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Where Covid kills the young: Brazil shows what may await others
Independent online (SA) 24 Apr 2021
Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed ... He went there to get her out ... I was completely terrified." ... Lago Paranoá, a lake in the centre of Brasilia, is seeing crowds filter again onto boats for weekend parties – their masks around their necks.
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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro followed Trump’s coronavirus blueprint. Now its cases are surging
Yahoo Daily News 10 Jun 2020
Hydroxychloroquine ... 2 ... George Floyd ... While the country has swiftly evolved into a new epicenter of the pandemic, and more than a dozen of his senior administration officials have tested positive for the virus, he has encouraged Brazilians to hold barbecues and has been seen riding a personal watercraft on Lake Paranoá, near Brazil's capital ... .
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Bolsonaro attends floating barbeque as Brazil's Covid-19 toll tops 10,000
The Observer 10 May 2020
Jair Bolsonaro has faced domestic and international condemnation for his dismissive attitude toward the pandemic ... Within hours of the cancellation, however, Bolsonaro had reverted to his typically inflammatory form, taking a jet-ski ride on Brasília’s Paranoá lake. Brazil toll ... “10,627 deaths. 10,627 deaths. 10,627 deaths. 10,627 deaths ... “Death ski” ... .
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Egypt's building a new capital city from scratch – here's how to avoid inequality and segregation
The Conversation 24 Sep 2018
For example, residents of the Amaury settlement made their homes on the site for the planned artificial Lake Paranoá – in the knowledge that they would one day need to move. But rather than being relocated by the government in a fair and organised way, residents were forced to flee their homes with only a few days warning, as the lake began to fill.
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Egypt is building a new capital city from scratch – here's how to avoid inequality and segregation
The Conversation 24 Sep 2018
For example, residents of the Amaury settlement made their homes on the site for the planned artificial Lake Paranoá – in the knowledge that they would one day need to move. But rather than being relocated by the government in a fair and organised way, residents were forced to flee their homes with only a few days warning, as the lake began to fill.
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JK, It's a Bridge
The Atlantic 04 Mar 2016
Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters ... The Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge is a steel and concrete structure that crosses Lake Paranoá in Brasília, Brazil ... Reuters ... No kidding.
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Brasilia Letter: City of contrasts not exactly party capital of Brazil
The Irish Times 24 Jun 2014
interesting but slightly odd, kitsch and rather soulless ... ... The city’s playground is Lago Paranoá, an artificial lake whose name, while seeming apt for a city built for politicians, government officials and diplomats, is derived from a Tupi word meaning “bay of the sea”. Around the lake are homes and embassy residences in a suburban, sylvan setting ... .
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Climate Change This Week: China Chokes, Arctic High, and More!
Huffington Post 31 Oct 2013
Record-Breaking Fossil Fueled Smog Cripples Large Chinese City reports Katie Valentine at Climate Progress. Soaring pollution levels, 3 times the designated hazardous levels, forced closures of schools and highways, and cancellation of flights ... What's wrong with this picture? (One answer ... UP ... OO Brazilian Police Investigating Oil Spill on Paranoá Lake.
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Brazilian police investigating oil spill on Paranoá lake
The Guardian 16 Oct 2013
Firefighters place barriers to contain and clean up an oil floating on Paranoa Lake in Brasilia, Brazil, on 17 October, 2013 ... Brazilian police are investigating the cause of a 3km oil slick which dirtied a lake in the capital Brasília on Thursday ... If the lake is not in a condition to use, we are going to have enormous losses."
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