What is carnism?

In this video from Portal NAMU, Melanie Joy explains carnism, the invisible belief system that shapes our perceptions about the meat we eat. In her opinion, belief systems like this have sanctioned the behavior that gave rise to a mindset in which we can love some animals and eat others.

Marina Silva and Dilma Rousseff

Brazil’s presidential campaign is getting a momentum. Political change is just around the corner. After the socialist and presidential candidate Eduardo Campos had died in a tragic plane crash, everything changed. Marina Silva, who took Eduardo’s place at the Socialist Party campaign, is growing.

Eduardo Campos's unexpected death put Marina in the media. She appears almost every day in the local media. Today there are rumors that she will compete with President Dilma Rousseff at the second-round runoff, taking the place of Aécio Neves, who is currently representing the country’s right wing.

Now, two women, both leftists, who offer different perspectives on the means of changing the country, are going to compete. Dilma is linked to PMDB, the most physiological political party in Brazil. Marina is very close of Neca Setubal, daughter of banker with a fortune estimated at 792 million Reais. Neca is Marina’s counselor and team leader.

Today, in Brazil, nothing is certain, only that things are going to be the same, no matter who won the election.