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When Rock Becomes A Mirror Of Society

Rock in Rio began as a festival. Forty-one years later, it seems more interesting to observe it as a cultural organism. Music remains its heart, of course, but around it have grown technology, behavior, identity, business, social causes and a mixture of audiences that would hardly occupy the same place by choice.

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✅🕒 Published on September 6, 2026 - 16:56

Culture & Society

The Culture Of Voting Begins Before The Ballot

By Maria Raquel

An election begins long before a person enters a voting booth. It begins when someone, still a child, discovers who can make decisions, why some people have authority and what happens when different interests have to share the same space.

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✅🕒 Published on August 30, 2026 - 14:18

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How Social Media Is Reviving Interest In Reading

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For decades, the image of a reader was associated with silence: one person alone with a book, temporarily removed from the rest of the world. Social media has begun to change that relationship, turning reading into conversation, collective discovery and a cultural phenomenon.

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✅🕒 Published on August 9, 2026 - 17:43

Culture & Society

World Heritage Takes On New Meaning

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More than announcing the addition of 25 new sites to the World Heritage List, UNESCO’s decision during the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee in Busan, Republic of Korea, signals a broader transformation in how the international community understands heritage itself. The update brings the World Heritage List to 1,273 sites across 173 countries, reinforcing that safeguarding humanity’s legacy extends far beyond preserving historic monuments or remarkable natural...

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✅🕒 Published on August 2, 2026 - 18:01

Culture & Society

Literature Against The Silence Of Domestic Violence

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When a literary work addresses domestic violence, it rarely changes reality on its own. What it can do, however, is something equally important: bring stories out of isolation and into public conversation.

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✅🕒 Published on July 26, 2026 - 17:59

Culture & Society

Why A 70-Year-Old Brazilian Novel Still Challenges Readers Worldwide

By Maria Raquel

Some books grow old. Others simply collect anniversaries. Seventy years after its publication, Grande Sertão: Veredas by Brazilian author João Guimarães Rosa still belongs to the second category. Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels written in Portuguese, its most remarkable achievement may be that it remains mysterious, captivating and impossible to tame even for twenty first century readers.

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✅🕒 Published on July 19, 2026 - 10:04

Culture & Society

Yes, Senna Is A Hero

By Maria Raquel

Some heroes need monuments to be remembered. Others live in people's memories long before any official recognition arrives. In Brazil, Ayrton Senna has belonged to the latter for decades. Now, those two paths have finally met.

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✅🕒 Published on July 12, 2026 - 17:30

Culture & Society

The Ball That Transforms: How Football Rebuilds Lives

By Maria Raquel

When the ball starts rolling at a FIFA World Cup, most eyes follow the dribbles, the goals and the scoreboard. But long before packed stadiums, television cameras and multi-million-dollar contracts, another match has already been played. It begins years earlier, often on a dusty field where the real prize is not a trophy, but the chance to build a future.

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✅🕒 Published on July 5, 2026 - 15:27

Culture & Society

When The Street Breathes Again

By Maria Raquel

Budapest woke up like any other European capital in the summer: tourists, slow traffic, shops opening gradually. But as the day unfolded, one of the city’s main avenues was taken over by a march that did not feel like rupture. It felt like a rehearsal of normality. And perhaps that says the most about the Hungarian moment.

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✅🕒 Published on June 28, 2026 - 14:11

Culture & Society

Ormuz And The Middle East In A State Of Suspension

By Maria Raquel

The announcement of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the resumption of strikes in Lebanon place the Middle East once again under a condition that is no longer episodic. For those living in the region, crisis does not arrive as disruption, but as continuity. The extraordinary has lost its edges and become the environment itself.

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✅🕒 Published on June 21, 2026 - 13:42