Bahia

Some people in the United States don’t want to try new foods, then there are people that we call “food tourist” want to try new foods even foods from different countries, if your one of those people that want to try new foods from different countries then one country you should try is Brazilian food. The reason why I say this is not only for the health benefits from it, but it’s only good enjoyable food. Brazilian food comes from a mixture from other countries food because when immigrants…

was the led for the training was Jose Miro, who used to be a member of Fidel Castro’s government and also the head of the Cuban Revolutionary Council. The initial landing point of the invasion was also a key part to keep the operation disclosed. The Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) was on the Southwestern coast of Cuba and approximately 110 miles Southeast of Havana and the strong hold of Fidel Castro. This was far enough away to remain undetected and close enough to make their way north towards…

In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Galapagos, the story is being narrated by a ghost, Leon Trout. Leon Trout, is a damaged, guilt ridden spirit, aboard the Bahia de la Darwin cruise ship whose psyche allows him to create a story which mirrors his life. Leon Trout, a broken soul uses his psyche to create characters based on his childhood and adulthood traumas. His feels guilty for being a “co-conspirator in driving my mother away forever” (279). Through Leon’s psyche, we get his disgust of the human…

Running-title: Attack patterns of a psyllid herbivore on different eucalypt genotypes Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) attack patterns on different Eucalyptus genotypes Juliana Tuller1*, Karla Nunes Oliveira2, Jhonathan Oliveira Silva3, Maurício Lopes de Faria1, Mário Marcos do Espírito-Santo2, José Eduardo Serrão4, José Cola Zanuncio4 1 Laboratório de Controle Biológico, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes…

inequality – inequality of many kinds of resources, but fundamentally of status and power” (Miller 2001: 86-8. Likewise, in the same manner, Cecilia McCallum in the reading, Racialized Bodies, Naturalized Classes: Moving through the City of Salvador da Bahia, depicts how the notions class and race are extremely entrenched in Salvador. She…

In the book “The Legacy of Americo Paredes” the author Jose Lopez Morin described the experiences of Americo Paredes a Mexican American whom was a great asset to the Chicano Folklore and the Mexican American history. The book focused on Americo Paredes work which eventually led to the challenge of Mexican American stereotypes since the U.S literature had annotated for many years otherwise. The book is organized in five different chapters, which emphasize The Lower Rio Grande, His Life and Work,…

Bossa Nova was a Brazilian musical movement started in 1958 with the song “Desafinado” by Tom Jobim and Newton Mendonça. This movement claims to the Brazilian Elites the art of music composition, which, since the beginning of the 20th century, had a very popular characteristic. Until then, the Samba dominated the musical scenario, and it was produced by the low class population in the rodas de samba, which were groups of musicians who would informally gather in bars to play and compose. Bossa…

As the turn of the twentieth century approached, millions of slaves continued to suffer under Brazil’s plantation economy and would not receive full emancipatory rights until 1888. The entrenchment of slavery in Brazilian society, is due in large part to the rise and consolidation of its plantation economy. The slave plantation system first emerged in the Canary Islands in the 1450’s. The Portuguese had previously colonized the Atlantic Islands in order to consolidate their expansion into…

The Golden lion tamarin (GLT) was first listed as endangered in 1982 according to the International Union of Conservation (IUCN). After an assessment in 1996, IUCN classified the GLT as critically endangered. In 2003, after conservation efforts, the IUCN re-classified GLTs as endangered. GLTs are listed as a regionally threatened species in the state of Rio de Janeiro and listed in appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (IUCN, 2008). Several conservation…

Los Statos de Luxe The letter "S" of the Statos may easily stand for "sad" because these Havanas are very hard to find nowadays due to they are produced in a limited number. That is really sad, because Los Statos de Luxe are the typical Havana style cigars - comparatively strong in aroma and certainly meet the needs of the average penchant Havana smoker. Cohiba Cigars speak volumes of a good taste. This is the Havana beyond comparison. Some call it the Ferrari of Cuban Cigars. Cohiba is…