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Paradise Guardians

Capão is a bird watcher’s paradise. Ocelot, puma and jaguar still roam freely. The ...

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Phillip Wagner

Brazil Is Ready to Play

We want reciprocal free trade. Our export efforts will be worth nothing if the ...

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Downtown Blues

Pátio do Colégio: São Paulo, the third largest city in the world, was born ...

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John Fitzpatrick

Maniac for Education

Listening to Brazil’s new Education Minister: I have always dreamed of becoming the Minister ...

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Cristovam Buarque

All That Samba (and Choro and Forró)

Some of the best sound Brazil produced in 2002. Topping the list: Zé Renato ...

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Egídio Leitão

I’ll Miss You, Fernando

Brazilians live under threat and are easily intimidated. This belies the idea that Brazil ...

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John Fitzpatrick

The Brazilian Ruling Class

Without José Bonifácio’s de Andrada e Silva influence on Brazilian history, we would have ...

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Ricardo C. Amaral

On Jobim’s Track

Being dedicated Jobimophiles, we had asked to be shown all the places Tom Jobim ...

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Liz Ashton

An Amazon Rendezvous

Here’s Parintins. A place of magic and mystery. We felt something special right from ...

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Rita Shannon Koeser

Bahia, You’ve Cast a Spell on Me

A new musical revolution is on the rise in Salvador. At any given time ...

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Anna Chlumsky