13th February 2015 Brasilia, Brazil
Confetti, serpentine, dance, costumes, parades, floats, giant puppets and joy… in a simple approach, perhaps this can sum up the Brazilian Carnival. The festival that aimed to thank the gods for soil fertility and production in ancient Greece came to the Brazilian lands under European influence around 1723, being welcomed with open arms by the […]
1st December 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
Today is World AIDS Day. It is a great opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the last 20 years. The devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a reminder of what it was like when AIDS started. Stigma, misunderstanding and discrimination were widespread. People were scared and afraid […]
16th September 2014 Brasilia, Brazil
The 69th session of the UN General Assembly starts today in New York. The commonly referred to Ministerial Week – when the high level meetings occur – will take place next week. For most people the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will conjure up newspaper images of that huge hall familiar from television, with rows of […]