Bossa Nova Is Samba. No, It’s Not.
João Gilberto, considered the pope of bossa nova, receives in Walter Garcia’s book Bim ...
War and the Empire of Baloney
While we haven’t seen many cases of adulteration of images in the international press, ...
Blacks and Whites. We’re All Brazilians
Just when the Americans discover mestiços, Brazilian black activists want to eliminate them from ...
A Day Out in the City of God
There is a different, heavier atmosphere on this side of the road; a lot ...
Lula, Brazil’s Mr. Gardiner
Our own tele-idiot is very real and has already conquered Brasília. Our President analyzes ...
Lula or Cardoso? Who’s Brazil’s President?
In all the key policy areas—land reform, environmental protection, affirmative action, and foreign policy—Lula’s ...
Thank you, George, thank you!
Brazilian bestselling author thanks President Bush for uniting a fractioned world: "Thank you for ...
How Is Brazil Racist? Let Me Count the Ways.
Brazil’s elite has been ashamed of its huge African descent population for centuries and ...
Good to the Last Grain
What makes the coffee growers of Mulungu so special is their history of resistance ...
The Samba and the Fado
The attachment to the Portuguese language among Brazilians is more related to the fact ...
