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So today is the second Sunday we’re here in Brazil–we’ll be here for 21 (not quite A Month of Sundays, but three weeks).  Friday night we went out with a friend (Anna) of a friend (Ed) to see a movie that’s part of a documentary film festival here.  It was a really fascinating look at the history of Neo-Conservatism and Islamic Fundamentalism called "The Power of Nightmares".  It was a 3-part series on the BBC and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the history of Osama Bin Laden & political Islam as well the changes in the conservative movement in the United States in the last 30 years.  Although I should warn people that it does not portray the likes of Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, and Richar Perle very favorably (it doesn’t have that much to say about President Bush himself), so it could be hard to watch for some people.

Anyways, that was our big action for this weekend.  I was out all day Friday at the Instituto, trying to catch up on the events of Brazilian politics.  Yesterday we went to the beach, and also finally got Marcy’s cell phone hooked up, at last (after several attempts to get it unblocked), which is good.  We’ve been experimenting some with Skype recently, too, which is exciting.  The beach here is quite amazing, with really huge waves at times.  Yesterday I didn’t even really go in the water because they were so big!

Well, so that’s all that’s new here, really.  Tomorrow it’s back to the Instituto, and beginning to set up my interviews.  Also, we’ve got to get our trips around Brazil hammered down pretty soon–that’s the next big logistic to deal with, and hopefully we’ll have everything fixed by mid-week, as long as we can get Tam to accept our AAdvantage miles.  Hope to hear from you all soon!

- Dan