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“Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation” is a new and unique podcast focusing on the hallucinogenic plants and fungi whose impact on world culture and religion – and healing potential - is only now beginning to be appreciated as never before. Unlike other podcasts relating to these issues, “Plants of the Gods” is hosted by renowned ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin, a Harvard and Yale-trained scientist who has been studying the healing plants and shamans of the Ama ...
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“Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation” is a new and unique podcast focusing on the hallucinogenic plants and fungi whose impact on world culture and religion – and healing potential - is only now beginning to be appreciated as never before. Unlike other podcasts relating to these issues, “Plants of the Gods” is hosted by renowned ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin, a Harvard and Yale-trained scientist who has been studying the healing plants and shamans of the Ama ...
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FBA Spotlight

Amazonia PPC

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Welcome to Amazonia PPC official podcast. As an Amazon advertising agency, we share our findings about how Amazon ranking works, different PPC strategies, product launches on Amazon, along with interviews with relevant speakers in the industry. Follow us for more content and check our website for more resources.
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RFI Brasil

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Confira aqui as análises, entrevistas e repercussões de notícias que você pode ouvir e baixar. As reportagens +RFI propõem a cobertura de eventos importantes no mundo inteiro feita pelos repórteres e correspondentes da Rádio França Internacional.
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Big Picture Science

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The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.
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Harvest Series

Rose Claverie at Harvest Kaplankaya

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This podcast is here to help you ask yourself the right questions, boost your critical thinking, and broaden your horizons. Journalist Rose Claverie (@rose.claverie on Instagram) is interviewing for the Harvest Series summit inspiring speakers such as emotional trauma specialist Dr Gabor Maté, nutrition experts Dr. Mark Hyman or Dr. Andrew Weil, and Relationships expert Esther Perel. They share their stories and practical advice to help listeners better care for themselves, their relationshi ...
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Morando Fora

Rodrigo Baena

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Experiências , viagens, entrevistas de um brasileiro morando pelo mundo - morando fora! Tudo em português, pra vc que não fala inglês ainda, ou pra vc que está aprendendo português! Bora! Abraços, Rodrigo Baena
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Nomosphone is a podcast series about current global legal issues. From migration to international crime, climate change to global trade, this podcast covers it all. Every few weeks we will release a new episode on a contemporary legal issue that you should know about. Nomosphone is produced by students in Tilburg Law School's Global Law Programme. We thank Tilburg Law School for supporting this podcast. To learn more about Tilburg's Global Law Progamme, visit our website below. www.nomosphon ...
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Whispers of the Past - The Hidden History of St. Eustatius unearths the untold stories of St. Eustatius, a small Dutch Caribbean island with a rich and overlooked history. We embark on a captivating journey through the island’s timeline, from its earliest roots to the present day. At the crossroads of historical narratives and women’s empowerment, we shine a bright light on the often-silenced voices of women—stories of strength, survival, and resilience that continue to inspire. These echoes ...
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Paris se transformou em um terreno de debate e conscientização ambiental no Dia Internacional da Amazônia, celebrado nesta sexta-feira, 5 de setembro. Para marcar a data, o Greenpeace França realizou em frente à prefeitura da capital um evento de mobilização em defesa da maior floresta tropical do mundo, com a participação de representantes da Arti…
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In this episode of Plants of the Gods, ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin takes us on a sweeping journey through the epic history of the spice trade—one of the most transformative chapters in global history. From ancient trade routes and religious rituals to colonial conquests and modern capitalism, spices like cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, and cloves have…
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In this episode of Plants of the Gods, ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin takes us on a sweeping journey through the epic history of the spice trade—one of the most transformative chapters in global history. From ancient trade routes and religious rituals to colonial conquests and modern capitalism, spices like cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, and cloves have…
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Strapped-on brass noses, frog skin grafts, human organs grown in pigs: The world of replaceable body parts is both amazing and a bit unsettling. But who better give us a tour of the past and present of what medical engineering considers Plan B, than the inimitable science writer Mary Roach. Guest: Mary Roach – Science writer and author of “Replacea…
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Mais de um ano depois das enchentes históricas que assolaram o Rio Grande do Sul, algumas marcas e traumas da catástrofe continuam presentes. Para refletir e preservar a memória deste triste episódio, os artistas e pesquisadores gaúchos Marta Haas e Pedro Isaias Lucas iniciaram um trabalho conjunto de registros das consequências e das marcas deixad…
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This episode of the Harvest Series podcast, hosted by Rose Claverie, features Daniel Barcay, Executive Director at the Center for Humane Technology. Recorded at Harvest in Kaplankaya, Turkey, the conversation explores how AI is reshaping society and what it means for our future. Daniel reflects on lessons from the rise of social media, the dangers …
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Os versos “Pode crê! Mas só pra te lembrar: Periferia é periferia em qualquer lugar”, da música Periferia Brasília, do rapper GOG, abrem a exposição Les Lucioles (“Os vaga-lumes”, em português): arte, cultura e esperança nas periferias urbanas do Rio de Janeiro e de Paris. A mostra, resultado de uma pesquisa acadêmica conjunta entre França e Brasil…
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As their name suggests, “forever chemicals” have extraordinary staying power. When these nearly indestructible compounds find their way into our soil and water, they don’t break down for hundreds or thousands of years. PFAS – the name for these synthetic chemicals – isn’t just in our natural environment. Scientists have found it everywhere, includi…
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As ruas de Paris ganharam um colorido baiano neste domingo (14) com a Lavagem da Igreja da Madeleine, que acontece anualmente desde 2002 na capital francesa e já faz parte do calendário oficial da prefeitura parisiense. O evento tem raízes na tradicional lavagem das escadarias da Igreja do Senhor do Bonfim, em Salvador. Renan Tolentino, da RFI, em …
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The Plants of the Gods podcast has pioneered the concept of mind-altering substances not being merely hallucinogens but also "ideogens," substances that generate new ideas and creative concepts. Nowhere was this more evident than among artists and the scientists in 19th-century Europe, from Sigmund Freud to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William James.…
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The Plants of the Gods podcast has pioneered the concept of mind-altering substances not being merely hallucinogens but also "ideogens," substances that generate new ideas and creative concepts. Nowhere was this more evident than among artists and the scientists in 19th-century Europe, from Sigmund Freud to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William James.…
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Have scientists discovered an alphabet in whale calls? As researchers try to decipher the series of clicks made by sperm whales, we ask whether these cetaceans might have language, and if it follows that whales are thinking animals too. Could we one day get a peek into the thoughts of a humpback whale? Meanwhile, somewhere along the long path of ev…
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Lisboa será, entre os dias 11 e 14 de setembro, palco do Brasil Origem Week, evento internacional que celebra a diversidade cultural, gastronômica e empresarial do Brasil. A programação acontece no Pátio da Galé, na Praça do Comércio, e reúne chefs renomados, empresários, autoridades e especialistas. O evento inclui workshops, fóruns, apresentações…
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A guerra entre Israel e Hamas na Faixa de Gaza já matou mais de 200 jornalistas desde que começou, há cerca de dois anos. Motivadas por esse dado alarmante, as ONGs Repórteres Sem Fronteiras (RSF) e Avaaz, que dá voz a ações da sociedade civil na internet, lançaram neste mês de setembro uma campanha de apoio aos jornalistas palestinos no território…
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Join Jai Dev, a renowned teacher of Kundalini Yoga, as he explores with podcast host Rose Claverie the life-changing benefits of ancient wisdom practices like yoga, Ayurveda, and Vedic astrology. Learn how these practices can help you connect with your true nature, heal your body and mind, and find lasting vitality. Jaidev dives into the heart of t…
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We are closer than ever to finding aliens according to astrophysicist Adam Frank. He isn’t alone in his optimism. Over the last two decades, the tools used to search for extraterrestrials have been advancing mightily. Where we were once only monitoring with radio telescopes, we are now actively looking for bio and technosignatures on exoplanets. Fi…
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Em Portugal, a criação da Unidade Nacional de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Unef), subordinada à Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP), tem causado apreensão entre imigrantes que vivem no país e despertado alerta entre representantes da comunidade brasileira. Lizzie Nassar, correspondente da RFI em Lisboa A Unef foi anunciada pelo governo português em se…
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Ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin discusses Brugmansia, some of the most beautiful hallucinogenic plants in the botanical world. Their bright flowers hang like sacred trumpets and have long been used by traditional healers of the Andes-Amazon region as an important component of their medicine chest. Closely related to the ‘hexing herbs’ of European wi…
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Ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin discusses Brugmansia, some of the most beautiful hallucinogenic plants in the botanical world. Their bright flowers hang like sacred trumpets and have long been used by traditional healers of the Andes-Amazon region as an important component of their medicine chest. Closely related to the ‘hexing herbs’ of European wi…
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A canopy of stars in the night sky is more than breathtaking. Starlight is also an important tool that astronomers use to study our universe. But the growth of artificial light and light pollution are creating dramatic changes to the nighttime environment. Let your eyes adjust to the dark as we travel to a dark sky reserve to gaze upon an increasin…
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In this Harvest Series episode, Rose Claverie sits down with journalist-filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo and author Thomas Chatterton Williams to explore courage, race, and identity across two continents. Recorded in Kaplankaya, this conversation examines what it means to challenge dominant narratives in societies with very different approaches to discussi…
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“The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise,” said Mark Twain. In this, our final episode marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we consider how efforts to control the Mighty Mississippi – a river engineered from its Minnesota headwaters to its Gulf Coast outlet – have respon…
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No Brooklyn, em Nova York, e também em Nova Jersey, consumidores e comerciantes começam a sentir no bolso os efeitos da alta de preços provocada pela política comercial do presidente Donald Trump. Luciana Rosa, correspondente da RFI em Nova York As novas tarifas sobre produtos importados já impactam itens básicos e, em alguns casos, os clientes pre…
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The spice trade was one of the most influential economic and cultural forces that shaped the modern world. It profoundly impacted cultural exchange, cartographic knowledge and technology, cuisine, spycraft, and medicine. The spice trade strengthened mercantile capitalism and spread both Islam and Christianity while destroying indigenous cultures an…
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The spice trade was one of the most influential economic and cultural forces that shaped the modern world. It profoundly impacted cultural exchange, cartographic knowledge and technology, cuisine, spycraft, and medicine. The spice trade strengthened mercantile capitalism and spread both Islam and Christianity while destroying indigenous cultures an…
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Ever heard of a beauty quark? How about a glueball? Physics is full of weird particles that leave many of us scratching our heads. But these tiny particles make up everything in the quantum world and in us and are the basis of the fundamental scientific theory called The Standard Model. But it doesn’t explain everything. It can’t account for dark m…
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A cidade de Briançon, no coração dos Alpes franceses, se prepara para acolher a 20ª edição do Festival Violoncelles en Folie, que será realizada de 9 a 16 de agosto de 2025. Criado pelo violoncelista brasileiro Fernando Lima, o evento nasceu do desejo de oferecer um espaço dedicado ao encontro e à criação em torno do instrumento. Vinte anos depois,…
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No dia em que o mundo recorda os 80 anos da bomba atômica lançada pelos Estados Unidos em Hiroshima, no Japão, em 6 de agosto de 1945, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, tensões crescentes entre potências nucleares reacendem o temor de que um ataque como esse volte a acontecer. Em entrevista à RFI, especialistas analisam o ritmo acelerado de uma nov…
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In this Harvest Series episode hosted by Rose Claverie, Galahad Clark — founder of Vivobarefoot and descendant of the Clarks shoemaking family — explores how reconnecting with our feet might be the first step to reconnecting with ourselves and the planet. He reveals how conventional shoes harm the body's skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems, and…
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Telescopes are like light buckets. The bigger the telescope, the more light collected for astronomers to observe. With recent advances in technology, amateur astronomers can join professionals for a chance to observe stellar nurseries and exoplanets many light-years away. But as our capabilities increase, so do the mysteries, including those around…
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Em mais uma das ações da Temporada Cultural do Brasil na França, três exposições fotográficas ilustram a Paris Plages, as chamadas praias de Paris. Com imagens de povos indígenas, amazônicos e de biomas naturais do país, as mostras abordam questões humanas e a preservação ambiental. Três fotógrafos foram escolhidos para trazer um pouco mais do Bras…
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O cinema brasileiro é celebrado em uma exibição de seis filmes ao ar livre em Paris, como parte da programação da Temporada Cultural do Brasil na França. A mostra começou na noite de quinta-feira (31), diante de um telão montado às margens do rio Sena, e segue até sábado (2), com curadoria da Associação Jangada, a convite da Prefeitura de Paris e d…
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Vários programas de Observação da Terra da Agência Espacial Europeia (ESA), que celebra 50 anos em 2025, contam com a colaboração de instituições brasileiras e a missão europeia Biomass, lançada no final de abril, é emblemática dessa parceira histórica entre a Europa e o Brasil no setor espacial. Adriana Brandão, enviada especial da RFI a Kourou e …
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If herbal remedies can help humans, why not our pets? In this fascinating episode of Plants of the Gods, ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin sits down with veterinarian Dr. Rob Silver, who has spent decades using cannabis, mushrooms, and other botanical medicines to treat animals. From clinical breakthroughs to the surprising science behind plant-based …
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If herbal remedies can help humans, why not our pets? In this fascinating episode of Plants of the Gods, ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin sits down with veterinarian Dr. Rob Silver, who has spent decades using cannabis, mushrooms, and other botanical medicines to treat animals. From clinical breakthroughs to the surprising science behind plant-based …
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O Centro Espacial da Guiana Francesa (CSG) é a principal porta de acesso da Europa ao Espaço. Mas sozinha a base de lançamento de Kourou não pode garantir a segurança dos voos e precisa de estações de monitoramento de foguetes espaciais espalhadas pelos quatro campos do mundo, como o Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno, em Natal. O Brasil é…
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O Centro Espacial da Guiana (CSG) é considerado estratégico para a Agência Espacial Europeia (ESA), que está completando 50 anos em 2025. A RFI visitou no final de maio a base de lançamento de foguetes instalada na cidade de Kourou, entre a floresta Amazônica e o oceano Atlântico, e pôde assistir ao lançamento do foguete Vega C. Adriana Brandão, en…
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They are known for holding branches in their paws and gnawing on them like corn cobs. They build lodges and dams which occasionally flood roads. Cute, comical, and considered pests, beavers were nearly hunted to extinction for their pelts before conservation efforts allowed their populations to rebound. Now environmentalists and engineers are reint…
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A cantora e compositora brasileira Bia Ferreira segue em turnê de verão pela Europa, levando ao público uma arte que ultrapassa o entretenimento. Com passagens por mais de 16 países entre 2023 e 2024, a artista mineira é presença marcante nos principais festivais internacionais, como o Festival de Músicas do Mundo, realizado na cidade alentejana de…
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This is a special episode of the Harvest Series podcast in Spanish with Nemonte Nenquimo. Episodio esepcial de Harvest Series en español con Nemonte Nenquimo – Lideresa indígena waorani, activista y defensora del Amazonas, Nemonte Nenquimo nos invita a escuchar la voz de la selva. En este episodio, exploramos la resistencia espiritual, la sabiduría…
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Has children’s play become too safe? Research suggests that efforts to prioritize safety harms children’s mental and physical development during play and contribute to anxiety. One solution: introduce risk into play. We visit an adventure playground where kids play unsupervised with anything from scraps of metal to hammers and nails. Plus, what are…
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Alugar uma casa em Portugal tem se tornado uma verdadeira batalha – especialmente para imigrantes. A crise habitacional no país não só elevou os preços dos imóveis, como também impôs condições cada vez mais precárias para quem busca um lar digno. Essa dura realidade inspirou o cineasta brasileiro Danilo Godoy a transformar sua própria experiência e…
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Diante da escalada de tensão na relação institucional entre Brasil e Estados Unidos, analistas e setores exportadores não apostam em um entendimento rápido acerca das novas tarifas sobre os produtos brasileiros, mesmo com prejuízo certo para os dois lados. Com a atuação do clã Bolsonaro para desestabilizar o processo penal contra o ex-presidente a …
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“Plants of the Gods” has featured dozens of episodes detailing the power, potential, and pitfalls of using hallucinogenic plants and fungi – and even frogs – for healing purposes. The Psychedelic Renaissance is in full swing — but what does it look like to the indigenous peoples themselves? Anthropologist Dr. Joe Watkins of the Choctaw Nation offer…
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“Plants of the Gods” has featured dozens of episodes detailing the power, potential, and pitfalls of using hallucinogenic plants and fungi – and even frogs – for healing purposes. The Psychedelic Renaissance is in full swing — but what does it look like to the indigenous peoples themselves? Anthropologist Dr. Joe Watkins of the Choctaw Nation offer…
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O Brasil foi o grande homenageado da tradicional queima de fogos da Torre Eiffel, espetáculo que marca o encerramento das comemorações do 14 de Julho, a festa nacional francesa. O verde e o azul tomaram conta dos céus de Paris e drones reproduziram imagens representando o samba e a Amazônia. Como acontece todos os anos, o encerramento da festa naci…
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How frequently do you think about fasteners like screws and bolts? Probably not very often. But some of them a storied history, dating back to Egypt in the 3rd century BC. They aren’t just ancient history. They help hold up our bridges and homes today. Join us as we dissect a handful of engineering inventions that keep our world spinning and intact…
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O Brasil é o grande destaque dos Encontros de Arles, reunião obrigatória de profissionais e amantes da fotografia, que acontece no sul da França. O curador Thyago Nogueira apresenta duas mostras de porte: “Novos Ancestrais” e “No Lugar do Outro”. Patrícia Moribe, enviada especial da RFI a Arles “'Futuros Ancestrais' é uma exposição coletiva que apr…
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Go behind the scenes of Whispers of the Past with host Fi de Wit, as she shares the story behind the series. From childhood summers on Statia to archaeological digs and the legacy of women left out of the archives, this episode traces the emotional and creative process behind season one. Discover the inspiration, the unexpected turns, and the team …
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Em audiência no tribunal de Chamberry, na região da Alta Sabóia, nos Alpes franceses, em 3 de julho, a Justiça rejeitou o pedido de liberdade condicional apresentado por Edi Maikel dos Santos Silva, estendendo a sua prisão por mais seis meses. Na prática, conforme demanda do Ministério Público francês, o ex-pastor brasileiro, acusado de seis crimes…
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