The Brazilian Texas Magazine - Edition - August 2016 by Sergio Lima

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Rio 2016 Olympic Mobility during the Games: Opening Ceremony Maracanã stadium In This Issue Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay Arreves in Salvador capiatl city Bahia. The Brazil’s first black judge.

Luislinda Valois

Brazil to require yellow fever vaccination from Angola and Congo travelers P.18

Brazil’s government will begin to require yellow fever vaccination certificates from people traveling to and from Angola.

Some 26,000 men to make up security scheme for Olympics P.11

One month away from the beginning of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the security

The daughter of Luis and Lindaura, train driver and laundry worker, Luislinda is a winning woman. She was the first AfroBrazilian woman to become a judge, and then an appeal court judge. She, was a Peace Ambassador for the UN in 2012, Gran Comendadora Chanceler, Member of the Geographical and Historical Institute of Bahia, and a member of the José de Alencar Academy of Letters in Parana. Her books include “Magistradas Brasileiras - Seus Acertos e Desafios” and “ Negros Pensadores do Brasil”, as well as anthologies and other publications. Luislinda was invited to be a torchbearer by the Nissan sponsorship. P.14

scheme designed for the sporting event.s expected to engage 5 thousand men from the National Public Security Force, and some 21 men from the Armed Forces.

Farewell to Ambassador Mario Saade and his wife Marcia Saade” P.3

After almost 6 years our dear Amb.Mario Saade had completed his term as General Consul of Brazil in Houston.

Brazil to export enriched uranium for first time P.18

Campinas Brazil

Campinas is located in the heart of São Paulo, the most developed state in Brazil. The city has been living its best moment since years, regarding its economic and social performances.

The Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB), a uranium company housed under the Ministry of Science,Technology, Innovation and Communications.signed an agreement with Argentina’s Combustibles Nucleares Argentinos (CONUAR) to send four tons of uranium dioxide powder for the initial fuel charge of a nuclear reactor

Supreme Court justice says society is changing Brazil’s history P.18

The Rio 2016 Games Opening Ceremony will be on 5 August. A number of traffic changes will be put in place around the Maracanã stadium to ensure that fans will have no difficulty getting to the Opening Ceremony. P. 6

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Editorial This is our mission Time doesn’t stand still, neither do we! We give continuity to our work, focusing in providing quality, and in expanding our objectives as a communication vehicle, as well as a promoter of businesses’ interests between Brazil and United States. This is our mission. We do not want to give emphasis to any specific subject matter; we strive to be open to all segments of the community and to be an independent and truthful instrument for the exchange of ideas that benefit our general audience. Our principal objective has always been the spread of our culture and to expose Brazil’s business potential in many sectors. Through these 13 years of service, we are grateful to have achieved this. Again, as the time continues to pass, we will continue to endeavor to offer the best. We hope, through this edition, to offer you a pleasurable reading experience with our articles, interviews, and general information. Thanks so much for those that have deposited their trust on us for many years and a special mention to the Magazine cooperators, readers, and places that have warmly allowed us to place our publication for distribution.

Sergio Lima

Farewell to Ambassador Mario Saade and his wife Marcia Saade”

After almost 6 years our dear Amb. Mario Saade had completed his term as General Consul of Brazil in Houston, and we must say that, not only it was an honor and a privilege to have him serving as Bratecc’s Honorary President, but we at the Board of Directors are very appreciative of his uncompromising support and huge contribution to the expansion of our business, and the success of our events during all those years. As a token of appreciation we’ve offered a Farewell Cocktail Event in honor of Amb. Saade and his lovely wife, Marcia Saade. The event took place at the Houston Racquet Club last June. Cid Silveira

Editorial Staff Editor-in-Chief Sergio Lima Foreign Correspondents Brazil Sergio Luis Sergio@braziliantexasmagazine.net Rio das Ostras, RJ Brazil Leandro Lima Leandro@braziliantexasmagazine.net Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil Mexico Jobell Lima Jobell@braziliantexasmagazine.net Guadalajara, Mexico Editorial Board Joe Rondan Claudio Teixeira Mario A. Campos Claudia Leonora Glaspel Taina C. Schwarz Simone Gori Associate Editor Valter Aleixo Contributing Editor Otto Fanini Cover Joe Rondan Photos Pedro Lima Contact Email vidabrasil@hotmail.com sergio@braziliantexamagazine.net Address 19335 Cypress Peak Ln. Katy,Tx-77449 Phone: (832) 206 8419 Members of Brazilian Press International Association Phone: 954-548-5626 E-mail: info@abiinter.

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Accessibility: check the adapted transport modes to reach the Games The Rio 2016 Games are for all cariocas and visitors. With accessibility in mind, transport modes serving all competition venues will have adapted stops and stations.Check the transport modes with accessible stations in the route to the Olympic arenas: Maracanã / Maracanãzinho: This venue will be the stage for the Opening Ceremony, as well as football and volleyball matches during the Olympic Games. If you have special accessibility needs, you should use the São Cristóvão train and metro stations (entrance A), or the São Francisco Xavier metro station (entrance A). On days with football matches, there will be an additional accessible transport service to ensure the comfort of wheel chair users or those with reduced mobility. For the Opening Ceremony, there will also be an additional accessible transport service from entrance A of the São Francisco Xavier station. Olympic Stadium – Engenhão: Engenhão will host athletics and football competitions during the Olympic Games. The Engenho de Dentro Olímpica station is accessible. For increased comfort, wheel chair users or those with reduced mobility should look for the signs available. Ponta As the stage for athletics and road cycling events, Pontal can be reached through the Gilka Machado TransOeste BRT station, accessible for persons with disabilities. From the station, there will be an additional accessible transport service to ensure the comfort of wheel chair users and those with reduced mobility during the road cycling events.

The Sambadrome will be the stage for archery events and the marathon. The closest accessible station is the Estação Praça Onze metro station. On the days of archery events, there will be an additional accessible transport service leaving from that station to ensure the comfort of wheelchair users and those with reduced mobility. RioCentro: Will host badminton, boxing, weightlifting and table tennis events. The RioCentro TransOlímpica BRT station is accessible. Barra Olympic Park: The Barra Olympic Park is the heart of the Rio 2016 Games and the stage for many Olympic events.The Terminal Centro Olímpico and Morro do Outeiro TransOlímpica BRT stations, and the Rio 2 TransCarioca BRT station are accessible. From the Terminal Centro Olímpico station there will be an additional accessible transport service to ensure the comfort of wheel chair users and those with reduced mobility. Deodoro Sports Complex The Magalhães de Bastos train and TransOlímpica BRT stations are accessible. From those stations, there will be an additional accessible transport service for wheel chair users and those with reduced mobility. The Ricardo de Albuquerque train station is also accessible. The Lagoa Stadium

Entrance A in Nossa Senhora da Paz and Jardim de Alah metro stations (line 4) are accessible. From the Nossa Senhora da Paz station, there will be an additional accessible transport service for wheel chair users and those with reduced mobility. Copacabana Fort: This tourist spot will be the stage for road cycling, marathon swimming and triathlon events. The Copacabana Fort is near the Cantagalo and General Osório accessible metro stations. Olympic Golf Course: As the stage for golf competitions, the Olympic Golf Course also has accessible stations: the Golfe Olímpico and Rio TransOeste BRT stops have been adapted for persons with disabilities. Marina da Gloria: At Marina da Gloria, spectators will be able to watch sailing competitions. Persons with disabilities wishing to reach this competition venue should use the Catete metro station (entrance B). From that station, there will be an additional accessible transport service to ensure the comfort of wheel chair users and those with reduced mobility. Beach Volleyball Arena: Entrance A of the Siqueira Campos metro station in Copacabana is accessible. From that station, there will be an additional accessible transport service for wheel chair users and those with reduced mobility.

will host canoe sprint and rowing events.

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Learn all about the Olympic Park The Olympic Park, the heart of the Games in Barra da Tijuca, is ready to welcome the best athletes in the world between August and September. Want to find out how things are going to work during the Games? Cidade Olímpica provides full details on the Park’s over 18 million square metres. #IssoÉCidadeOlímpica

Inside the Olympic Park: Carioca Arenas 1, 2 and 3 Learn more about the three Carioca Arenas at the Olympic Park, in Barra da Tijuca. Carioca Arena 1 has 16,000 seats and will be the stage for the following sports: basketball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. Carioca Arena 2 has 10,000 seats and will host judo, GrecoRoman wrestling, freestyle wrestling and Paralympic boccia. Carioca Arena 3, also with 10,000 seats, will host fencing, taekwondo and Paralympic judo.

Competitors’ official residence, Olympic Villa is delivered

Official residence of the 15 thousand

athletes who will compete in the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Olympic Villa, was delivered this Wednesday (15). With 31 seventeen storey buildings and 3,604 flats, the villa that has been named Ilha Pura will host 17,950 temporary residents from 24 July onwards. The Olympic Vila will be the official residence of all delegations taking part in the Games. The units have between two and four rooms, measuring from 77m² to 230m², all adapted for people with disabilities or low mobility. The doors are wider, the showers taller, the hallways larger and the lifts may take up to two wheelchairs at the same time. The leisure area includes pools, saunas, gyms, sport courts, kids’ playgrounds, skateboarding track and a cycle lane.– This is the most beautiful Olympic Villa I’ve ever seen in the history of the Olympic Games. This will be the heart of the Rio 2016 Games, where the Olympic spirit lives. Here, athletes will prepare for competition, but at the same time, they will eat together and have fun, which will certainly send a stong message to the world of respect, understanding, tolerance and peace – highlighted the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach.

Sustainability is also part of the project. Ten thousand square metres of green roof was used, which reduces heat. Furthermore, 75 solar panels were installed for heating water and a treatment station was built, which allows for water used for showering, hand washing and others, to be reused in toilets and for irrigation. The buildings were built without using public funds due to being a private endeavour. The infrastructure in the surrounding area was included in the public private partnership plan.

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Did you know? 30 curiosities about the Games How many medals will be awarded during the Games? How many volunteers? Do Olympic lanes have anything to do with the fans? Can you watch any events without a ticket? In the countdown of less than a month before the Opening of the Games, Cidade Olímpica will answer some of these questions and more in our ‘Did you know?’ page.

Figures, curiosities and general information about the greatest sporting event on Earth! 1. In total, Rio 2016 will feature 42 sports – two more than in London – in over 32 competition venues. With 1.18 million square metres, the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca is the venue where the highest number of sports will be played: 16. 2.

The Paralympic Games will feature 528 events. Of the 23 sports, nine will take place at the Olympic Park, and four in Deodoro. The only way to get to the competition venues is by public transport. There will be no parking lots, nor will nonaccredited vehicles be allowed near the area. BRT, trains, metro, LRVs and buses will be available for the fans. TheRIO2016 Cardis a special travel card to be used for public transport during the Games. You can choose from three options, all of which give you unlimited travel in different types of transport: one day (R$25), three days (R$70), and seven consecutive days (R$160). In addition to the competitions on Guanabara Bay (sailing) and Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (rowing and sprint canoeing), another ten events will take place in the streets, with no need for tickets. As the second largest sports complex of the Games, Deodoro is divided in three large areas, each one with its own entrance: the Olympic Equestrian Centre; the Radical Park (which includes the Mountain Bike Track, the BMX Olympic Centre and the Canoe Slalom Stadium); and the Deodoro Complex (which features the Deodoro Aquatic Centre, the Olympic Hockey Centre, the Youth Arena, the Deodoro Stadium, and the Olympic Shooting Centre).

The Live Sites are leisure areas where fans can watch competitions on a big screen and enjoy a number of special events, such as live music and other attractions. Three of them will be available in Rio: Madureira Park, Praça Mauá, and Complexo Esportivo Miécimo da Silva (Campo Grande).

10,500 athletes from 206 countries will be competing at the Olympic Games in Rio. Another 4,500 sports people from 176 countries will be here for the Paralympic Games.

In order to reduce impacts on road traffic, school holidays have been postponed to the period from 1 to 28 August. In addition, three days in August will be local holidays in Rio: 5, 18 and 22 August.

In total, 2,488 Olympic medals and 2,642 Paralympic medals will be awarded. This is because the Paralympics have more categories for each sport.

There are still tickets available for the Games, some at very affordable prices. It is possible to see a medal competition for as little as R$10 to

R$20.

12. For the first time, the Games are taking place in South America. 13. 200 referees will be participating in the Games. 14. Around 30,000 journalists from different countries will be covering the Games in Rio. 15. The medals weigh around 500 g each, and they have been designed so as not to impact on the environment. The gold medals are 100% mercury-free, and the silver and bronze medals are made from 30% recycled materials. 16. Around the city, 25 national hospitality houses will be open to the public, with a huge number of special events. From ice skating rings to pop music performances, including lots of typical foods, check here what each of the houses will offer you. 17. From a total of 300,000 people who signed up, 50,000 were selected as volunteers during the Games. They will fulfil 500 positions in eight areas: Operational Support, Support to the Public, Sports, Protocol and Languages, Communication and Press, Medical services, Technology and Transport.

16. Their profile is varied: 55% of the volunteers are women, 40% are under the age of 25, and 20% are foreign visitors from countries such as the US, England, Russia, Chile and Argentina. Brazilian volunteers come from all states and the Federal District; Rio, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, the Federal District and Rio Grande do Sul are the states with the most volunteers. 17. The Opening and Closing Ceremonies broadcasts are viewed by approximately 4.5 billion people, in average. About 5,600 hours of live footage will be produced by official television. 18. For the Opening Ceremony, 350 buses will transport about 10,500 athletes to Maracanã. Over 100 Heads of State and Heads of Government will also attend the ceremony. 19. During the Games, Rio will have 260 km of exclusive traffic lanes for the Olympic Family and delegations. Vehicles circulating on the lanes without proper accreditation will be subject to a fine of R$1,500. 20. Smoking is prohibited in the competition venues. Smoking areas will be available near the arenas. 21. Many items will not be allowed inside the Olympic facilities, including selfiesticks, horns and whistles. 22. Non-perishable foods for personal consumption will only be allowed in their original sealed package. But beware: no glass containers are allowed. 23. Spectators will be allowed to carry up to five units of personal care and hygiene products in their original package (e.g. repellents, sunblock, etc.), with a limit of up to 200 ml each, totalling 1 litre. 24. The Olympic Torch will arrive in Rio on 27 July, after visiting over 300 towns all over the country. In Rio, the Torch Relay will take place on 4 and 5 August.

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27. Football is the only sport which will start before the Opening Ceremony and which will be played in other cities. São Paulo, Manaus, Belo Horizonte, Brasília and Salvador will also host matches, but both finals (female and male) will be played at Maracanã.

Find out where to seek medical care during the Games

How to get to the Games

28. People living near the competition venues will need special vehicle access passes to circulate in the area, as many streets will be partially or fully blocked for traffic. 29. A platform has been created to facilitate contact between volunteers and hosts who wish to offer accommodation to staff working at the Games. About 7 million tickets will be sold. During the Games, Rio will receive 500,000 tourists.

Rio,a more integrated city

Rio will have a special health care scheme in place for the Games. All Municipal Health Secretariat units will be operating during the event, including primary care units. In addition, reference hospitals have been set up to serve all competition regions, and 140 additional ambulances will be available. Medical units will be operating at the Live Sites (areas with live music and broadcast of the competitions). The largest one, in Praça Mauá, will have three pre-hospital care units. Visitors can also download ‘Onde Ser Atendido‘ (Where to Look for Health Care), a mobile app that will direct them to the closest health care unit in the area. In addition, a Visitors Health Handbook will be distributed in four languages (Portuguese, Spanish, English and French) containing tips and information on the use of sunblock, smoking policy at the arenas and emergency numbers. Please check below for the list of reference hospitals available during the Rio 2016 Games, according to each region: Region Maracanã and Sambadrome) – Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital (Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar) and Regional Emergency Coordination Unit in the City Centre (CER – Coordenação de Emergência Regional do Centro).

Urban mobility is already a reality in Rio. With two exclusive BRT lanes (in addition to another two which will be opened soon), the Light Rail Vehicles in Centro, and new roads such as Binário do Porto and Via Expressa, Rio now offers cariocas high quality transport and mobility.

Méier Region (Engenhão and Maracanã) – Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital (Hospital Municipal Salgado Filho) and Engenho de Dentro Emergency Unit (UPA – Unidade de Pronto Atendimento do Engenho de Dentro). Deodoro Region – Albert Schweitzer Municipal Hospital (Hospital Municipal Albert Schweitzer) Barra da Tijuca Region – Lourenço Jorge Municipal Hospital (Hospital Municipal Lourenço Jorge) and Regional Emergency Coordination Unit in Barra (CER Barra). South Zone: – Miguel Couto Municipal Hospital (Hospital Municipal Miguel Couto) and Regional Emergency Coordination Unit in Leblon (CER Leblon).

The Rio Games are about to start… And this is when you ask yourself: how do I get there? Cidade Olímpica will tell you everything you need to know! The events will take place in 4 regions in Rio (or Olympic Clusters): Barra, Deodoro, Maracanã and Copacabana. Find out how to reach them from every corner of the city, always using public transport. Use trains, metro or BRT and enjoy the greatest sporting event on Earth. And don’t forget: the Rio 2016 Card is your main tool to access public transport.

Madureira and Campo Grande feature Olympic Boulevard during the Games As reference venues for sport practice and a leisure area for the local population, Madureira Park and the Miécimo da Silva Sports Centre will feature an extensive free programme during the Games. In addition to a large screen where all can watch sport competitions live, the Olympic Boulevards will feature musical performances and many activities for the children. The Port Area will have an Olympic Boulevard with free attractions As the second biggest leisure area in the city and main meeting point in the North Zone, Madureira Park could not be left out of the Olympic atmosphere. On the Praça do Samba stage, there will be performances by Mangueira and Mocidade traditional musicians (Velha Guarda), as well as the qualifiers for the Passinho de Ouro contest, among others. Since schools will be on a break, the Park will become a huge holiday camp. Under the supervision of teachers and monitors, children will be able to take part in sport tournaments including: badminton, capoeira, indoor football, footvolley, judo, skateboarding and table tennis. These competitions will include an opening ceremony and a medal and award ceremony for the winners. football, judo, blind At Miécimo, two big screens will be installed, and workshops featuring 22 sports for children and young people will be available under the supervision of a teacher. The options include: badminton, artistic gymnastics, table tennis, judo, jiu jitsu, volleyball, sitting volleyball, swimming, Paralympic swimming, basketball, and wheelchair basketball.

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General News Rio 2016 to use Electric Cars to Transport Athletes About 30 electric vehicles will be used for transporting athletes within the Olympic Village in the Rio 2016 Games, Nissan car maker announced Monday (Jul. 11) at the official delivery ceremony for a total 4,200 vehicles that will be used in the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Vehicle models include hatchbacks, sedans, pickup trucks, and electric cars. Nissan is an official Rio 2016 sponsor. François Dossa, president of Nissan Brazil, said the electric cars will take Brazilian medalists from the competition venues to Brazil's hospitality house at the event, the Casa Brasil, and can be charged up at onsite charging points. The vehicles were used as part of a four-year electric taxi experiment that ran in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo until April. During this period, 25 cars traveled 2.2 million kilometers and avoided 340 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. A fully charged battery has enough power to travel 160 kilometers. Mário Andrada, executive director of Communications for Rio 2016, pointed out mobility was the most important change to the city with the Games. “The central area of the city has got a full overhaul, new tunnels have been built, and BRT [Bus Rapid Transit] services have been extended to areas that did not use to be accessible by fast, high-demand travel services before.”Hortência Marcari, who attended the electric car delivery ceremony on behalf of Brazilian athletes, noted that, in addition to projects that have “transformed the city,” the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic games will be inspiring children with Olympic values.

Some 26,000 men to make up security scheme for Olympics One month away from the beginning of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the security scheme designed for the sporting event is expected to engage 5 thousand men from the National Public Security Force, and some 21 men from the Armed Forces. The new estimate was announced after a meeting on security during the Games, attended by representatives from the Executive branch and the Armed Forces. The number of military from the National Security Force is below the 9.6 thousand men previously announced to take part in the security plan. According to National Secretariat for Public Security head Celo Perioli, the amount of military recruited was adjusted in a bid to prevent the scheme from being jeopardized. Eliseu Padilha, the president's chief of staff, said that the Armed Forces would be capable of covering any shortage in the National Force. Admiral Ademir Sobrinho, head of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces, noted that 18 thousand of his men had been estimated to be deployed, but the amount was expanded, by request of Rio's state government, to approximately 21 thousand. Padilha also declared that the meetings for planning and monitoring in the Olympics will now be held weekly.

Security measures for Olympics in Brazil to be revised The Brazilian government’s security concerns ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro grew after the attack carried out Thursday (Jul. 14) in Nice, France, Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said today (15). “It’s evident that some facts are alarming. Our concerns with security are growing, no doubt,” he said. In an interview to Rádio Nacional de Brasília, Jungmann announced that every security procedure linked to the competition is to be revised. “We’re going to step up our previous efforts—expand the barrier control scheme, the check-point, the use of metal detectors,” he declared. “We’re working with close to a hundred global intelligence services, from countries such as Israel, the US, England, Russia, and France. We’ve had so far no concrete or potential threat of terrorism during the Olympic Games here in Brazil,” he added. According to him, delegations such as that of the US and also France itself were classified by the Brazilian government as high risk. This means, for instance, that athletes

will be housed in less busy and easier-tocontrol locations, like the Navy School. “Obviously, there are extra security measures, bolstered and compatible with the level of risk we have assessed.” The minister pointed out that Brazil is hosting the first Olympic Games at an international intelligence and information center, which should bring together representatives from the intelligence as well as secret and information services from 106 countries. “We’ve created an integrated anti-terrorism center, which will operate throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games and will also have units wherever competitions are held,” Jungmann said. He underlined that all duties and engagements assigned the country by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have been fulfilled, and added that a total 47 thousand men will be employed in the security scheme during the Olympic Games, including the Army, the National Force, the Military Police, the Civil Police, the Federal Police, and the Federal Highway Police.

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Mrs. Luislinda Valoisi

Federal Judge of the Court of Bahia

(TJ-BA). At the regular meeting held on Tuesday (6), in Brazilian, the National Judicial Council (CNJ) has determined that the judge Bahia Luislinda Valois was promoted to the position of federal judge of the Court of Bahia (BA-TJ). The CNJ main argument used as the criterion of seniority for granting promotion. The rapporteur of the case, Jorge Chaves Helio de Oliveira, and all other directors have decided unanimously in favor of the application. It is recognition of the struggle of a black woman, a Rastafarian, who managed to emerge victorious in this process. It is a victory for black people of Bahia, " said Luislinda, Brazil's first black judge.

Luislinda Valois was the first black woman to become a judge in Brazil in 1984. Born in the northeastern state of Bahia, a state with a 70% black majority, Valois was a 9-year old girl when her school teacher told her that she should stop studying in school so that cours cook feijoada* in the homes of white people. In Bahia and Brazil in general, black women are stereotyped as domestic servants, cooks and Carnaval dancers. But instead of taking her teacher’s statement to heart, this statement fueled Luislinda’s determination. She earned her law degree at the age of 39 and for six years would live and work in Curitiba, Paraná, in the south of Brazil as municipal attorney, deputy chief and chief of the National Department of Roads and Railroads (DNER). Becoming the first black female judge in Brazil in 1984, she has won numerous awards and honors for her tireless dedication to the defense of black people and the oppressed. Despite the gains of Afro-Brazilians in the past few decades, Valois laments the small numbers of black lawyers and doctors, and a lack of black ministers and ambassadors in Brazil. She believes that those who still don’t believe in the existence of racism need to be black for 24 hours, thus, as a Brazilian and a black woman, “one of the themes that enthuses (her) the most is to speak about blackness in order to open the mind of Brazilians.” In 2009, she released her first book, O negro no século XXI (The Black in the 21st Century) detailing

the current situation of black people in education, work, social justice, public policy and sports and in 2010, she won the prestigious Claudia award** in the category of Public Policy. *Feijoada is a national cuisine in Brazil made with black beans, beef and pork, usually served over white rice. The origins of feijoada are a source of controversy. While some say that the dish was a legacy of Brazil’s black slaves creating a meal based on the scraps that their slave masters disregarded. Others believe that the dish has Portuguese origins and still others believe it was inspired by the French cuisine known as cassoulet. **The Claudia award was created by the women’s magazine Claudia to recognize the conquests of women that dream, achieve and transform the lives of Brazilian people. 15 finalists compete for awards in the five categories of science, business, and social. It has established itself as a great celebration of feminine strength in Brazil, besides being a project signed by the magazine that is the absolute leader in its segment in the country and Latin America. In all, the prize has been awarded to dedicated 70 women, including Fernanda Montenegro, Mayana Zatz, Luiza Helena Trajano and Nicette Bruno.

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Personality of the Year

Mrs. Ester Sanches-Naek

Mrs. Ester Sanches-Naek from Connecticut, a former Representative of Brazilians Abroad within the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil, invited Dr. Luislinda de Valois, who is the Minister of Special Secretariat for Policies ,to promote racial equality in Brazil to visit the Brazilian Afro-descendants in the United States. The objective of the visit is to establish a relationship between the American and Brazilian Afro Descendants,an exchange of experiences on the issues related to: Violence against blacks education Citizenship entrepreneurship

The visit will be from August 26th to 31st. The agenda is being arranged, but includes meetings with schools, authorities and American and Brazilian African Leaders. Ester Sanches-Naek is the idealist of the opening of the Brazilian Consulate in Hartford and the American Consulate in the City of Belo Horizonte – Brazil. She has owned several businesses and founded a dozen community works in the State of Minas Gerais - Brazil. Mrs. Sanches-Naek is President and Founder the Brazilian Community and Cultural Center of Hartford, Inc., as well as The Associação dos Amigos Apaixonados por Alvinopolis; non-profit organizations that help the less fortunate and institutions such hospitals, orphanages, nurse homes, foster homes. In the community Ester Sanches-Naek has founded projects, awards, and programs. The Project Restaurar uses proceeds from used clothes, shoes, furniture, and toys donated by UConn Thrift Shop to restore a hospital in Brazil. Other programs have focused on recycling and teaching children computer skills. She also founded the Brilliant Women Awards, the Man of the Year Awards, and the Brazilian Afro-Descendent History Month in Alvinopolis, MG - Brazil. In Hartford, Mrs. SanchesNaek has been a great promoter of the Brazilian culture. She founded the Brazilian Entrepreneur of Greater Hartford Awards, Brazilian Day Parade and Festival, The Brazilian Women in Power Awards, The Distinct Women Brazil. October 30th, 2003, was Ester Sanches-Naek Day in the City of Hartford given by Mayor Eddie Perez and on September 7th, 2013,was also her Day given by Mayor Pedro Segarra. She also received Proclamations, Citations and an Official

Statement by Governors Jodi Rell and Dan Malloy, Mayor Boughton – Danbury, Senator Richard Blumenthal and many other authorities. Since 2002 she has been honored every consecutive year as The Best Female of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In April 2013 she received the highest Awards given by the Governor of Minas Gerais. She was also listed as one of the 100 Most Notable Brazilians in the US, has been the cover of the Hartford Magazine as the Best dressed and the Latino Magazine as a model of professional mother. Ester Sanches-Naek worked as a columnist for many Brazilian and Latino newspapers while producing her own TV Show: Brazil in Focus. She is an Official Portuguese Translator, Public Notary, and a Justice of the Peace in the United States of America. She has been on the Board of Director of YMCA - Indian Valley - Vernon, CT in 2005. At the present she is on the Board of The Hartford Marathon and the Conferences of Churches, the Tolland Community Women and the Tolland Commemorative Committee. On November 2010, she was elected to represent the Brazilians Abroad within the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil and received the title from the hands of President Lula (President of Brazil). She was reelected in 2013. Mrs. Sanches-Naek has a duel B.A. in Speech and Language Pathology and Spanish from the University of Connecticut. She received a Specialization on accents from University of Boston and currently is studying at Southern New Hampshire University to earn the Masters Degree in Community Economic Development. She recently received a training to become a Corporate Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant from the School of Protocol of Washington and on January 31st, 2013, Ester Sanches-Naek completed a 24 hour workshop and became a Professional Grant Writer at the University of Hartford. Ester Sanches-Naek is married to Rashid Hamid and has a 16 years old son Abdul Hamid Naek.

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Campinas the most amazing city in Brazil

Campinas is located in the heart of São Paulo, the most developed state in Brazil. The city has been living its best moment since years, regarding its economic and social performances. The city has never been so prepared to receive new investment and companies like now. Here, the entrepreneur will be surprised to see a different concept in logistics: modern roads, cargo airport and railways that connect Campinas to Santos. The latter is the most important port of the continent. Campinas has also one of the most beautiful bus stations in the country with full accessibility. In the city there is a good environment for doing business, considering the existence of tax incentives offered by the Municipality. Other aspects make Campinas a special destiny. Considering the 500 biggest global companies, 50% has brunches in its metropolitan area. The universities of Campinas are among the best in Brazil, which positively impacts in its skilled workforce. Besides, Campinas surprises people by having a great quality of life. With more than 1 million inhabitants, Campinas has a diversified trade, large green areas and lots of opportunities for leisure, sport and culture. This is just a summary about Campinas. You will know all advantages, benefits and opportunities that make this city the most amazing in Brazil.

It is recognized as the Brazilian capital of Science, Technology and Innovation, with the major national centers of R & D & I and the university that produces more patents in Brazil, Unicamp (University of Campinas). It is among the top ten cities in the world that conducts more business events, about 6,000 per year. It has the largest cargo airport in Brazil (Viracopos). It has the highest levels of sanitation and quality of power supply in the country. It has 500 urban squares, 17 parks and woods and 4 forests. It has 18 institutions of higher education and skilled labor in all areas of knowledge. It has the first accelerator in the country, responsible for training technology-based companies and looking for venture capital. It is the fourth largest banking center in the country in terms of bank branches. Campinas has 4,600 restaurants, 35 of them offer international cuisine, which is great for foreigners. Campinas has the 2nd highest level of connectivity in the country. Airport: Moreover, the main highlight is the Viracopos International Airport. This is the main cargo airport in Latin America, exporting to over 180 countries. Viracopos is growing everyday. In general, its main routes are: • Miami, Memphis, Frankfurt and Caracas, as distribution centers; • Dakar and Sal, as a technical landing for Asian and European destinations, and • Luxembourg, Buenos Aires

The city’s agenda includes fairs, cultural activities, music festivals and theatre. For being such a global city with, there are lots of parties that represent the Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, American, French, Arabian and Japanese communities. Besides, Campinas has a rich cultural life brought by houses for events, theatres and a varied cultural program for everyone. Its gastronomy is diversified and has a high quality, including Japanese, Italian, French, Iberian, Arabian, Chinese, Argentinean foods as well as the typical ones. Campinas pursues 4.6 thousand restaurants, 35 of them offer food from other countries, which is very good for foreigners. Despite being a big metropolis, Campinas links social life with wellness and quality of life, enabling integrative community living and leisure activities. Campinas owes sport clubs for all social classes and offers more than 45 possibilities of leisure, such as woods, squares, seas and natural reserves. Among them, it is worth notice the Lagoa do Taquaral (Taquaral Lagoon), one of the most famous recreational areas of our city. BUSINESS TOURISM, LEISURE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE Campinas is one of the main destinations for business tourists, it has been ranked the 9th best place in the International Congress and Convention Association.

Every year, there are more than 6,000 events in the city. The city also counts with excellent hospitality and has approximately 46 hotels of different types, from simple to luxurious ones, as well as SPAs, ranches and resorts. There are more than 4,000 rooms and over 9,000 beds. Also, the Pedreira do Chapadão (Chapadão Quarry), Bosque dos Jequitibás (Jequitibas Wood), where the zoo is located, and the Ecological Park. The city has 2 football stadiums that belong to 2 centennial clubs, Guarani and Ponte Preta. The city has a cultural heritage connected to its road junction, railway and airport. This has allowed the city to be considered as one of the main national hubs. A very special ride to come back in time is the old locomotive Maria Fumaça. The districts of Sousas and Joaquin Egidio have areas for gastronomy and they encompass the municipal observatory Jean Nicolini, where the stars can be seen. Campinas is a pole for shopping and pursues more than 11 shopping malls, one of them is among the biggest in the country. There is also a diversity of streets for shopping like the promenade 13 de Maio. of environmental protection some tracks, which also permit adventure sports. These places have a special talent .

Do you like the Brazilian music, foods and cold beer? This is the tree special good locantions. Casa Rios,Tonicos Boteco and Candreva Bar.

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General News Brazil to require yellow fever vaccination from Angola and Congo travelers This Monday (Jul. 11) Brazil's government will begin to require yellow fever vaccination certificates from people traveling to and from Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The requirement was recommended by the Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) due to a disease outbreak in those countries. In case the travelers are in transit through Angola or the Democratic Republic of Congo at least 7 days prior to their arrival to Brazil, they must present their certificate.

Travelers who received the yellow fever vaccine in less than 10 days will be allowed to get into the country, but they will have to remain in quarantine in order to get their certificates checked or for a period of up to six days, counted from the last possible infection exposure. In case of contraindications for the vaccine, the traveler will have to present a medical certificate, written in Portuguese, English, French, or Spanish, to be allowed to get into the national territory.Transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are also the vectors for Zika virus, dengue fever, and chikungunya, urban yellow fever was last reported in Brazil in 1942. Last year, nine cases of jungle yellow fever were recorded in Brazil, with five deaths. This year, until April, one fatal case was identified.Yellow fever vaccination has been in place in Brazil since 1937. It is available from public health centers free of charge. According to the Health Ministry, the vaccine is highly effective and safe to administer to residents and travelers going to areas under vaccine recommendations from nine months old, or from six months old during outbreaks.

Brazil to export enriched uranium for first time

Supreme Court justice says society is changing Brazil's history

The Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB), a uranium company housed under the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, signed an agreement with Argentina's Combustibles Nucleares Argentinos (CONUAR) to send four tons of uranium dioxide powder for the initial fuel charge of a nuclear reactor in Lima, north of Buenos Aires. The $4.5 million agreement was signed in June. This is the first time the INB will export enriched uranium from its plant in Rio de Janeiro. A four-ton provision will be split into three batches, with enrichment concentrations of 1.9%, 2.6% and 3.1%. Uranium is enriched by only 11 other countries besides Brazil.

Supreme Court Justice Dias Toffoli said the Operation Car Wash corruption investigation and its presiding judge, Sérgio Moro, are doing a good job of fighting corruption in Brazil, but the “change” the country is experiencing reflects a process that is supported by the entire society.“It's not the one judge that's changing history in Brazil, but civil society,” Toffoli said speaking at the Wilson Center's Brazil Institute, an organization that fosters democratic dialogue between Brazil and the United States. He extolled the “tremendously important role played by the rule of law and the court system” in Brazil and talked about the Supreme Court's efforts to give trials more transparency by allowing public viewing of the hearings, which are also broadcast on radio, television, and online.According to Toffoli, these efforts have put the Supreme Court in the spotlight. “Nowadays, even if Brazilians can't name all 11 players in Brazil's national soccer team, they certainly know the names of each of the 11 justices in the Supreme Court,” he said. In Toffoli's opinion, the battle against corruption in Brazil has been made possible thanks to legislation authorizing plea bargaining deals. The foundations for anti-corruption enforcement, according to Toffoli, began to be laid during the administration of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, with the passing of a Fiscal Accountability Act, the improvement of public sector transparency, and the independence given to the public prosecution system to nominate the Prosecutor-General. Toffoli's address at the Wilson Center was part of a series of lectures about Brazil. On July 14, Brazil Institute Director Paulo Sotero said, Judge Sérgio Moro will discuss how Brazil's court system has been tackling corruption.

The technology used at INB was developed by the Brazil's Navy Technology Center, in collaboration with the Institute of Energy and Nuclear Research (IPEN) housed under the National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN). According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the exports will not impact the uranium availability to Brazil's nuclear plants in Angra dos Reis. Currently, the INB's Enrichment Plant supplies about 40% of the Angra 1 plant requirements. The agreement with Argentina covers the finished product and does not involve knowledge sharing, but it does open up possibilities. Both countries began their nuclear programs in the 1960s. Established in 1988, the INB operates in the uranium production chain, from mining to fuel production for the nuclear plants. The company is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, with other units in Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo states. According to the INB, Brazil has the world's seventh-largest geological uranium reserves, which enable the country to supply its domestic needs in the long term and potentially make surplus available to export. The reserves—about 309,000 tons of uranium concentrate—are found in such states as Bahia, Ceará, Paraná, and Minas Gerais. Brazil has only one operational uranium mine in Caetité, Bahia, with production capabilities of 400 tons of uranium concentrate per year.

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