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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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What Is Europe’s ‘Drone Wall’?

October 1, 2025Jeanna Smialek

China Displays Its Gizmos and Ambition, but Fewer Answers on Trade

October 1, 2025ANDREW HIGGINS

Can This Japanese City Make Residents Put Down Their Smartphones?

October 1, 2025Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno

Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Hydrofluorocarbons

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025Lisa Friedman

The Activists and the Anime

September 30, 2025October 1, 2025KATRIN BENNHOLD

Night Trains, Beloved Throwbacks Tying Paris to Berlin and Vienna, Will End

September 30, 2025AURELIEN BREEDEN

U.N. Security Council Approves Larger Force to Fight Gangs in Haiti

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025FRANCES ROBLES

Earthquake in Philippines Kills Dozens, Officials Say

September 30, 2025October 1, 2025Michael Levenson

Nicole Kidman Files for Divorce From Keith Urban After Nearly 20 Years

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025Claire Moses and Neil Vigdor

Trump’s Gaza Plan: What We Know

September 30, 2025September 30, 2025Aaron Boxerman
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