{"id":5269,"date":"2019-08-19T20:23:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2019-08-19T20:23:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:23:56","slug":"demonstrations-and-graffiti-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=5269","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrations and Graffiti, etc."},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/strong>ccasionally, the Consulate gets a demonstration outside its gates, usually due to something that we have no control of.\u00a0 A number of months ago, there was a demonstration of employees who were laid off unexpectedly by a company that is owned by a rich American.\u00a0 The law in Brazil states a company has to give so much notice before it can lay people off.\u00a0 Evidently, this rich American thought it didn’t apply to him.\u00a0 Don’t know what the outcome was but the Consulate General took\u00a0 the information and passed it on to the Commerce Department.<\/p>\n

A few Saturdays ago, we had a demonstration to protest America’s sanctions on Cuba. They kept chanting Vivi la Castro!\u00a0 <\/em>… the idiots.<\/p>\n

Then a few days later, there was a sudden demonstration to protest US sanctions against Venezuela.\u00a0 These are from mostly young people that have no sense of reality.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, my Brazilian buddy put together a beer crawl in which we went to six different places to drink beer and eat, than move on to the next one.\u00a0 It was slow moving and relaxing, but the tour was in the downtown area where there were ample exhibits of graffiti.\u00a0 Sao Paulo has it all over the place, but downtown was most interesting.\u00a0 Below are some of the art work.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>And the city has very old trees.\u00a0 Talking to the Facilities manager at the Consulate, he said the compound alone has over 900 trees.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>And I always notice the architecture of the city.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>As with any large city with populations in the millions, there are homeless everywhere.\u00a0 Driving through Sao Paulo, you will see hundreds of make-shift homes everywhere.\u00a0 Here is a rather successful homeless family that acquired a tent which is planted on the sidewalk.\u00a0 As I walked by, the father was relaxing and looked quite content.\u00a0 But on the cold nights that we have had recently, I wonder how they keep warm.\"\"<\/a>There is a lot going on now, yet there isn’t.\u00a0 My replacement is here and it has been busy, but things are moving forward.\u00a0 I am now looking forward to retiring and finding a place to sit and relax at whim.\u00a0 Plus I want to start writing again.<\/p>\n

Kick butt and keep looking for the next adventure.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 D.<\/p>\n

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Occasionally, the Consulate gets a demonstration outside its gates, usually due to something that we have no control of.\u00a0 A …<\/p>\n

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