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Brazil: ‘Hands That Cure, Words That Heal'
globalvoicesonline.org 1 week, 3 days ago[All links lead to Portuguese language pages except when otherwise noted] With their herbs, gestures, prayers and comforting words, the “doctors of the people” are an important element of Brazilian popular culture and religious syncretism. Folk healers are found throughout the country, but play a special role in remote areas, where medical professionals are scarce and allopathic medicine is inaccessible. In a post called ‘Hands that cure, words that heal', Ricardo Câmara recalls the history of faith healing
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Wonkbook: Five Ways To Fix The Euro Zone
washingtonpost.com 2 weeks, 3 days agoSo is Germany ready to renegotiate the terms of the euro zone? Nope. "We in Germany, and me personally, are of the opinion that the fiscal pact is nonnegotiable," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters. "I consider the fiscal pact to be right and I think there is a basic process in Europe that we agree that after elections, whether in big countries or little countries, we cannot just put everything up for discussion that was negotiated previously." Read full article >>
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