A saudação nazista de Elon Musk não é um crime contra a humanidade e nem sequer uma violação dos Direitos Humanos, dois argumentos que estão permeando o noticiário dos jornais latinos e europeus para descrever o ato. Não existe Direitos Humanos na América. O que existe são direitos americanos.
Do mesmo modo, não existe crimes contra a humanidade se essa humanidade não for americana.
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Public Inspection and Information Transparency: A Task for Only a Few
Paulo Rebêlo * SUNSHINE Week Toolkit March 05, 2008 Government expenses — any government — are upwards every year. And the higher the expense is, higher is the trouble to inspect the correct application of public money. If politicians themselves face difficulties in the inspection, it gets even worse for voters and society in general…. Continue reading
No-Touch Typing for Disabled
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News December 2002 In Brazil, physically disabled individuals may no longer need to buy expensive software to operate computers and surf the Web, thanks to a free application developed by programmers at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. By downloading a program called Motrix, disabled people can read, write and interact… Continue reading
In Brazil, Blog Is Beautiful
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News September, 2002 Weblogs certainly have a worldwide audience. Still, no one’s quite sure what makes them so hot in Brazil. One of the leading countries in registered blogs at Blogger, Brazil has recently gotten its own local version of Pyra Labs’ creation — translated into Portuguese and complete with additional features,… Continue reading
Emoting in a Cold Digital World
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News August, 2002 Imagine a celebration of digital art that bans works focusing on anything related to computers and technology. This is the idea behind Art.Ficial Emotion, an international exposition featuring digitally produced art created at some of the leading media centers worldwide. The main objective of Art.Ficial Emotion is to provide… Continue reading
Brazilians’ Spin: Remix Music Biz
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News July, 2002 In the eyes of many musicians and artists in Brazil, popular music as a form of pleasure and art ended in the Western world long ago. The mixing of music with commerce isn’t a new concept, but the introduction of file-sharing on the Web has turned attention to the… Continue reading
Take Two Candies, Call in Morning
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News June, 2002 Few people enjoy taking medicine, but how about if it came packaged in candy or ice cream? That’s what the Brazilian National Association of Magistral Pharmaceutics (Anfarmag) is bringing to Brazil this year. In an official note earlier this month, Anfarmag said that med-candies are the best solution for… Continue reading
Brazil: Let’s Go Postal
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News May 2002 In another attempt to close the gap between the wired and the unwired, Brazil will install computer kiosks in post offices around the country, where people will be able to log on to the Internet. Correios, Brazil’s postal agency, hopes to have the kiosks up and running by the… Continue reading
Modified Crops Go Underground
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News May 2002 An illegal but well-known underground market for genetically modified crops is growing fast in Brazil. But oftentimes, farmers who bought the seeds with promises of better yields at lower costs have reaped financial disasters and plantation damages instead. The problem seems to stem not from defective genetically modified organism… Continue reading
Brazil on Piracy: Just Say No
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News March 2002 Frustrated by a government that either can’t or won’t address epidemic levels of commercial piracy, a broad coalition of Brazilian industry created an advertising campaign it hopes will appeal to Brazilians’ sense of fair play and economic self-interest. The industries of software, music, clothes, toys, cable TV and movies… Continue reading