Tens of thousands protest Confed Cup costs in Brazil (via AFP)
Youths clashed with police in central Rio as more than 200,000 people rallied in major Brazilian cities to protest the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup and higher public transport costs. The nationwide demonstrations late on Monday, the biggest in 20 years, were relatively peaceful…
Latin America threatened with cancer epidemic (via AFP)
Latin America faces a cancer epidemic unless governments act quickly to improve health care systems and treat the poor, scientists said. The researchers pointed to around 13 deaths for every 22 cancer cases in the region, compared to around 13 deaths for every 37 cases in the United States and around…
“Papo & Yo,” a new, Latino themed video game scheduled for publishing by Sony sometime this year, is something different altogether from the gang-bangers and cartel games featuring Latinos. As far as we can tell, there are no stereotypes. Read the rest of this entry »
Bloomingdales and Havaianas have teamed up to offer customers a unique shopping experience for the summer: a chance to design and order your own flip-flops from the sidewalk using Bloomingdales’ interactive window displays. Read the rest of this entry »
“Papo & Yo,” a new, Latino themed video game scheduled for publishing by Sony sometime this year, is something different altogether from the gang-bangers and cartel games featuring Latinos. As far as we can tell, there are no stereotypes. Read the rest of this entry »
Brazil is reeling after the Vatican stood by the excommunication of the mother and the doctors of a nine-year old girl after a life-saving abortion was performed on her. The girl was raped by her 23 year old stepfather. Read the rest of this entry »
![cacy About berBice [MRKT]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cacy.jpg "cacy")
berBice [MRKT] is a news and style magazine founded and edited by journalist and fine artist Cacy Forgenie. Some stories are aggregated while others are original reports. All stories are written on and published by the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Check out the shop for limited edition and original works of art and books; and drop us a note if you wanna say hello!