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Author: Jack Nicas and Dado Galdieri

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How to Be Truly Free: Lessons From a Philosopher President

August 23, 2024August 23, 2024Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on How to Be Truly Free: Lessons From a Philosopher President

Pepe Mujica, Uruguay’s spartan former president and plain-spoken philosopher, offers wisdom from a rich life as he battles cancer.

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The Japanese Sensei Bringing Baseball to Brazil

March 28, 2024Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on The Japanese Sensei Bringing Baseball to Brazil

Once a semipro baseball player in Japan, Yukihiro Shimura has now become a baseball missionary.

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The Japanese Sensei Bringing Baseball to Brazil

March 28, 2024Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on The Japanese Sensei Bringing Baseball to Brazil

Once a semipro baseball player in Japan, Hirioki Shimura has now become a baseball missionary.

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Brazil’s Carnival Only Starts When 12-Foot John Travolta Arrives

February 13, 2024February 13, 2024Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on Brazil’s Carnival Only Starts When 12-Foot John Travolta Arrives

The Brazilian city of Olinda has become famous for its giant puppets during Carnival, including one made just after “Saturday Night Fever.”

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How to Start the New Year? Keep the Sea Goddess Happy.

January 1, 2024January 1, 2024Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on How to Start the New Year? Keep the Sea Goddess Happy.

Followers of Afro-Brazilian religions have been displaced by New Year’s revelers. But they still find ways to make their offerings to the ocean.

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Pele’s 24-Hour Funeral Attracted More Than 200,000 Mourners

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on Pele’s 24-Hour Funeral Attracted More Than 200,000 Mourners

“This is no sacrifice,” said a man who had waited hours for a chance to attend Pelé’s 24-hour wake. Officials estimated 230,000 people filed through the stadium.

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Brazil, Land of the Thong, Embraces Its Heavier Self

February 27, 2022Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on Brazil, Land of the Thong, Embraces Its Heavier Self

A country known for beach bodies is confronting soaring obesity rates with new laws that enshrine protections for people who are overweight.

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Samba, Cachaça and Pickled Eggs: ‘Dirty Feet’ Bars Are ‘Essence of Rio’

December 3, 2021December 4, 2021Jack Nicas and Dado GaldieriComments Off on Samba, Cachaça and Pickled Eggs: ‘Dirty Feet’ Bars Are ‘Essence of Rio’

A cross between a dive bar and a greasy spoon, Rio de Janeiro’s beloved (and proudly filthy) hole-in-the wall joints are some of the most democratic spaces in a deeply unequal city.

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UK Weighs Sanctions on 2 Israeli Ministers as Gaza Crisis Worsens

May 29, 2025MARK LANDLER

U.S. Pauses Exports of Airplane and Semiconductor Technology to China

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Ana Swanson

U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says

May 28, 2025May 29, 2025EDWARD WONG

Glacier Collapse in the Swiss Alps Destroys Most of a Village

May 28, 2025Neil Vigdor and Aishvarya Kavi

Thursday Briefing: Aid Chaos Grows in Gaza

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Emmett Lindner

Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides

May 28, 2025Bhadra Sharma and Jonathan Wolfe

RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want Canada to Save Ostriches on Farm With Avian Flu

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Vjosa Isai

German Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Against RWE

May 28, 2025KAREN ZRAICK

UK Authorizes Rape and Human Trafficking Charges Against Andrew and Tristan Tate

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Lizzie Dearden

Crime Rings Plotted to Trade Cocaine for Syrian Weapons, Prosecutors Say

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025Ephrat Livni
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