion to rising global temperatures and increasingly severe weather disasters Academics have warned that the surge of AI in research risks triggering an illusion of objectivity and insight in scientific research "Large language models do not have the capacity to reason They are statistical models predicting future words or phrases based on what they have been trained on The paper says Grok 3 "wrote the entire manuscript," with input from co-authors who "played a crucial role in guiding its development." Among the co-authors was astrophysicist Willie Soon — a climate contrarian known to have received more than a million dollars in funding from the fossil fuel industry over the years Scientifically contested papers by physicist Hermann Harde and Soon himself were used as references for the AI's analysis remarked the paper did not describe how it was written: "It includes datasets that formed the basis of the paper "We know nothing about how the authors asked the AI to analyse the data." a postdoctoral fellow on AI safety at the University of Maryland said the claim that Grok 3 wrote the paper created a veneer of objectivity that was unverifiable "Anyone could just claim 'I didn't write this so this is unbiased' without evidence," he said Neither the journal nor its publisher — which seems to publish only one journal — appear to be members of the Committee of Publication Ethics The paper acknowledges "the careful edits provided by a reviewer and the editor-in-chief," identified on its website as Harde It does not specify whether it underwent open or double-blind review and was submitted and published within just 12 days "That an AI would effectively plagiarise nonsense papers" does not come as a surprise to Nasa's top climate scientist Gavin Schmidt but "this retread has just as little credibility," he told AFP AFP reached out to the authors of the paper for further comment on the review process to make this seem as if it is a new argument The ad-free version is ready for purchase on iOS mobile app today we couldn't find that page";var n=e.querySelector("h2");return n&&n.remove(),{staticContent:e,title:t}},d=function(e){var t=document.createElement("button");return t.innerText=e,t.classList.add("error-page-button"),t},f=function(e){var t=document.createElement("div");t.id="recirculation-404",t.classList.add("brand-hint-bg");var n="\n \n \n \n \n \n '.concat(e,' Tick here if you would like us to send you the author’s response Ancestors of the Jê group lived in pit houses and cultivated cassava and beans in the Santa Catarina highlands a thousand years ago New archaeological studies have put to the test the traditional view concerning the indigenous peoples of the Jê linguistic branch who lived between present-day southern São Paulo State and northern Rio Grande do Sul state in the first half of the previous millennium Recent excavations at sites in the highlands of Santa Catarina state indicate that these groups—ancestors of Indians of the present-day Kaingang and Laklãnõ/Xokleng ethnic groups—were more than simply hunter-gatherers who led a nomadic life with a well-defined social hierarchy and no fixed residence They practiced agriculture and were able to live for long periods in pit houses most likely for protection from the cold climate of that region A series of studies further suggests that the proto-Jê as experts now call these pre-Colombian peoples had considerable knowledge of their natural surroundings knew to some extent how to manage the araucária (Brazilian pine) forest and were capable of shaping the local landscape Their extensive interaction with the southern highlands landscapes is an important indicator of the ancient way of life of the proto-Jê who generally inhabited inland areas of Brazil and were adversaries of the peoples of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family The latter were a more populous group typically associated with coastal areas and the lowlands of the great fluvial plains A paper describing an oversized pit house built by the proto-Jê published in the scientific journal PLOS One in July 2016 illustrates some of the hypotheses concerning this new focus researchers from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the University of São Paulo (MAE-USP) as well as the University of Exeter and the University of Reading describe a house with 12 archaeological layers of occupation at the Baggio I site in Campo Belo do Sul The international team used the carbon-14 method to date samples of charcoal found in each of the house’s 12 layers. Between the deepest, oldest layer and the shallowest, most recent layer of the site where the house was built, the chronology that they obtained is practically continuous. “The house shows evidence of periodic renovations, including roof-burning rituals,” says Brazilian archaeologist Jonas Gregório de Souza, who is pursuing his doctorate at the University of Exeter. Rafael Corteletti | Macarena Cárdenas Remnants of plants that existed in the Santa Catarina highlands in the era of the proto-Jê, such as araucária pollen (at left), are studied for clues on forest expansionRafael Corteletti | Macarena Cárdenas Surrounding the oversized house at the Baggio I site, which sits at the highest point in the area at an elevation of 1000 m, there are seven smaller pit houses between 2 m and 5 m in diameter. On the outskirts of this village are funeral sites, popularly known as danceiros, consisting of circular earthen structures and funeral mounds. The danceiros can exceed 150 m in diameter. In lower areas of the site, there is a group of eight houses with diameters of 2.5 m to 7 m. Gregorio de Souza et al / Plos One Blackened fragments of ceramics indicate the use of containers for cooking foodGregorio de Souza et al / Plos One Ana Luiza Koehler Artistic rendering of the pit houses built by the proto-JêAna Luiza Koehler If they devoted time to some form of agriculture then they most likely had settled in the region continuous occupation of some houses in the Santa Catarina highlands as appears to be the case with the oversized house at the Baggio I site the clues that the ancestors of the present-day Kaingang and Laklãnõ/Xokleng cultivated the land are at odds with the more traditional idea that these native people remained nomads until they began to decline That more widespread view holds that the proto-Jê had a seasonal economy which forced them to alternate between the highlands and the coast to survive the ancient Indian populations generally moved to escarpment areas and the coast in spring and summer due to the scarcity of natural resources in the highlands during the hotter seasons and returned to the mountainous areas in the fall when pine nuts—their principal source of food—could be harvested our research indicates that the proto-Jê were also farmers and were able to establish residence in certain places,” DeBlasis suggests cassava and beans—two of the plants found at the Bonin site—can be harvested in spring and summer which in theory clashes with the idea that resources were scarce during the hot season in the highlands To study how these ancient peoples occupied sections of the coast and the escarpments of the Santa Catarina mountains the international project is also conducting excavations at archaeological sites in two additional low-lying areas The present-day Kaingang and Laklãnõ/Xokleng ethnic groups descend from the ancient southern Jê peoples The relationship of the proto-Jê to the araucária forest and pine nuts is an intriguing subject in the minds of archaeologists The first pit houses associated with these peoples date back to 300 BC But the development of this type of construction which is found at approximately a hundred archaeological sites in the states of Rio Grande do Sul occurred circa AD 1000—precisely when the araucária forest was greatly expanding One possible interpretation for this coincidence is that the growth of the araucária forest which provided food for the native peoples and attracted the animals that they hunted made it possible for the proto-Jê to disperse Some researchers raise the possibility that the increased coverage of the araucária forest may have been stimulated The Indians likely used selective tree-cutting and thereby promoted araucária propagation The Chilean paleoecologist Macarena Cárdenas a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading She has collected samples of sediments from depths of up to 2 m at sites in the four areas where the project is conducting excavations which can contain preserved remnants (pollen charcoal) of the vegetation that occurred over the past 8,000 years she is constructing models of the growth of the area occupied by araucárias in Santa Catarina “We are going to study the vegetation in different areas over time and compare it with the distribution of the proto-Jê people,” the researcher explains there are indications that the management of palm trees promoted the expansion of human occupation in the past Perhaps araucárias played an important role in the South.” Léo Ramos Chaves Pieces from the lithic industry at the Bastos site in Dourado now the oldest in the stateLéo Ramos Chaves Identified two years ago on land in the municipality of Dourado approximately 50 kilometers from São Carlos the Bastos archaeological site holds remnants of humans’ presence in the state of São Paulo that date back 12,600 years according to a study published in the journal Palaeoindian Archaeology in December 2016 Researchers found 449 pieces forged by human hands most of which were flakes of silicified sandstone Six samples of charcoal and one of organic matter removed from different geological layers associated with the lithic pieces “These data make Bastos the state’s oldest site the leader of the team that made the discovery and a researcher with the University of São Paulo’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP) we are showing that the state’s interior contains important archaeological sites.” A few other pieces are being analyzed using a different method No human skeletons have been found in Bastos; thus researchers still do not know whether Paleoindians settled in Dourado earlier than 10,000 years ago who participated in the excavations at Bastos have been conducting systematic field trips to search for new evidence of the first human occupations in the state of São Paulo the owner of a coffee plantation in that municipality contacted the researcher and offered his property to be used for excavations “He had already found some archaeological material there but he had no idea what it was,” Araujo says Léo Ramos Chaves Arrowheads found at the Caetetuba site in São Manuel which were dated at nearly 11,000 years oldLéo Ramos Chaves The researchers made three trips to the area Bastos was the locale of two different occupations in prehistory: an older occupation from approximately 12,500 years ago and another more recent occupation dating analysis of samples of charcoal from the Alice Boer site in Rio Claro yielded an age of 14,000 years but those results are disputed by many archaeologists Araujo found another ancient site in Dourado: Lagoa do Camargo 1 which dating analysis placed at 10,500 years old In the same issue of the journal Palaeoindian Archaeology a team from the firm Zanettini Arqueologia reports the discovery of another locale with very old Paleoindian artifacts in inland São Paulo The Caetetuba site in the municipality of São Manuel yielded nearly 3,500 fragments and artifacts from a lithic industry of human origin that was established there nearly 11,000 years ago according to dating analysis of charcoal samples taken from the site Notable among the materials recovered are arrowheads made of silexite in addition to plano-convex scrapers made of silicified sandstone © Revista Pesquisa FAPESP - All rights reserved Message Invalid character found in the request target The valid characters are defined in RFC 7230 and RFC 3986 Description The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error (e.g. Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs Sign in Join now, it's FREE! 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To learn about our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines Latest updates on what's happening in RGE Group Bracell is poised to cement its place as the world’s leading and largest producer of dissolving pulp The Singapore-based group recently rebranded its Brazilian operations, with Bahia Specialty Cellulose (BSC) and São Paulo-based Lwarcel Celulose operating under the unified Bracell brand The largest private investment in São Paulo state in the last 20 years Bracell’s R$7 billion (US$ 1.75b) investment will see its 250,000TPA Lençóis Paulista-based pulp mill expand six-fold to 1.5mTPA was a 31 August 2018 acquisition from the Lwart Group Apart from raising Brazil’s profile in the global cellulose manufacturing market the investment will also bring flexibility on an unparalleled scale to Bracell’s São Paulo operations The new mill will have a flexible line designed primarily to produce dissolving pulp This flexibility allows Bracell to meet changes in global demand while maintaining capacity The use of best-in-class technology will not only incorporate the circular and closed loop bio-refinery concept to reduce waste but also help realise value across all potential streams This is in addition to reduced water consumption lowered emissions and elimination of use of fossil fuels in its operations Bracell embeds circularity in its operations In addition to efficient water and waste management it will return treated water to the nearby Tietê river With the concentration of investments mainly in Lençóis Paulista and Macatuba the expansion is expected to create employment opportunities extending to neighbouring Agudos The Lençóis Paulista pulp mill’s expansion will see up to 7,500 employed over a two-to-three year period and a post-expansion direct permanent employment of 2,100 a subtle yet significant change from a lower case ‘b’ to a capital ‘B’ symbolising its ambition to become the largest dissolving pulp producer in the world while representing the company’s pride in operating in Brazil to produce value-added ‘Brazilian Cellulose’ The rebranding was punctuated with celebrations across Bracell’s operations in Camaçari “We are changing the face of the cellulose industry The Bracell operations in Bahia and São Paulo are at the heart of the cellulose chain producing high quality raw materials which are the key ingredients used to create a range of items we use every day A post shared by Bracell (@somosbracell) on May 4 Relive the moments of one of Bracell’s rebranding celebrations a region experiencing rapid economic growth faces an urgent challenge of meeting its surging energy demand while accelerating decarbonisation This critical issue took centre stage at the Indonesia.. 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