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A society without an aristocracy, without an elite minority, is not a society.
José Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955)
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| São Paulo já tem 4.151 igrejas e associações evangélicas |
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Pelo menos 1.228 das denominações contam com apenas um templo; a maioria está na periferia da cidade. As 26 maiores representações estão espalhadas por 2.923 endereços; outras religiões somam 1.274 templos A cidade de São Paulo tem pelo menos 4.151 templos e associações evangélicos. Quase um terço corresponde a pequenas igrejas que têm apenas um templo e recebem nomes que muitas vezes soam estranhos. No geral, essas denominações são pentecostais (sem vínculo com evangélicos tradicionais) e começam com um pastor, Bíblia e meia dúzia de fiéis em uma garagem da periferia. Os números foram organizados pelo Centro de Estudos da Metrópole (CEM) do Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (Cebrap), a partir dos registros de pessoa jurídica de 2000, coletados pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). No total, o estudo aponta para 5.425 endereços religiosos na cidade. Segundo o Censo 2000, cerca de 16% da população paulistana, ou 1,6 milhão pessoas, se declaram evangélicas, sendo que 1,2 milhão são pentecostais. |
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Economics
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Argentine growth feeds investor optimism |
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Argentina bond risk fell the most in Latin America over the past three months as quickening economic growth and a $12.9 billion debt restructuring boosted confidence in the country’s ability to pay its debt. |
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Identity/Culture
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Scientists find evidence discrediting theory Amazon was virtually unlivable
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Archaeologists say forest across the Amazon, was home to an advanced, even
spectacular civilization that managed the forest and enriched infertile
soils to feed thousands. |
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Soutbound Travel
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House hunting in ... Colombia |
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The apartment is on the second story of a three-story, walk-up building, constructed of concrete about 40 years ago. The old city is Cartagena's tourist and cultural center; shopping, dining and public transportation are within walking distance. |
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Migration Issues
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Grief across Latam for migrant killings |
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He was warned the journey north would be hard, so Gilmar Morales beefed up on eggs and sausage, bought some ham sandwiches from the bodega across the street, told his mother he loved her and set off with two other relatives on a path well-traveled by young people here in one of Latin America’s poorest countries. |
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Living/People
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Trapped Chilean miners forge refuge |
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Mario Gómez is all too familiar with the hardships of prolonged confinement. While still in his 30s, his family said, he survived as a stowaway on a ship for 11 days, living below deck on little more than bits of chocolate and drops of water collected in a shoe — an ordeal so trying it brought him closer to God. |
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