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Foreign Correspondent: June 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Monday, June 20, 2005. Bolivia - in Search of Headlines and the $ to pay for them. Bolivia - in Search of Headlines and the $ to pay for them. Monday, June 20, 2005. Got back from Bolivia on Friday. When did you leave for Bolivia, you ask? Go ahead, ask). For me it all started on June 7. These, however, ...
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Foreign Correspondent: January 2006
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Tuesday, January 24, 2006. Elections in Canada: Why Care? I log in again at 7:30am. Rio time. A Conservative minority. As predicted. 134 to 103(Liberal) to 29(NDP) to 51(Bloc) to 1, or something. Like that. I surf the Globe and CBC sites for local races. I check the entire province, riding by riding....
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Foreign Correspondent: October 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Wednesday, October 19, 2005. Guns, Rio, Violence. Posted by Shawn Gerald Blore @ 2:42 PM. Links to this post. Thursday, October 06, 2005. What you learn by Travel Writing. This happens not just with tourism, but with every single government department in Brazil, at city, state and federal levels. The...
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Foreign Correspondent: November 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Thursday, November 03, 2005. Brazil Gun Violence: A 5-minute documentary. So I turned around and sold it a 2-minute version to Dutch National TV. Go figure. A prophet is not without honour. 3 Innocent residents of one of Brazil’s larges favelas Rocinha who while celebrating a baby shower came under fire ...
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Foreign Correspondent: October 2006
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Monday, October 02, 2006. Brazilian Election - Thieves Return to Office. The ex-governor of Para state, who stole some US$700 million, also got re-elected to congress last night. As did 7 of the 12 congressmen accused of receiving money in the Mensalão vote buying scandal. Also returning to office. Is Br...
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Foreign Correspondent: July 2006
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Tuesday, July 25, 2006. Locusts lead to blackouts. Bet you don't see this too often. Big flying grasshopers, the small ones the size of your palm, the big ones the size of your whole hand. Una plaga de langostas dejó sin electricidad a tres pueblos cordobeses. El norte de la provincia se ve afectado por ...
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Foreign Correspondent: August 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Monday, August 01, 2005. See the New We Do Cool Shit Blog. Http:/ wedocoolshit.blogspot.com. Check it out. But don't believe Douglas about the wheel. Posted by Shawn Gerald Blore @ 7:31 AM. Links to this post. We Do Cool Shit! We Do Cool Shit! Posted by Shawn Gerald Blore @ 7:31 AM. Links to this post.
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Foreign Correspondent: September 2005
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Comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}. Being the Ongoing Tales, Triumphs, Struggles (mostly struggles) and Occasional Adventures of Freelance Foreign Correspondent Shawn Gerald Blore, based in Rio de Janeiro. Sunday, September 18, 2005. Thoughts on Katrina and Television. Intellectually, the work is not a great challenge (though for restaurant reviews one does have to come up with a cornucopia of synonyms for ‘good’), but it does get me out into the far flung bits of Brazil. Now compare this to the reality ex...
