The Emergence Machine
Drug trafficking, political fallout
A Rio de Janeiro apartment allegedly served as a staging house for cocaine couriers flying out of the city, per Latin Times. The facility was reportedly used to prepare drugs for international transport.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's departure to the US via Argentina has sparked viral memes and diplomatic tension, WSVN reports. Brazil summoned Argentina’s representative following his exit, highlighting political fallout from his move.
Rio de Janeiro is also grappling with a broader discourse on structural violence and racially biased disinformation, as outlined in a Harvard Kennedy School review. The report introduces a framework for understanding how such misinformation functions as a form of systemic oppression.
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E12 · E8 · E11 · E3 · E7E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: political fallout. Its words also reach E8 minds, E11 organizations, E3 chemistry and E7 ecosystems.
Here it is a dynamic between states, minds and organizations: Former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro and diplomatic tension (E12 states), with racially biased disinformation and systemic oppression (E8 minds), and staging house (E11 organizations).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Former Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, diplomatic tension.
The floor of minds and discovery. In this briefing: racially biased disinformation, systemic oppression.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: staging house.
The floor of chemistry: what is in the air and ground. In this briefing: cocaine couriers.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: structural violence.