Brazil rejects 40 Million in AIDS funding from the United States

Bobo62

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Tuesday May 03, 2005 · 9:44 PM PDT

2005/05/03 · 21:44

This is interesting, to say the least: the Brazilian government has announced that they rejected a $40 Million aid package from the US government because of the restrictive requirements the US placed on the money. Read More

Congratulations, You're a Threat to National Security!

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Tuesday April 12, 2005 · 8:27 AM PDT

2005/04/12 · 08:27

So, my partner and I flew to Toronto last week to visit an friend of his from Brazil. We spent 4 days hanging out with her, eating at some good restaurants, chatting all day & wandering around the malls because there just wasn't much to do in Toronto. On Sunday we took the train to the airport; the boyfriend went out to smoke, then we checked in. At the ticket counter for Continental, the lady very nicely informed me that I'm on the TSA's "no-fly" list....handed me information from the TSA informing me how I can clear my good name. Still a bit shocked, I asked her if this affected the flight that day, and she said no, you're already checked in. Have a good flight.

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