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People perform during the Boi-Bumbá in Parintins. Photo provided by author

Parintins: An Amazon Island Overcomes Isolation Throwing the Boi Bumbá Party

There are no bridges or roads that connect the city-island of Parintins to the ...

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Mauro Cossu, Gonzalo Lizarralde, and Lisa Bornstein
Brazil is number one in natural resources, but get too few foreign tourist

The Number of Foreign Tourists in Brazil Is Dismal. The Country Needs a More Positive Narrative

It is home to the largest rainforest in the world. It has miles of ...

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Sarah DiLorenzo
A beetle from Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Sense of Impunity Leads to 60% Increase in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Deforestation

On May 29 the NGO SOS Mata Atlântica and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas ...

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Ignacio Amigo

Two Faces of an Amazon Family: Ruthless Speculator Father, Eco Dreamer Daughter

The father, Ariosto da Riva, was a notorious land speculator; his daughter, Vitória da ...

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Sue Branford and Maurício Torres

Cover Story Brazilians on the move

Brazil used to be a country that received immigrants from around the world. Now, ...

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KATHERYN GALLANT

Carioca Nights

Talking to himself the old man whispered something I didn’t understand. And then he ...

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Brazzil Magazine

Deep in thePantanal

But how could you put up with this? I suddenly asked, with a human ...

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Brazzil Magazine

Hip, Historical, Fun

Maceió, the capital of Alagoas, has a modern feeling, apart from a small historical ...

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Brazzil Magazine

Rio Is Carnaval

He opens the door and makes a face in disgust, as if someone else ...

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Brazzil Magazine

Tiny and Quaint

Not too much to see here. But you will still find some small historic ...

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Brazzil Magazine
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