Little local difficulties

"But at least tourists and foreign football fans are going to 'suffer' with such high prices just for one month. Brazilians will have to wait a long time before all these problems can be solved and we can get our prices right."

Where were these kind of articles when I lived in Brazil 2.5 years ago ? Only to be found on a few invisible blogs. Such realism didn't seem relevant to the bandwagon of foreign "investors" in Brazil.
(HT: Jonathan E)

Luiz Ruffato

This Brazilian author has some damning comments about his country.
(HT: Jonathan E)

"They don't have any humanity. They are not humans."

Another day in China, another forced abortion of the most horrifying nature. Thanks to global news, the woman and her husband were somehow able to get their story out to the wider world. The words I have quoted are from the mother. Just as significant are the words of a nurse in the hospital which committed the crime. When asked about it by a Sky News reporter, she replied: "I don't know the specific reason for this case and it's not my place to care."