Read Part 2 >> 437 people tortured to death, missing: Japanese-American activist played key role Just before the ceremony for "50 years since the military coup, eradicating dictatorship," about 20 images of people who had died from torture or gone missing were shown, as if they were sending messages from …
Read Part 1 >> Military revolution or coup? Many Japanese farmers were anti-Django The month after Miyake Darci was arrested, on February 19, 1972, the United Red Army carried out the Asama Sansou Incident in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, taking hostages and barricading itself inside. It was a season of heated …
Miyake Darci, who was involved in guerrilla activities with Marighella and suffered torture A ceremony marking "50 years since the military coup - eradicating dictatorship" was held on March 31 behind Police Precinct 36 in the southern part of the city of Sao Paulo, right in front of a military …
>> 5th Making residents "guardians of the environment" In July of this year, HANDS invited a Japanese expert on agro-florestry (forestry farming) from the Tomé Açu settlement in the state of Pará to conduct a seminar that toured the community. The seminar was funded by the Japan Fund for Global …
>> 4th Spreading the wisdom of Japanese midwifery "E presiso sabi vier!" (We need to know how to live). Everyone stood up and clapped their hands as they sang the theme song for human childbirth. The atmosphere was lively and energetic, like a self-development seminar or a church mass. The …
>> 3rd Monthly health guidance tours by ship "Bon je a!" The children greeted the group with expressions of pure curiosity. HANDS staff members used a model of the inside of a mouth to teach the children how to use a toothbrush. According to the school's director, Joaquim Cabaucante da …
>> 2nd Providing health guidance through mobile classes "The city budget that the state gives us for such a large area is so small that it's impossible to fully provide for the health and education of our citizens," Mayor Emerson Pedraza de França, who had just been re-elected, said with …
>> 1st Remote areas are semi-self-sufficient After an hour's flight on an 18-seater propeller plane that only flies three times a week, the city of Manicole suddenly appeared in the middle of the sea of trees. It is nearly 333 kilometers south of Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, and …
The reality I saw while traveling on a budget Few people have been as kind and devoted to the Brazilian common people as he is. Toru Sadamori (40, from Chiba Prefecture) is not an immigrant. However, he is an unusual case, having spent 17 years in Brazil since graduating from …
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