Soccer anthems translated in English
By very, very far, the two most popular soccer teams in the countrie are Flamengo (from Rio) and Corinthians (from São Paulo). These two videoclips […]
Month: May 2011
Durex is not a condom
Once the consul of India told me that, when he first arrived in São Paulo, he was impressed by the popularity of Brahma, the […]
Maquiné, the cradle of Brazilian paleonthology
Paleontology was introduced in the country by Danish naturalist Peter Wilhelm Lund, that arrived in the country in the 1820s. In the following decades, he […]
Nelson Cavaquinho at home at Mangueira
Samba is not necessarily joyful. Nelson Cavaquinho was one of the great masters of melancholic samba. Death and lack of hope are constant in his […]
The mythical Jaguar, biggest feline of Americas
Liana John* It is easy to see a beast as a link between life and death, but the mythical jaguar goes far beyond and closes […]
Be virtually teletransported to Brazil
You miss Brazil and need some images to feed your nostalgia – but you think that postcards simply don’t show the reality? I have the […]
Curitiba’s most beautiful band
A banda mais bonita da cidade is an indie group from Curitiba that has something of a (happier) Belle & Sebastian. They just released a […]
Tools to compare São Paulo to foreign metropolis
São Paulo has one of the best carbon footprints and great weather – but also the highest criminality and the worst entrepreneurial environment. This is […]
When famous people try to speak Portuguese
Sometimes I am so sorry for what stars have to do to please their crowds. First, teen starlet Miley Cirus trying to sing in Portuguese. […]
Learn Portuguese for free online
There are some 250 million Portuguese native speakers out there – can you communicate with them? It is is, indeed, a crowd: 190 million in […]