Starvation and huge, abstract deficit by Lya Luft

ORIGINAL EM PORTUGUÊS DEPOIS DA TRADUÇÃO
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t still makes sense to hope that, somehow, someday, we will begin to heal ourselves as a society, and the absolutely real mysery will not kill anyone while global leaders argue over an abstract four-trillion bulk.

Lya Luft
Brazilian writer
translated into English by Mariangela Pedro, the editor of this blog, extracted from the article "A dor do mundo" (The pain of the world) published in Veja magazine 3.8.2011 edition, p.24

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original text

Ainda dá para ter esperança de que, de alguma forma, algum dia, a gente comece a se curar enquanto sociedade, e a miséria concreta não mate mais ninguém, enquanto líderes mundiais brigam por abstratos quatrilhões.