Beija-Flor, the top samba group this year in Rio's Carnival, but who's behind?

Friday, February 20th 2015 - 07:44 UTC

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The Beija-Flor samba group was declared the champion of Rio de Janeiro's hotly contested Brazilian Carnival parade competition on Wednesday. However the group stoked controversy by staging a presentation focusing on Equatorial Guinea, run by Africa's longest-ruling dictator, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Read full article

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Brasileiro
Another great partnership with Africa is the missile A-DARTER developed and produced by Brazil and South Africa to equip Gripen fighters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umisUtSw72M

It is a smart next-generation missile. That “fire and forget”!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umisUtSw72M
Feb 20th, 2015 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
Ahhhhh......

Equatorial Guinea.....
Wasn't it there where Margaret Thatcher & Co. tried to implement a Coup d'etat?

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/14/thatcher-knew-of-equatorial-giunea-coup-attempt
Feb 20th, 2015 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Isn't that Mugabe's brother?

Lunatic!

Do you REALLY think that The Blessed Margaret 'tried' to implement a coup anywhere only to have it fail?

Ha, ha, ha, ha.

This is the woman with bigger balls than all your fabled junta put together and we know how that ended, don't we.

But it is the Gruniard!
Feb 21st, 2015 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
Africa and Alba States are a perfect combination.
Like drowning people grabbing onto each other for support and dragging each other down.

Nobody cares about either.
Feb 21st, 2015 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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