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        Brazil ensures accommodation for all countries at COP30

Cruise ships reinforce Brazilian accommodation solution during COP

On Wednesday, July 16, the Brazilian Federal Government, through the Special Secretariat for COP30 and Embratur, finalized an agreement for two cruise ships to serve as temporary accommodation during the COP30 event. This pivotal climate conference will take place in Belém, Pará, from November 10 to 21, 2025. This initiative will significantly increase lodging capacity by providing approximately 3,900 cabins and 6,000 beds for the world's largest climate event.

From now on, accommodation will be made available in stages. This includes all modalities, such as hotels, vacation rentals, and ships, among others, which are part of the set of accommodation solutions.

“These two large ships are part of a variety of lodging options designed to accommodate all COP30 attendees, including UN delegations, observers, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and businesses,” said Mr. Valter Correia, the special secretary for COP30.

Source: https://cop30.br/en/news-about-cop30/brasil-ensures-accommodation-for-all-countries-at-cop30. Access on August 16, 2025. [Adapted].

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America puts the book down

    Americans are reading for pleasure far less than they once did. An analysis by the University of Florida and University College London finds that the share of people who read for enjoyment on any given day fell from 28% in 2004 to 16% in 2023.

    The American Time Use Survey, which tracks how 236,270 participants spent every minute of a given day, reveals widening disparities. Reading fell most among black Americans, those with lower income or education levels and people living outside metropolitan areas. Women and highly educated adults remained the most voracious readers. Among those groups time spent reading increased from 83 minutes per day in 2003 to 97 minutes in 2023.

    The researchers blame digital distractions, shrinking leisure time and limited library access for the overall decline. They said that longer library hours and early-childhood reading initiatives could help reverse the trend.

(www.economist.com, 25.08.2025. Adaptado.)

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America puts the book down

    Americans are reading for pleasure far less than they once did. An analysis by the University of Florida and University College London finds that the share of people who read for enjoyment on any given day fell from 28% in 2004 to 16% in 2023.

    The American Time Use Survey, which tracks how 236,270 participants spent every minute of a given day, reveals widening disparities. Reading fell most among black Americans, those with lower income or education levels and people living outside metropolitan areas. Women and highly educated adults remained the most voracious readers. Among those groups time spent reading increased from 83 minutes per day in 2003 to 97 minutes in 2023.

    The researchers blame digital distractions, shrinking leisure time and limited library access for the overall decline. They said that longer library hours and early-childhood reading initiatives could help reverse the trend.

(www.economist.com, 25.08.2025. Adaptado.)

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A new kind of Brazilian music is poised for a global boom

    The world is watching Brazil after the country won its first Oscar for “I’m Still Here”, a film set in Rio de Janeiro during the dictatorship in the 1970s. The film’s smooth soundtrack feeds into foreigners’ imagination of Brazil as a country where samba and bossa nova bands croon jazzy songs on sandy boardwalks. But this image is out of date. Modern Brazilians prefer sertanejo, a bouncing country genre, and funk, a style that emerged from Rio’s favelas.

    Sertanejo has been the most listened-to genre on Brazilian radio and streaming platforms for a decade. Its ascent reflects changes in Brazil’s economy, which used to be based on manufacturing but is now driven by agriculture. “Most music producers in Brazil used to be based in Rio,” says Leo Morel of Midia Research, a market-research firm. But as agriculture became more important, “rural states started winning a voice”. Sertanejo singers’ themes are cattle, beer and American pickup trucks. In 2003 the genre accounted for 15 of the 100 most-played songs on Brazilian radio; in 2022 that figure was 76. But, despite this dominance, sertanejo has little export potential. Few artists care about going global, says Mr Morel. That leaves funk (which Brazilians pronounce as “funky”) as the genre that could go global and alter Brazil’s brand.

    Brazilian funk emerged in the late 1980s, inspired by Miami bass and electro-funk, two sub-genres of American hip-hop that incorporate electronic drums. Brazilians made funk their own by speeding up the underlying rhythms. Where hip-hop or reggaeton, the genre popularised in Puerto Rico, run at around 90 beats per minute, funk races along at 130 or more. Brazilians have developed a sub-culture around the genre, including weekly baile funk (dance parties) in favelas, with moves like the acrobatic passinho for men, which involves elaborate footwork, and the rebolada for women, a paced variant of twerking.

(www.economist.com, 06.03.2025. Adaptado.)

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A new kind of Brazilian music is poised for a global boom

    The world is watching Brazil after the country won its first Oscar for “I’m Still Here”, a film set in Rio de Janeiro during the dictatorship in the 1970s. The film’s smooth soundtrack feeds into foreigners’ imagination of Brazil as a country where samba and bossa nova bands croon jazzy songs on sandy boardwalks. But this image is out of date. Modern Brazilians prefer sertanejo, a bouncing country genre, and funk, a style that emerged from Rio’s favelas.

    Sertanejo has been the most listened-to genre on Brazilian radio and streaming platforms for a decade. Its ascent reflects changes in Brazil’s economy, which used to be based on manufacturing but is now driven by agriculture. “Most music producers in Brazil used to be based in Rio,” says Leo Morel of Midia Research, a market-research firm. But as agriculture became more important, “rural states started winning a voice”. Sertanejo singers’ themes are cattle, beer and American pickup trucks. In 2003 the genre accounted for 15 of the 100 most-played songs on Brazilian radio; in 2022 that figure was 76. But, despite this dominance, sertanejo has little export potential. Few artists care about going global, says Mr Morel. That leaves funk (which Brazilians pronounce as “funky”) as the genre that could go global and alter Brazil’s brand.

    Brazilian funk emerged in the late 1980s, inspired by Miami bass and electro-funk, two sub-genres of American hip-hop that incorporate electronic drums. Brazilians made funk their own by speeding up the underlying rhythms. Where hip-hop or reggaeton, the genre popularised in Puerto Rico, run at around 90 beats per minute, funk races along at 130 or more. Brazilians have developed a sub-culture around the genre, including weekly baile funk (dance parties) in favelas, with moves like the acrobatic passinho for men, which involves elaborate footwork, and the rebolada for women, a paced variant of twerking.

(www.economist.com, 06.03.2025. Adaptado.)

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A new kind of Brazilian music is poised for a global boom

    The world is watching Brazil after the country won its first Oscar for “I’m Still Here”, a film set in Rio de Janeiro during the dictatorship in the 1970s. The film’s smooth soundtrack feeds into foreigners’ imagination of Brazil as a country where samba and bossa nova bands croon jazzy songs on sandy boardwalks. But this image is out of date. Modern Brazilians prefer sertanejo, a bouncing country genre, and funk, a style that emerged from Rio’s favelas.

    Sertanejo has been the most listened-to genre on Brazilian radio and streaming platforms for a decade. Its ascent reflects changes in Brazil’s economy, which used to be based on manufacturing but is now driven by agriculture. “Most music producers in Brazil used to be based in Rio,” says Leo Morel of Midia Research, a market-research firm. But as agriculture became more important, “rural states started winning a voice”. Sertanejo singers’ themes are cattle, beer and American pickup trucks. In 2003 the genre accounted for 15 of the 100 most-played songs on Brazilian radio; in 2022 that figure was 76. But, despite this dominance, sertanejo has little export potential. Few artists care about going global, says Mr Morel. That leaves funk (which Brazilians pronounce as “funky”) as the genre that could go global and alter Brazil’s brand.

    Brazilian funk emerged in the late 1980s, inspired by Miami bass and electro-funk, two sub-genres of American hip-hop that incorporate electronic drums. Brazilians made funk their own by speeding up the underlying rhythms. Where hip-hop or reggaeton, the genre popularised in Puerto Rico, run at around 90 beats per minute, funk races along at 130 or more. Brazilians have developed a sub-culture around the genre, including weekly baile funk (dance parties) in favelas, with moves like the acrobatic passinho for men, which involves elaborate footwork, and the rebolada for women, a paced variant of twerking.

(www.economist.com, 06.03.2025. Adaptado.)