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Antonio Sena was flying a single-prop Cessna 210 over the Brazilian Amazon when the engine suddenly stopped. Reuters pic
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BRASILIA, April 9 Antonio Sena was flying a single-prop Cessna 210 over the Brazilian Amazon when the engine suddenly stopped, leaving him minutes to find a spot in the jungle to crash-land.
He survived with no injuries, but was stranded in the middle of the world’s largest rainforest the start of a 38-day trek he says taught him one of the biggest lessons of his life.
Stills from
Nomadland (clockwise from left)
I spent the last month of winter swaddled in a neo-western cocoon. Three movies I have waited a year to watch due to pandemic delays finally became available:
First Cow,
Bacurau, and
Nomadland. All three have quickly taken their places among my favorite movies, and while they vary greatly in mood and style from slow and meditative to thrilling and majestic they all play with the tropes of the American western.
It is perhaps not surprising that in the second half of the Trump administration these directors all women or people of color turned to the western to explore contemporary American life. American mythologies about the West are, after all, an early expression of an “America first” ideology. The western genre in popular culture crystalized White supremacist fantasies about mastering the land and exerting control over all non-White others. As these forces have reasserted themselves in public discourse, t
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Sensitive to emotional and spiritual needs during the most challenging time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sobradinho Seventh-day Adventist Church near Brazil’s capital held a prayer drive on April 3, 2021. The initiative moved many residents to tears, organizers said. The initiative was part of the closing activities at the end of Holy Week, as the days around Easter weekend are known, and was accompanied by a drive-in service.
The Prayer Caravan drove around several neighborhoods of that working-class community, part of Brasilia’s Federal District. The caravan and volunteers stopped at 12 specific spots to reach out and pray with people while following social distancing recommendations.
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Angelo Gabriel wasn’t even born the last time Santos won the Brazilian Serie A title, all the way back in 2004.
But, with arguably the most exciting teenager in the country rising through the ranks at a rate of knots, those long-suffering
Peixe supporters at least have something to look forward to.
That’s if Gabriel is not spirited away by one of those talent-spotting megaclubs on the other side of the Atlantic, of course.
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Everyone, even Liverpool players and fans, could understand Vinicius Junior s reaction.
It was 27 minutes into the Champions League quarter-final first leg, around 30 seconds after Real Madrid s opening goal, finished with stylish composure by the Brazilian. He turned to the architect, Toni Kroos, and bowed.
Vinicius salutes Toni Kroos after his unreal assist pic.twitter.com/VhOlEG5zzU B/R Football (@brfootball) April 6, 2021
It was a simple gesture to mark the simple brilliance of Kroos long pass. A swing of the right foot, a burst of water from the slick Valdebebas turf, and the ball was arcing through the darkening Spanish sky and into Vinicius run, right between two Liverpool defenders.