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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/09/brazil-bolsonaro-spelling-education-minister-abraham-weintraub

Brazil: Bolsonaro's education minister ridiculed for series of spelling howlers Parents and academics urge removal of ‘disgraceful’ Abraham Weintraub, one of Bolsonaro’s most provocative loyalists

https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/50324423/who-s-the-woman-watching-over-this-brazilian-street

Video experience headlines - BBC News How a giant portrait above a main road in São Paulo is reflecting the changing face of Brazil.

https://twitter.com/footyaccums/status/1206946102739648512?s=12

Footy Accumulators on Twitter “This young lad takes a picture with his dad who is flying over to Doha to see Flamengo at Club World Cup. After the pic, they make him realise that he too is joining his dad on the trip. The beautiful game 😍 📹 IG / duducamartins https://t.co/J4mAtam9X6”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/27/chile-hundreds-shot-and-beaten-street-protests

Hundreds shot and beaten as Chile takes to the streets Doctors say they don’t have supplies to treat wounded and accuse authorities of under-reporting injuries

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/17/black-football-managers-join-forces-maracana-condemn-racism-brazil?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX1RoZUZpdmVyLTE5MTAxNw%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=TheFiver&CMP=fiver_email

Black football managers join forces in Maracanã to condemn racism in Brazil Marcão and Roger, the only black managers in Série A, stood together to oppose the prejudice they see in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/27/dani-alves-crazy-good-barcelona-pep-guardiola-brazil-sao-paulo?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX1RoZUZpdmVyLTE5MDkyNw%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=TheFiver&CMP=fiver_email

Dani Alves: 'If you win without effort, you triumph with no glory at all' Alves reflects on 17 years in Europe, what he learned from Pep Guardiola, his experiences of racism and why he’s back in Brazil

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190903-linguistic-fluency-proficiency-second-language-learning

How do we measure language fluency? There are many ways of categorising someone’s linguistic skills, but the concept of fluency is hard to define.