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Hunger, ‘laziness’ and the other Brazil
Written by Yohana de Andrade
The article responds to the Secrets of Transformation multimedia series, a joint project of Bertelsmann Transformation Index and Deutsche Welle. Are you hungry? Mix a glass of water with a tablespoon of sugar and drink it. Then, eat nothing and do it again tomorrow. And the next day. If you have kids, offer the same […]
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Yohana de Andrade
Yohana is a Brazilian journalist. Interested in human rights, feminism and anything related to “minorities.” After study globalization issues in Washington, D.C., thanks to a scholarship, Yohana received a degree in Journalism and now is a content producer for internet and new technologies. Her dream would be live in a borderless world.
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Living in Argentina is like playing real life Monopoly
Written by Yohana de Andrade
Everyone who has ever played Monopoly has wished they could be as rich as they were in the game or at least that they could use Monopoly money in the real world. Well, I offer you a place where this really happens: Argentina, where your money is only valid inside […]
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What I took away from the GES 2013
Written by Yohana de Andrade
I was privileged to be a blogger at the GES 2012. That was my first time at the symposium, and I was really excited to be there and meet so many interesting people (and the fact that it was in Rio de Janeiro helped too!). So when I knew I […]
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Religious Leaders Gather at the GES
Written by Yohana de Andrade
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Can Religion Help Solve Global Problems?” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org. “How come we’re not simply applying the golden rule? It’s so simple: don’t do to others what you don’t want them to do to you.” These words […]
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The Religious Learning from Atheists — and Vice Versa
Written by Yohana de Andrade
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Can Religion Help Solve Global Problems?” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org. During a TED Talk back in 2011, the writer Alain de Botton introduced us to what he calls “Atheism 2.0.” An atheist himself, he argues that there […]
