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Fidel Castro
English: Fidel Castro, the last figure from the cold war, announced his oficial retirement from politics. Even though the winds of change are announced, his most likely substitue, the actual interin president of Cuba and Fidel’s brother Raul Castro, is known has the visible face of the internal repression. This is a body of work produced in the period of 6 years, spending more then 6 months inside of the last communist resort on the western hemisphere.
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Portugês: Fidel Castro, o último protagonista da guerra fria, anunciou a sua retirada oficial da vÃda politica cubana. Apesar de tempos de mudança se anunciarem, o seu mais provavel substituto é o presidente interino de Cuba e seu irmão Raúl Castro, quem é conhecido dentro da ilha como a cara visÃvel da repressão. Este é um trabalho efectuado ao longo de 6 anos e mais de 6 meses dentro do último reduto comunista do hemisfério ocidental.
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Moving Cinema
This man projected more than three thousand different movies and it like the most part. This man run over three millions kilometres carrying his machine. This man story oversized any script. This man in the photographs doesn’t exist, but they call him António Feliciano and you can find him in Vila Nova de Milfontes. This man story that doesn’t exist it could became a movie that also doesn’t exist.
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Georgia
Georgian president Mikheil Saakkashvili resigned to launch his campain snap elections, as ten of thousands of oponents gathered outside parliament for the first demonstration since emergency rule was lifted earlier in November
Demonstrations and independent television news broadcasts were banned during the period of emergency rule.
Althought those measures are now lifted, the pró-opposition television channel IMEDI, which is part-owned by news corporation magnate Ruper Murdoch, has been suspended indefinitely.
But this episode should also make the west more circumspect in the Caucasus.
At the very least, the coming election of January 5th should be closely observed.
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José Sócrates
José Sócrates, 50, was born in the interior of Portugal and grew up a middle class boy in the countryside. In 2005 he became the first left-wing prime minister with absolute majority in Portugal and is the current President of the European Union. He was responsible for putting together the Lisbon Treaty, which aims to move Europe out of its political steadiness and will create a stronger and more unified EU. As the EU President, Socrates must travel constantly, mostly to Brussels, the EU capital. As Prime Minister, he needs to continue to think and act locally, with the Parliament and its ministers. Socrates is divorced with 2 sons and enjoys jogging and walking his dog with his sons during the weekend. This is a visual profile of one of the most influential politicians in Europe today.
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