"God is Brazilian," Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said last week. He made the comment after the announcement earlier this month that new oil reserves have been discovered.
"This discovery ... proves that God is Brazilian," da Silva said during a speech.
His theory is not original. Brazilians have long said that God shares their nationality because the country has so many natural resources.
The British magazine The Economist already referred to that saying. They printed an article about the oil find earlier this month titled: "God may indeed be Brazilian after all."
Brazil's government made the announcement about the new oil reserves three weeks ago. They said they found enough oil to increase national reserves by 50 percent.
More oil was also discovered nearby and is being explored. The government thinks those reserves will make Brazil one of the top 10 oil producers in the world. (STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
「上帝是巴西人，」巴西總統路易斯．伊納西奧．魯拉·達．席爾瓦上星期表示。他在月初宣布發現新油田後，發表了這項言論。
「新油田的發現證實上帝是巴西人，」達．席爾瓦在一場演講中表示。
他並不是第一個提出這個觀點的人。巴西民眾間長久以來流傳著上帝跟他們同一國籍的說法，因為巴西有很多的天然資源。
英國《經濟學人》雜誌也提及該說法。他們刊登了一篇有關月初發現新石油的文章，標題為「上帝可能真的是巴西人。」
巴西政府在三個星期前，公佈了發現新油田的新聞。他們說，這些新發現的油田足以增加百分之五十的國家石油儲存量。
此外，在附近也發現更多石油，目前正在探勘中。巴西政府認為這些新油田將讓巴西成為世界前十大石油生產國之一。（法新社／翻譯：楊鴻泰）
The deep waters off the coast of California are home to a bizarre creature: the flapjack octopus. This creature, known for its pancake-like appearance, spreads itself thin on the seabed as a clever survival strategy, making it difficult for predators to spot and capture it. With its unique, umbrella-shaped body formed by webbed arms, the flapjack octopus moves through the water in a graceful manner. It propels itself forward by rhythmically moving its body and contracting its webbed arms. Its pair of ear-like fins, which move independently yet with remarkable coordination, also help it explore the deep-sea environment. These
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In Taiwan, people can use a platform to rent a power washer for a weekend or share unused garage space for someone’s storage needs. These are examples of the sharing economy, a consumption model that has gained widespread adoption worldwide. This approach allows people to rent or share assets like cars, homes or even services, typically through online platforms. This innovative model poses a simple yet powerful question: why purchase infrequently used items when sharing is more practical? By making useful but idle resources accessible, the sharing economy turns them into sustainable opportunities. Internationally, platforms like Airbnb and Uber have popularized
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