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Sophia Vallada

São Paulo, Brazil
Washington International School

Biography

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!- Bob Marley

My Articles

Raising a voice for young people
“Our entrepreneurship will save the country,” said Matthew Segal, founder and current president of Our Time, an organization he created to advocate for the rights of young people. At 25, Segal...
Jun 7, 2011

2011 brings devastating floods to Brazil
The year 2011 has started with natural disasters and many deaths in Rio de Janeiro, RJ and São Paulo, SP in Brazil. Year after year the reoccurring storms in Brazil have worsened and killed...
Jan 21, 2011

The Caoby Project: A sustainable community in Brazil's poorest region
In the outskirts of Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, most dreams of any typical family have been drowned out by the reality of dire economic and environmental problems the people who live here...
Oct 12, 2010

Q & A with Polish Ambassador Robert Kupiecki
On April 10, 2010, some of the most important people in Poland died in a plane crash in Smolensk, Russia. President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and military and political officers crashed on this...
May 3, 2010

My News Roundups

Short summaries of the top global news. Sophia Vallada has contributed 7, including:

Release of over 300 protests is requested during Russian elections
Protestors were detained over the past weekend by Russian authorities against the manipulation of Vladmir Putin's political party.

Niger Delta requires Shell to help clean up
An estimated $1 billion US dollars is required from Shell in order to clean the Niger Delta oil spills.

Federal police rescues 51 hostages in northeastern Mexico
In McAllen, Texas a second rescue of hostage migrants was performed by the federal police of Mexico.

Gas explosion kills miners in Colombia
In Northern Columbia an explosion of gas has killed at least five miners and left at least 13 trapped and many others missing.

President Lula da Silva of Brazil's aparment invaded
In Sao Bernardo do Campo, President Lula da Silva's aparment was invaded. Robbers managed to enter the building through the garage easily sometime this week. Around 8 thousand reais were stolen, but no one had noticed until last night.

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