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Saturday, 19 March 2016

Linda Chavez: Trump’s self-fulfilling prophecy

Donald Trump has predicted there will be riots in the streets if he is not crowned victor at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer. Given his exhortations to his supporters to ”knock the crap out of” anyone disrupting his rallies and his promise to ”pay for the legal fees,” I’ll take him at his word. Trump’s comments are what sociologist Robert K. Merton called a self-fulfilling prophecy: ”a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally...

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Supreme Court justice in Brazil blocks post for ex-president Fox News

A Supreme Court judge suspended former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's nomination to a Cabinet post amid corruption investigations, a decision likely to stoke tensions in a country already rocked by dueling pro- and anti-government demonstrations. ......

Supporters of Brazil’s President, Dilma Rousseff, Stage Protests New York Times

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Brazil: Waters of March Al Jazeera

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'It's Such a Refreshing Flip to a Story That's Thousands of Years Old' Billboard

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Listen to Yandel's 'Encantadora' Remix Feat. Farruko & Zion y Lennox Billboard

TGIF! Yandel just dropped a new version of his song "Encantadora" featuring Farruko and Zion y Lennox. The remix hit the Internet on Friday (March 18) just in time to get the weekend started. Check out the song below: The song has so far peaked at No. 5 on the Hot Latin Songs...

How We Got to a Colombian Guerrilla Camp New York Times

The reporter Nicholas Casey describes the path he took to meet the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia . ......

Mexican drug lord reading self-help book in prison Dayton Daily News

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Myriam Hernandez Is Working on a New Album Billboard

Chilean singer/songwriter Myriam Hernandez is back in the studio working on her new album, expected to be released during the second...

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