#Rob Moreira

[womeninfictionandirl]

She-Ra by Rob Moreira

#Rob Moreira #she-ra #shera #she ra #she ra and the princess of power icons #she-ra and the princesses of power #adora #sratpop #art #artwork #she ra art #tpop

[artwalktv]

DIRECTOR Me PRODUCTION COMPANY Love Song AGENCY Wieden + Kennedy, Marc Duran & Jessica Ghersi, Marisa Bursteen, Jordan Leinen ACTORS Jocelyn Liu & Dagen Howard LA CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Matt Rudge ASSIST. PROD. SUPERVISOR Sara Reid, Luis Garcia 1ST AD Gail Shand DP Kate Arizmendi KEY GRIP Steve Forbes GAFFER Jake Lyon PRODUCTION DESIGNER JC Molina ART DIRECTOR Lisa Medina STYLING Astrid G SCRIPT Edye Rice GANG BOSS Rob Harper LOCATION MANAGER Byll Williams NEW YORK CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo LINE PRODUCER Jose A. Barrios PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Holland Kemp COMMERCIAL COORDINATOR Zara Hayden 1ST AD Otis Fung 2nd AD David Ebel DP Kate Arizmendi CAMERA OPERATOR Michelle Marrion 1ST AC Jasmine Chang 2ND AC (FILM) Helen Cassell 2ND AC (DIGITAL) Greg Pace FILM LOADER Jade Williams DIT Kazim Karaismailoglu REMOTE HEAD TECH Jack Rosenfeld GAFFER Charlie McNamara BB ELECTRIC Dave Hammett ELECTRIC Peter Marzulli, John Cardoni, Andy Clarke KEY GRIP Kenny Fundus BB GRIP Jackson Bosworth GRIP Neil O’Malley, Nick Negersmith, Holly Hosman, Chris Cazavilan PRODUCTION DESIGNER Joseph Polacik ART COORDINATOR Darren Maxwell SET DECORATOR Sara Parks PROP MASTER Ben Oshman PROP Jim Wessling, Joe Calderaro ASSIST COORDINATOR John Shashaty STUNT COORDINATOR/DRIVER Blaise Corrigan KEY RIGGER Scott Burik RIGGER Bryce Burke 
WARDROBE STYLIST Jennifer Greene WARDROBE ASSISTANT Gabrielle Ruffino KEY MAKEUP Tina Murgas KEY HAIR Angela Lynn Ware SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Erica Lundberg VTR Reggie Ollen SOUND MIXER Matthew Israel
BOOM OP Jason Todd LOCATION MANAGER Jennifer Quesenberry G&E TRUCK Terry Adams VIDEO VILLAGE VAN Ata Alrafati GANG BOSS / CAMERA TRUCK Oscar Moreira GENERATOR Rich Bundy TALENT MOTORHOME Sean Cummisky CCO Luis Bonilla COVID ASSISTANT Xavier Barker, Danny Grajewski COVID TESTING COORDINATOR Michael Moses SET MEDIC Jeruschka Argenziano SET SECURITY Ricky Ingber, West Rodriguez
CRAFT SERVICE Rich Hoxsey
KEY PA Cha Deberry
PA - DIRECTOR VAN / TALENT Pete Cruz
PA - AGENCY VAN Jeff Javier
PA - PRODUCTION CUBE Jeff Cunningham PA - OFFICE Mark Califra
PA - WITSTRUCK Dwayne Scott
PA Owen Maldonado, Dash Porter, Gabrielle Schlein, Heinz Evander, Lani Roberts, Ryan Goldberg, Adam Rodriguez, Huston Charles 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


#Videos & Films

[agnieos]

É muito pouco provável que o crime organizado fosse atacar seus maiores promotores, protetores e sócios, a extrema direita fascista brasileira...

[regardezmoica]

Berlinale 2023 - Competition Lineup

January 23, 2023 - the Berlinale announced the titles from the Competition section.

18 films will compete for the Golden and the Silver Bears. Productions from 19 countries are represented. 15 films are world premieres. Six films were directed by women. Eleven filmmakers have been at the festival before, eight in Competition. There are three debut films represented in the Competition program.

20.000 especies de abejas (20,000 Species of Bees) by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | with Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain, Itziar Lazkano, Sara Cózar Spain 2023 Competition | World premiere

Bai Ta Zhi Guang (The Shadowless Tower / Der schattenlose Turm) by Zhang Lu | with Xin Baiqing, Huang Yao, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Nan Ji, Wang Hongwei People’s Republic of China 2022 Competition | World premiere

Bis ans Ende der Nacht (Till the End of the Night) by Christoph Hochhäusler | with Timocin Ziegler, Thea Ehre, Michael Sideris Germany 2023 Competition | World premiere

BlackBerry by Matt Johnson | with Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek Canada 2023 Competition | World premiere

Disco Boy by Giacomo Abbruzzese | with Franz Rogowski, Morr Ndiaye, Laëtitia Ky, Leon Lučev France / Italy / Belgium / Poland 2023 Competition | World premiere | Debut film

Disco Boy

Le grand chariot (The Plough) by Philippe Garrel | with Louis Garrel, Damien Mongin, Esther Garrel, Lena Garrel, Francine Bergé France / Switzerland 2022 Competition | World premiere

Ingeborg Bachmann – Reise in die Wüste (Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert) by Margarethe von Trotta | with Vicky Krieps, Ronald Zehrfeld, Tobias Resch, Basil Eidenbenz, Luna Wedler Switzerland / Austria / Germany / Luxembourg 2023 Competition | World premiere

Irgendwann werden wir uns alles erzählen (Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything) by Emily Atef | with Marlene Burow, Felix Kramer, Cedric Eich Germany 2023 Competition | World premiere

Limbo by Ivan Sen | with Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope, Mark Coe Australia 2023 Competition | World premiere

Limbo

Mal Viver (Bad Living) by João Canijo | with Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Madalena Almeida, Cleia Almeida, Vera Barreto Portugal / France 2023 Competition | World premiere

Manodrome by John Trengove | with Jesse Eisenberg, Adrien Brody, Odessa Young, Sallieu Sesay, Phil Ettinger United Kingdom / USA 2023 Competition | World premiere

Manodrome

Music by Angela Schanelec | with Aliocha Schneider, Agathe Bonitzer, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Argyris Xafis Germany / France / Serbia 2023 Competition | World premiere

Past Lives by Celine Song | with Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro USA 2022 Competition | International premiere | Debut film

Past Lives

Roter Himmel (Afire) by Christian Petzold | with Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt Germany 2023 Competition | World premiere

Afire

Sur l’Adamant (On the Adamant) by Nicolas Philibert France / Japan 2022 Competition | World premiere | Documentary Form

The Survival of Kindness (Das Überleben der Freundlichkeit) by Rolf de Heer | with Mwajemi Hussein, Deepthi Sharma, Darsan Sharma Australia 2022 Competition | International premiere

Suzume by Makoto Shinkai Japan 2022 Competition | International premiere | Animation

Tótem by Lila Avilés | with Naíma Sentíes, Monserrat Marañon, Marisol Gasé, Saori Gurza, Teresita Sánchez Mexico / Denmark / France 2023 Competition | World premiere

We are happy to see diversity including female directors and debut films. We wish all the best to every team showing their work in this prestigious film festival.

Rendez-vous on February 25 to know the recipients of Golden and Silver Bears.

#berlinale #berlinale 2023 #competition #berlin #filmfestival

[vm4vm0]

Google - Young Love (Directors Cut) from Justyna Obasi on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR Me PRODUCTION COMPANY Love Song AGENCY Wieden + Kennedy, Marc Duran & Jessica Ghersi, Marisa Bursteen, Jordan Leinen ACTORS Jocelyn Liu & Dagen Howard

LA CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Matt Rudge ASSIST. PROD. SUPERVISOR Sara Reid, Luis Garcia 1ST AD Gail Shand DP Kate Arizmendi KEY GRIP Steve Forbes GAFFER Jake Lyon PRODUCTION DESIGNER JC Molina ART DIRECTOR Lisa Medina STYLING Astrid G SCRIPT Edye Rice GANG BOSS Rob Harper LOCATION MANAGER Byll Williams

NEW YORK CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo LINE PRODUCER Jose A. Barrios PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Holland Kemp COMMERCIAL COORDINATOR Zara Hayden 1ST AD Otis Fung 2nd AD David Ebel DP Kate Arizmendi CAMERA OPERATOR Michelle Marrion 1ST AC Jasmine Chang 2ND AC (FILM) Helen Cassell 2ND AC (DIGITAL) Greg Pace FILM LOADER Jade Williams DIT Kazim Karaismailoglu REMOTE HEAD TECH Jack Rosenfeld GAFFER Charlie McNamara BB ELECTRIC Dave Hammett ELECTRIC Peter Marzulli, John Cardoni, Andy Clarke KEY GRIP Kenny Fundus BB GRIP Jackson Bosworth GRIP Neil O’Malley, Nick Negersmith, Holly Hosman, Chris Cazavilan PRODUCTION DESIGNER Joseph Polacik ART COORDINATOR Darren Maxwell SET DECORATOR Sara Parks PROP MASTER Ben Oshman PROP Jim Wessling, Joe Calderaro ASSIST COORDINATOR John Shashaty STUNT COORDINATOR/DRIVER Blaise Corrigan KEY RIGGER Scott Burik RIGGER Bryce Burke 
WARDROBE STYLIST Jennifer Greene WARDROBE ASSISTANT Gabrielle Ruffino KEY MAKEUP Tina Murgas KEY HAIR Angela Lynn Ware SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Erica Lundberg VTR Reggie Ollen SOUND MIXER Matthew Israel
BOOM OP Jason Todd LOCATION MANAGER Jennifer Quesenberry G&E TRUCK Terry Adams VIDEO VILLAGE VAN Ata Alrafati GANG BOSS / CAMERA TRUCK Oscar Moreira GENERATOR Rich Bundy TALENT MOTORHOME Sean Cummisky CCO Luis Bonilla COVID ASSISTANT Xavier Barker, Danny Grajewski COVID TESTING COORDINATOR Michael Moses SET MEDIC Jeruschka Argenziano SET SECURITY Ricky Ingber, West Rodriguez
CRAFT SERVICE Rich Hoxsey
KEY PA Cha Deberry
PA - DIRECTOR VAN / TALENT Pete Cruz
PA - AGENCY VAN Jeff Javier
PA - PRODUCTION CUBE Jeff Cunningham PA - OFFICE Mark Califra
PA - WITSTRUCK Dwayne Scott
PA Owen Maldonado, Dash Porter, Gabrielle Schlein, Heinz Evander, Lani Roberts, Ryan Goldberg, Adam Rodriguez, Huston Charles 
 



 
 
 






 
 



 
 
 
 

















[emzeciorrr]

Google - Young Love (Directors Cut) from Justyna Obasi on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR Me PRODUCTION COMPANY Love Song AGENCY Wieden + Kennedy, Marc Duran & Jessica Ghersi, Marisa Bursteen, Jordan Leinen ACTORS Jocelyn Liu & Dagen Howard

LA CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Matt Rudge ASSIST. PROD. SUPERVISOR Sara Reid, Luis Garcia 1ST AD Gail Shand DP Kate Arizmendi KEY GRIP Steve Forbes GAFFER Jake Lyon PRODUCTION DESIGNER JC Molina ART DIRECTOR Lisa Medina STYLING Astrid G SCRIPT Edye Rice GANG BOSS Rob Harper LOCATION MANAGER Byll Williams

NEW YORK CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo LINE PRODUCER Jose A. Barrios PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Holland Kemp COMMERCIAL COORDINATOR Zara Hayden 1ST AD Otis Fung 2nd AD David Ebel DP Kate Arizmendi CAMERA OPERATOR Michelle Marrion 1ST AC Jasmine Chang 2ND AC (FILM) Helen Cassell 2ND AC (DIGITAL) Greg Pace FILM LOADER Jade Williams DIT Kazim Karaismailoglu REMOTE HEAD TECH Jack Rosenfeld GAFFER Charlie McNamara BB ELECTRIC Dave Hammett ELECTRIC Peter Marzulli, John Cardoni, Andy Clarke KEY GRIP Kenny Fundus BB GRIP Jackson Bosworth GRIP Neil O’Malley, Nick Negersmith, Holly Hosman, Chris Cazavilan PRODUCTION DESIGNER Joseph Polacik ART COORDINATOR Darren Maxwell SET DECORATOR Sara Parks PROP MASTER Ben Oshman PROP Jim Wessling, Joe Calderaro ASSIST COORDINATOR John Shashaty STUNT COORDINATOR/DRIVER Blaise Corrigan KEY RIGGER Scott Burik RIGGER Bryce Burke 
WARDROBE STYLIST Jennifer Greene WARDROBE ASSISTANT Gabrielle Ruffino KEY MAKEUP Tina Murgas KEY HAIR Angela Lynn Ware SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Erica Lundberg VTR Reggie Ollen SOUND MIXER Matthew Israel
BOOM OP Jason Todd LOCATION MANAGER Jennifer Quesenberry G&E TRUCK Terry Adams VIDEO VILLAGE VAN Ata Alrafati GANG BOSS / CAMERA TRUCK Oscar Moreira GENERATOR Rich Bundy TALENT MOTORHOME Sean Cummisky CCO Luis Bonilla COVID ASSISTANT Xavier Barker, Danny Grajewski COVID TESTING COORDINATOR Michael Moses SET MEDIC Jeruschka Argenziano SET SECURITY Ricky Ingber, West Rodriguez
CRAFT SERVICE Rich Hoxsey
KEY PA Cha Deberry
PA - DIRECTOR VAN / TALENT Pete Cruz
PA - AGENCY VAN Jeff Javier
PA - PRODUCTION CUBE Jeff Cunningham PA - OFFICE Mark Califra
PA - WITSTRUCK Dwayne Scott
PA Owen Maldonado, Dash Porter, Gabrielle Schlein, Heinz Evander, Lani Roberts, Ryan Goldberg, Adam Rodriguez, Huston Charles 
 



 
 
 






 
 



 
 
 
 

















[cineastua]

Google - Young Love (Directors Cut) from Justyna Obasi on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR Me PRODUCTION COMPANY Love Song AGENCY Wieden + Kennedy, Marc Duran & Jessica Ghersi, Marisa Bursteen, Jordan Leinen ACTORS Jocelyn Liu & Dagen Howard

LA CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Matt Rudge ASSIST. PROD. SUPERVISOR Sara Reid, Luis Garcia 1ST AD Gail Shand DP Kate Arizmendi KEY GRIP Steve Forbes GAFFER Jake Lyon PRODUCTION DESIGNER JC Molina ART DIRECTOR Lisa Medina STYLING Astrid G SCRIPT Edye Rice GANG BOSS Rob Harper LOCATION MANAGER Byll Williams

NEW YORK CREW: DIRECTOR Justyna Obasi MANAGING PARTNER Kelly Bayett EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Daniel Wolfe EXECUTIVE CREATIVE ASSIST Ja’Lisa Arnold HEAD OF PRODUCTION JP Colombo LINE PRODUCER Jose A. Barrios PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Holland Kemp COMMERCIAL COORDINATOR Zara Hayden 1ST AD Otis Fung 2nd AD David Ebel DP Kate Arizmendi CAMERA OPERATOR Michelle Marrion 1ST AC Jasmine Chang 2ND AC (FILM) Helen Cassell 2ND AC (DIGITAL) Greg Pace FILM LOADER Jade Williams DIT Kazim Karaismailoglu REMOTE HEAD TECH Jack Rosenfeld GAFFER Charlie McNamara BB ELECTRIC Dave Hammett ELECTRIC Peter Marzulli, John Cardoni, Andy Clarke KEY GRIP Kenny Fundus BB GRIP Jackson Bosworth GRIP Neil O’Malley, Nick Negersmith, Holly Hosman, Chris Cazavilan PRODUCTION DESIGNER Joseph Polacik ART COORDINATOR Darren Maxwell SET DECORATOR Sara Parks PROP MASTER Ben Oshman PROP Jim Wessling, Joe Calderaro ASSIST COORDINATOR John Shashaty STUNT COORDINATOR/DRIVER Blaise Corrigan KEY RIGGER Scott Burik RIGGER Bryce Burke 
WARDROBE STYLIST Jennifer Greene WARDROBE ASSISTANT Gabrielle Ruffino KEY MAKEUP Tina Murgas KEY HAIR Angela Lynn Ware SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Erica Lundberg VTR Reggie Ollen SOUND MIXER Matthew Israel
BOOM OP Jason Todd LOCATION MANAGER Jennifer Quesenberry G&E TRUCK Terry Adams VIDEO VILLAGE VAN Ata Alrafati GANG BOSS / CAMERA TRUCK Oscar Moreira GENERATOR Rich Bundy TALENT MOTORHOME Sean Cummisky CCO Luis Bonilla COVID ASSISTANT Xavier Barker, Danny Grajewski COVID TESTING COORDINATOR Michael Moses SET MEDIC Jeruschka Argenziano SET SECURITY Ricky Ingber, West Rodriguez
CRAFT SERVICE Rich Hoxsey
KEY PA Cha Deberry
PA - DIRECTOR VAN / TALENT Pete Cruz
PA - AGENCY VAN Jeff Javier
PA - PRODUCTION CUBE Jeff Cunningham PA - OFFICE Mark Califra
PA - WITSTRUCK Dwayne Scott
PA Owen Maldonado, Dash Porter, Gabrielle Schlein, Heinz Evander, Lani Roberts, Ryan Goldberg, Adam Rodriguez, Huston Charles 
 



 
 
 






 
 



 
 
 
 

















[nofatclips]

Can't Stop Staring at the Sun by Patrick Watson from the EP A Mermaid in Lisbon - Director/Choreographer: Jacob Jonas

#music #canadian music #patrick watson #rob heaney #video #music video #jacob jonas #anthony bryant #nicolas walton #jessica young #joe pease #gianinni semedo moreira #jill wilson #emma rosenzweig bock #christian stroble #anderson collins #wade young #will adashek

[thecollectibles]

Spirited Away Fanart Redesign - Character Design Challenge by selected artists: Rob Moreira, Gloria Flores, Shirin Rafie, Ray Teja‎, Rachel Christin

#art #digital art #Illustration #spirited away #cdchallenge #fan art #painting

[thecomicsnexus]

The Phantom Duel

HOUSE OF SECRETS #1 DECEMBER 1956 BY WILL ELY, BERNARD BAILY, MORT DRUCKER, JIM MOONEY , RUBEN MOREIRA AND HENRY BOLTINOFF

Four stories in this first issue.

A man duels his girlfriend’s boyfriend to the death and a curse comes upon him. An ancient relic falls in the hands of three “not-very-pretty” ladies, not knowing that... a curse will come upon them. A burglar takes a museum custodian as a hostage with some magical handcuffs not knowing that... a curse will come upon them. And finally... a photographer discovers a big hand taking the Sphinx’s head. No curse involved in that one.

SCORE: 8

This issue proved to me that Rob Liefeld will never get better. I mean, I noticed several artists improve over time, but Bernard Baily was one of those artists that could basically ruin a story for me. These artists, are all pretty much Golden Age artists (well, the silver age just started), and their craft changed A LOT. And for the better.

You have to forgive some things in the silver age. Writers were under the impression that kids would not be able to follow their stories, so sometimes, some dialogues are there to state the obvious. Other times the dialogue is used to give a twist, that had no reason to not be. More on that in the spoiler section.

Spoilers after the break...

In the second story, the twist about the “powerless” arm, is just stupid. Who would send a relic that can make you beautiful and leave out the part about the curse... just to not scare anyone?

I think the first story is the best. The last two are so-so. The handcuffs story could go on forever, it has no conclusion, and the conclusion it has is really not good enough (there is no reason to believe they cannot get free). The red hand story was kind of obvious (the hands were doing things kids would do), but the conclusion about them being from other dimensions I found to easily accepted by everyone.

One mystery, though. Does that last story happen in the fifties? I ask this because the statue of liberty is clearly golden, and as far as I know, by the 1920′s the statue turned completely green. So it could be in the past or in the future. I am in the impression that it happens in the future, due to some “creative” technology advances in the story.

#ruben moreira #house of secrets #dc comics #comics #review #1956 #silver age

[womeninfictionandirl]

Spirited Away by Rob Moreira

#Rob Moreira #chihiro #spirited away #studio ghibli #art #artwork #sen #chihiro ogino #chihiro spirited away #spirited away art #studio ghibli art

[rholz1]

NEWS- JAZZ DRUMMER BOB HOLZ

LOS ANGELES - April 16, 2020 - PRLog -- Jazz Fusion legend Bob Holz will release his fifth album for MVD Audio in late 2020. The record is titled "Holz-Stathis Collaborative". Joining Bob Holz is Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones. Both Bob Holz and Darryl Jones have played with the late jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell. Bob Holz wrapped up a busy 2019 which included featured concerts at The Whiskey A Go Go and Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, CA. Bassist Darryl Jones joined Bob Holz in the recording studio fresh off the No Filter tour with The Rolling Stones. Darryl Jones has played bass for the Rolling Stones since 1993. He has also worked with Miles Davis and Sting. The album features ten new original tunes penned by Holz, Billy Steinway and Dean Brown. The album is being recorded and mixed by multi platinum sound engineer Dennis Moody. Other musicians on the album include guitarist Dean Brown, trumpet legend Randy Brecker, saxophonist Brandon Fields, Blood, Sweat and Tears bassist Ric Fierabracci, pianist Billy Steinway, percussionist Alex Acuna, Ben Shepherd, Ada Rovatti and Diana Moreira. Internationally renowned jazz drummer and composer Bob Holz is signed to MVD Audio (a division of MVD Entertainment Group), managed by Eric Cohen of EC Music Agency and produced by Rob Stathis. In the past Bob Holz has worked extensively with Larry Coryell, Mike Stern, Stanley Clarke and Randy Brecker. Bob Holz endorses Paiste cymbals and Canopus Drums. http://www.bobholzband.com

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazilian ex-president remains silent under questioning

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer remained silent when questioned by investigators Friday, a day after he was arrested as part of the country's sprawling Car Wash corruption probe.

The probe has ensnared several top politicians and businessmen in the South American country, including former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is currently serving a 12-year sentence.

Temer, 78, was arrested on corruption charges Thursday, with prosecutors saying that construction company Engevix paid him bribes in exchange for a contract to build a nuclear power plant in the city of Angra dos Reis in the southern part of Rio de Janeiro state.

Federal prosecutor Fabiana Schneider told journalists that Temer's attorneys said he would not answer any questions. She said she is "absolutely convinced" the former president needs to be jailed so investigations can go forward.

"The Car Wash task force has been very restrained in its requests for arrest," Schneider said. "We are talking about a criminal organization that has robbed the taxpayer for 40 years."

Lawyers for the former president consider his jailing illegal and have filed two requests for his release. A federal court based in Rio de Janeiro postponed a ruling to next Wednesday.

Temer's former Cabinet minister, Wellington Moreira Franco, was also arrested and has denied any wrongdoing.

Both of their arrests come at a time of considerable tension between Car Wash prosecutors and Brazil's top court. A week ago, the nation's Supreme Federal Tribunal ruled that some graft investigations should be handled by electoral judges because they involve politicians who allegedly received kickbacks from companies to finance their campaigns.

In ruling, some justices acknowledged that Brazil's electoral court system lacks the infrastructure and expertise to handle such big corruption cases, but expressed confidence that the gap could be bridged.

Continue reading.

#brazil #brazilian politics #michel temer #corruption #politics #moreira franco #car wash operation #mod nise da silveira

[ricmlm]

Guarany The profound renovation to which he was subjected did not rob him of the charm of his trait, much less change his spirit. Guarany is one of the Historic Cafés in Porto that has more gracefully adapted to the new times, in a city that is now so geared towards tourism. More than just a café, since 1933 it has established itself as a cultural space. Note the high-relief by Henrique Moreira, “O Guarany”, and the panels by the painter Graça Morais, “Os Senhores da Amazónia”. And it's worth checking the agenda — the café often hosts concerts, fado nights, gatherings and debates. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcV52eyDePU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[newstfionline]

Nicaragua in ‘undeclared state of siege’ as hooded gunmen rule the streets

By Tim Johnson, McClatchy, July 26, 2018

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA--They ride in the back of Toyota double-cabin pickup trucks, assault rifles slung over their shoulders. No one knows their identities. They always wear black ski masks or hoods.

The gunmen--between 1,000 and 1,500 of them, according to some estimates--are part of a recently formed paramilitary force protecting the continued rule of President Daniel Ortega against a three-month-old civilian uprising. Their main tactic is terror. They conduct roundups, fire at protesters, carry out dark-of-night raids and menace the population.

The Pro-Human Rights Association of Nicaragua said Thursday that paramilitary forces have conducted 595 “kidnappings” and disappearances of citizens since the uprising began April 18. The group said it has tallied 97 killings since July 11.

“Today in Nicaragua, there exists an undeclared state of siege,” Alvaro Leiva, executive director of the rights group, said at a news conference.

Police statements make no mention of hooded gunmen when describing deaths, such as that of Brazilian medical student Raynéia Lima, who was shot and killed Monday night in Managua. Police said a private security guard shot the 31-year-old. But they have made no arrests, and her vehicle has vanished. Brazil lodged a diplomatic protest.

In some ways, the paramilitary forces have achieved their objective. Almost none of the scores of massive roadblocks that paralyzed the country from the uprising’s onset in April remain. In public statements, Ortega sounds upbeat, claiming that the country is returning to normal.

“It’s been a week now that turmoil has stopped,” Ortega told Fox News on Monday.

While Ortega may feel he’s gaining the upper hand, his opponents say he’s taken Nicaragua on a dark path. Tourist arrivals have plunged, and 800 of the nation’s 2,500 restaurants are dark. Jittery Nicaraguans have yanked some $715 million from banks since the beginning of April.

“People go home at 5 or 6 and they don’t leave at night out of fear,” said Lucy Valenti,president of the Nicaraguan National Chamber of Tourism, a trade group.

Ortega denies that he had anything to do with creating the informal militias that continue to patrol city and country roads, though less visibly than week or two ago. But the fiction is blatant. Television broadcasts from July 14 show the 72-year-old revolutionary-turned-autocrat embracing hooded gunmen after they dislodged protesters in Masaya, where opponents of Ortega had turned the city into a citadel against his rule.

“They can detain people on the highway. They can search vehicles, ask for papers, search cellphones,” said Sergio Ramirez, an acclaimed writer who served as Ortega’s vice president from 1985 to 1990 but is now a bitter critic. “You can turn up tortured on the side of the road or jailed in El Chipote,” a notorious prison.

Uniformed police often accompany the paramilitary forces but it is the militias who are better armed. They carry high-caliber rifles, including ones with telescopic sights. One was photographed with a rocket-propelled grenade.

“They don’t answer to anyone,” Ramirez said. “It is as if in the United States the Ku Klux Klan would appear carrying weapons and doing roundups, and the police were protecting the actions of the Ku Klux Klan.”

Leaders of an opposition alliance seeking Ortega’s removal before his term ends in 2021 have pledged to use nonviolent means, but the fierce crackdown may imperil that objective.

“The more time that passes, the more desire people have to defend themselves,” said Fidel Moreira Flores, leader of the Center for Governance and Democracy Studies, a non-governmental organization with offices in Nicaragua. He said young people are restive. “They are shouting: Look for weapons so we can defend ourselves.”

Those who look down the road say they fear the paramilitary units eventually will turn to open criminality, making Nicaragua look more like its violence-wracked neighbors to the north: Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

“You create them but you don’t control them. They have their own social dynamic. They are starting to rob on the streets,” said Óscar René Vargas, a sociologist.

Armed groups aren’t Ortega’s only tool to combat his opponents. The Sandinista Front-controlled National Assembly on July 16 approved a sweeping antiterror law that allows the state to prosecute anyone who causes death or injuries or destroys public or private property.

The loose wording lets the government interpret the law to go after “people who are simply exercising their right to protest,” Rupert Colville, spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, told a U.N. news service.

But Nicaraguans are not prone to bottling up their feelings, and even as ordinary citizens hunker down in fear they have made life difficult for officials who venture into public.

“You see now that the principal Sandinista officials can’t go to the supermarket. They board airplanes and people start shouting at them, ‘murderers,’” said José Adán Aguerri, president of Nicaragua’s largest business and agricultural group, the Superior Council of Private Enterprise.

#Nicaragua #Nicaraguan gunmen

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ESTAMOS AL AIRE... "HABLANDO EN CLAVE" con Thomas Muriel y el Especial BOOGALOO FILES VIII: OYE.... ¿CÓMO VA? - 50 AÑOS DE SANTANA. Tratar de condensar en un programa regular de tres horas más de medio siglo de música y todo el caudal de historias de esta legendaria banda es para cualquiera un reto personal. Y, humildemente, en esta octava y penúltima entrega de nuestra serie The Boogaloo Files dentro de este su programa Hablando En Clave® con Thomas Muriel lo sudamos y lo logramos. La transformación del boogaloo al rock latino tiene en la mítica banda SANTANA su antes y después definitivo. Pero durante su trayectoria, el colectivo dirigido por el legendario Carlos Santana - quien a su vez se transformó de precoz violinista de mariachi a amante del blues y de ahí eventualmente a ícono de la guitarra - pasó por múltiples transformaciones que los llevaron del rock latino al jazz fusión y finalmente al pop latino como lo conocemos hoy día. Y durante este caminar de 50 años y contando y entre miembros del grupo y artistas invitados desfiló todo un cuadro de estrellas (en el programa de hoy escucharán las colaboraciones de grandes como José Feliciano, John McLaughlin, Tina Turner, Buddy Miles, Maná, Tower of Power, Buika, Armando Peraza, Stanley Clarke, Orestes Vilató, Pete Escovedo, Airto Moreira, Rob Thomas, Chester Thompson, Ndugu Chancler, Luis Gasca, Raúl Rekow, Karl Perazzo y, por supuesto, el cuadro original de Gregg Rollie, Michael Shrieve, Dave Brown, Neal Schon, Mike Carabello y Chepito Areas, entre muchos otros). Pueden sintonizar vía nuestras páginas web, móviles, listas de radio , TuneIn y App Android Descargando por este enlace: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=red.simpleapp.herenciarumbera Páginas Web http://www.herenciarumberaradio.com/ PC, Laptop, Móviles https://herenciarumbera.wixsite.com/website https://streamseguro.com/public/herencia_rumbera TuneIn http://tunein.com/radio/Herencia-Rumbera-s268720/ TuneIn Listas de Radio http://www.raddios.com/12968-radio-online-herencia-rumbera-… http://es.streema.com/radios/Herencia_Rumbera http://www.radios.com.pe/#herencia-rumbera https://mytuner-radio.com/es/emisora/herencia-rumbera-4338 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrypKssdUZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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