All posts tagged Brazil

Wednesday Night #1783
May 4, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1783

Terrible news from Fort McMurray has taken over the headlines across Canada on Wednesday morning. Just when we thought w ...

Wednesday Night #1782
April 27, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1782

We are deeply saddened by the loss of our exceptional friend Astri Reusch and know that all who knew her join us in offe ...

Wednesday Night #1781
April 20, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1781

Peter Berezin is with us and there is lots to discuss. At the beginning of the month, his team issued the Global Investm ...

Wednesday Night #1777
March 23, 2016, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1777

Just as we were prepared to send off a  suggestion of a relatively wonkish, if not upbeat, topic, came the awful news o ...

UN Reform
December 30, 2015, Comments Off on UN Reform

UN was headed to Philadelphia, but a Rockefeller stepped in The book “Capital of the World” chronicles the s ...

Brazil 2013 – 2015
August 17, 2015, Comments Off on Brazil 2013 – 2015

These 5 Facts Explain Brazil’s Crippling Scandals (TIME) 24 July 2015 17 August Despite protests, slog more likely tha ...

Wednesday Night #1704
October 29, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1704

A lively evening which unexpectedly focused on the climate refugees reference rather than the greater issue of the waves ...

Africa: economy 2014
August 19, 2014, 1 Comment

Sacrificing Africa for Climate Change Western policies seem more interested in carbon-dioxide levels than in life expect ...

Wednesday Night #1689
July 16, 2014, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1689

Hope you all celebrated Bastille Day appropriately. In commemoration, a couple of Fb friends posted this great scene fro ...

Wednesday Night #1634
June 25, 2013, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1634

The good news is that Montreal again has a mayor  (our third in seven months) – the bad news is that it isn’t N ...