Posts Tagged ‘ Rio de Janeiro ’

More early autumn 2026 : mass protests in Paris, Rio, etc ; Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature ; leaving British monarchy in Quebec (& rest of Canada)

Oct 10th, 2026 | By | Category: In Brief

RANDALL WHITE, CANADIAN REPUBLIC NOTEBOOK. TORONTO. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2026. In my wider universe focused on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, in the Great Lakes region of North America, three particular public events have marked the first full week of October 2026 — (1) Youth (and other) protests in France, Brazil, and beyond ; […]

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And now for something not completely different : blaming it on Rio for the 2016 Olympics

Aug 3rd, 2016 | By | Category: Countries of the World

[UPDATED AUGUST 4]. Does anyone really think the US presidential campaign of Donald Trump is the only weird thing going on in the global village right now ? Whatever else, the start of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this coming Friday will confirm that this is a bizarre year across the planet. See, […]

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