its stupid that almost all of the beta kids live in the US. jade doesnt but her grandpa is from the US i believe? how is it that theres a handful of kids fated to save the universe or whatever and theyre ALLL american. it would make way more sense if they were scattered all over the globe.
so far i see dave as still living in texas because he very much feels like a product of the american public school system and american individualism. jade also still lives on her island thats fine her gpa is just polynesian to me, and then john lives in hong kong and rose lives in brazil.
rose specifically lives in the southern high planes of brazil bc thats where it snows and for some reason rose living in a snowy location feels important to her upbringing to me? maybe just because of the flashbacks to her playing in the snow. oh also because it makes sense if she lives in a more isolated location.
i think grandpa harley is maori and was originally born in new zealand wow oh my god as im typing this im imagining jade w a kiwi accent and that feels so fitting. anyways i think he sailed out from NZ and found hellmurder island out in the pacific on his travels.
i also like the idea of rose and dave meeting online and dave is fluent in spanish (bro is irish american/mexican) and in english while rose is fluent in portuguese and knows some english. they communicate through spanglish and portuganglish(???)and rose gets better ar conversational english this way. once she starts getting the hang of it (which is very fast) she starts reading more and more english books and quickly accumulates a far bigger vocabulary than dave because dave does not fucking read books like that.
when they talk mainly spanish and portuguese in the beginning dave is like “portuguese speakers sound like theyre trying to speak spanish while having a stroke you’re giving me a headache” and rose is like “sounds like a you problem i understand your spanish just fine” lol.
dave has a weird assortment of spanish vocab that he knows outside of the basics because his only exposure to spanish is from his bro and shitty public school spanish classes.
also bro was raised on dragon ball z and thats part of the reason he styles his hair the way he does. bro has the goku jesus mexican flag hanging in their living room.
i'm praying for a good weekend in brazil. honestly, i can't wait to see all the fans there. i can't wait to touch down in brazil. really see the people, get back to the culture and the food! i'm gonna try and spend a little bit more time in the city, or at least go around the city, in between work. this is the first time i'm coming back to brazil as a citizen. so, i'm so excited - LH
Latin American Courts Under Pressure from Populist Presidents
At a time when democratic governance in the region seems wobbly, confrontations between populist presidents and judicial authorities are becoming sharper and more frequent.
Of late, Latin America has seen a series of confrontations between presidents and their countries’ judiciaries. As the region passes through a period of populism, leaders have emerged who are impatient with judicially imposed limits on their exercise of power. They have been prepared to denounce judges in the harshest terms, and even to seek to remake the courts in their own images. At the same time, judicial authorities have pushed back, defending themselves and their prerogatives. At a moment when democratic governance in the region seems wobbly, these confrontations are becoming sharper and more frequent.
I promise that next time I will wear my McLaren Tshirt and Pullover again!! Unfortunately it was in the washing machine because I wear both too often. It's just too soft and cozy. ✨
I’ve been learning Brazilian Portuguese for like 3 weeks now, bc I was bored as hell during winter break so I was like “yknow what, lets learn a new language”
It actually came in handy to know English and Spanish, bc it kinda made it easier to understand for me.
I also just like learning about different cultures in general, and it’s nicer to understand some of the language. I also just felt bad bc Brazil is almost always left out of Latin American media 😭 and just South American media in general is always forgotten. As a latino I want everyone to get equal attention bc the cultures are so unique
Majorities in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil support same-sex marriage
A survey by the Pew Research Center shows that support for same-sex marriage is shared by a majority in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina — which together account for about 60 percent of the Latin American population.
In Brazil, only 52 percent support same-sex marriage, while 40 percent oppose it. Argentina and Mexico are more accepting of same-sex unions — 67 and 63 percent, respectively.
As in most of the 24 countries surveyed, views on the issue in Brazil are sharply divided along political and demographic lines, Pew said. Women, young adults, and left-leaning people are more likely to support same-sex marriage.
The data show that increased public support for legalizing same-sex marriage has increased over the last decade, although it is not possible to make direct comparisons with previous surveys because of differences in methodology.