Gene Whitmer

Peace Corps BR 64-67, US Army Panama 68-70, USAID Vietnam 71-73, Exporting Thailand 75, ESL Teacher USA 76-81, ESL Teacher Saudi Arabia 81-86, BR 86-Present.

[Mac Margolis @macmargolis]

To safeguard the rainforest and avert dangerous climate change, first we need to reimagine the Amazon. Scientists are digging into the forgottem past to show the way. https://t.co/XXiKNdbVsC

[Gene Whitmer @ExpatBrazil]

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[kory melby @agturbobrazil]

I know many of you are looking for answers. I have sent out several updates this morning. I would be wary of wet Dec maps. I am not sure how MT is going to grow a soy crop on 10 inches of rain- season- Normal is 70-80 inches. Pattern seems stuck. monitoring.

[Benjamin Lessing @BigBigBLessing]

Hat-tip to @tomphillipsin for mentioning my new book project on "criminal leviathans". Gangs like Brazil's CV and PCC brought order to prisons, then urban peripheries, & now govern tens of millions of civilians. State repression only makes them stronger.
https://t.co/C4XoWl8uzg

[Marcelo Teixeira @tx_marcelo]

#Brazil #soybeans #cotton #corn

[kory melby @agturbobrazil]

Next week, Hell will be cooler than some points in northern ARG, Paraguay, and interior Brasil.

[kory melby @agturbobrazil]

Campo Verde- Primavera area. Talk of 100% replant on some farms. 10 days will be brutal. Waiting on rain to replant.

[kory melby @agturbobrazil]

North of Mato Grosso replant

[Bruno Maçães @MacaesBruno]

This is such an extraordinary speech. I only ask of my followers to watch this. Then I leave you alone

[Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) @Rainforest_RIN]

As a middleman that has been one of the leading importers of Brazilian beef to China, PMI provides a window into how that growing international trade is driving deforestation.

@pulitzercenter RIN Fellow @sashachavkin investigates for @AP_Climate @AP 👇 https://t.co/txOBk5XO7z

[kory melby @agturbobrazil]

After looking at morning weather maps, those who were thinking Brazil was going to produce a 165+ MMT soy crop in 2024 are going to have a come to Jesus moment soon.

[Andrew Downie @adowniebrazil]

Climate change is coming for Rio de Janeiro. Here's Ipanema beach today.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Rescued from captivity, these two chimpanzee brothers were separated to be treated at two different locations. After they recovered, they were reunited..

The reaction is priceless.. 🥺

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

A teacher at an elementary school in South Carolina wanted to help little boys with no dad at home so he started a "Gentleman's club" where these little guys dress up and learn how to shake hands, make eye contact, etcetera. He even has extra jackets and ties for boys who can’t afford them.

[Gene Whitmer @ExpatBrazil]

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[Gene Whitmer @ExpatBrazil]

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[Gene Whitmer @ExpatBrazil]

Hot, hot, hot
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[Marcelo Teixeira @tx_marcelo]

Paraguay president to halt Mercosur-EU talks if no deal by December https://t.co/n2LDv355u6

[kory melby @agturbobrazil]

Oct part II newsletter sent out. I went back and took out snippets from Oct 2015 to March 2016 newsletters and then summarized how things played out during the previous El-Nino event. Since then Brazil +60% in soy prod and + 100% in corn production. The Delta increases Δ.

[Brian Winter @BrazilBrian]

However:

"This is the second time Menendez has been indicted on federal bribery charges. In 2015, he was charged with 14 criminal counts related to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of lavish gifts and campaign donations he received from a Florida ophthalmologist, Salomon Melgen.

While Melgen was later convicted of Medicare fraud and sentenced to more than 15 years in prison, the prosecution against Menendez was dropped after a trial that ended in a hung jury."