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The Best Publicity
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It's always great when old friends say nice things about you, but when the praise comes from Felipe do Brazil, it's even better.  Phillip Wagner, the founder of Rhythm of Hope (http://www.rhythmofhope.org/), found us three years ago, and since then,...
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ICBIE Book Launch Today
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(English translation below) O ICBIE juntamente com Italia Amica, UFBA - departamentos de Letras Românicas, Instituto Italiano de Cultura do Rio de Janeiro, lançarão nesta próxima sexta, 26, na sede da Italia Amica, Av. Sete de Setembro, 1238, Casa d’Italia...
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Júlio’s New Website
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Everyone who is even vaguely acquainted with the ICBIE knows Júlio.  Well, now you can follow him even more closely, as he has opened a snazzy new website!  Check it out: http://juliocosta.hfree.com.br/index.html
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The Salvador Grafita Project Meets Italian Artist Giuliano Ottaviani
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(English translation below) O coordenador do Projeto Grafita Salvador, Edvandro “Tucunaré” Castro, a assessora Déa Avelar e Amine Reis da Prefeitura Municipal de Salvador, acompanhados pelos grafiteiros Boob, Covero, Pinel, Thito Lama, Bigu e Mônica visitaram ontem à tarde (10)...
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News from ICBIE Europa in Rome
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It's been awhile since news has been posted here, but that's not to say that ICBIE Europa has been on an exotic holiday or something.  Quite on the contrary!  Never before have so many people been working so hard, and...
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Biro Biro at Work
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The new school year will be starting in less than a month, after carnival has brought the Bahian summer to an end.  Already Pietro and Marlene have begun to send out publicity for course registration and, as always, there will...
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Bom aniversário Júlio!
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For everyone who even vaguely knows about the ICBIE, Júlio Costa immediately comes to mind.  No one has helped to create the real ICBIE story more than he, and his leadership has constantly inspired us, from the very start. We...
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Progress in the ICBIE Library
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(English translation below) Projeto da biblioteca em andamento O ICBIE juntamente com a SECULT (Secretaria Municipal da Educação, Cultura, Esporte e Lazer) através do projeto “Leitura, Arte e inclusão digital na cidade baixa”, têm como um dos seus objetivos a...
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Prayers for Haiti
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Salvador and Haiti are two great pilasters, symbols of the African diaspora.  Symbols of the worst tragedies of exploitative colonialism, slavery and racial oppression.  In this horrible moment of destruction, we are all prostrate, face down and horror struck. Perhaps...
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New Years and a Birthday
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The hot night in Ribeira caused the party to be moved out onto the front terrace, where the breeze gave adequate relief, and we all donned the traditional white clothes for a sumptuous dinner with risotto ai calamari and charcoal...
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