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Brazil Spurned by Hollywood

Brazil’s Cidade de Deus was shunned because it did not fit into the make-believe ...

Brazil: A TV Feud of Two Beers

Zeca Pagodinho, one of Brazil’s most popular singers, is in the middle of a ...

Cyclone or Hurricane? Brazil Cannot Decide What Hit Her

While American weather experts analyzing satellites pictures called a Brazilian storm a hurricane even ...

In Brazil, Indians Win Land But Can’t Get It

The Xavante Indians were expelled from their land in 1967. In 1998, the demarcation ...

Brazil: For Some, Slavery Is the Only Option

It is estimated that between 25 and 40 thousand workers live under slave-like conditions ...

Music: Assorted Brazilian Biscuits

Given the brushoff by BMG, singer Maria Bethânia signed with Biscoito Fino and began ...

From Brazil: Thanks for Iraq, Mr. Bush

For having stanched the flow of innocent blood in Iraq—with a reduced number of ...

Brazil: How to Make a Lite FTAA

The latest round of negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas was ...

Brazil: Nobody Is Happy with the Prime

Even though it was expected by the majority of economists, Brazil’s productive sector didn’t ...

Brazil: Farewell to a Cursed Poet

Although shunned for a time by publishers due to her erotic books, writer Hilda ...