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Slouching towards Fukushima

By Carlos Latuff (Posted Mar 13, 2011)

News

Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist.

On the Nuclear and Earthquake Disaster Unfolding in Japan

Fukushima 1: Water Level Failing to Rise, Unit 2 Fuel Rods Remain Exposed

Also by Carlos Latuff

Maradona on World Cup 2014 by Carlos Latuff June 11, 2014
Brazil Protests Illustrated by Carlos Latuff June 20, 2013
Yoani Sánchez's World Tour by Carlos Latuff February 26, 2013
Egypt's New Pharaoh by Carlos Latuff November 24, 2012

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This year, Brazil and China celebrate fifty years of official diplomatic relations. The importance of the Sino-Brazilian relationship cannot be underestimated in the context of the rise of the Global South, the decline of U.S. hegemony, and the emergence of a New Cold War. With a look back into the history of bilateral relations, how […]

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