Brazil, part one: pork, poultry and Carlos

Toban Dyck / Monday, July 24th 2017

Carlos was trying to reach me. On May 30, 2017 Facebook asked me to either accept or reject a message sent by someone who is not a “friend.” I recognized the name. He had looked at my LinkedIn profile a week or two prior. I accepted Carlos’s communiqué. Carlos had […] Read More

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