Big Brother and same sex union reveal a tolerant Brazil
Jean Wyllys, a journalist born in a poor family in the countryside of Bahia, is one of the main leaders of the Brazilian gay movement […]
Politics
Getting to know Brazil – a reading tour
By Jim Shattuck* When I travel I like to do a bit of reading before I leave to give me a little better insight into […]
Belo Horizonte in 1949
The capital of the state of Minas Gerais, unlike the many colonial sites that represent the best of Brazilian Baroque, was planned in the late […]
Presidents in stamps
Any philatelist can tell you that there is much more to stamps than meets the eye. This week Correios (the state-owned company responsible for the […]
Electoral circus
Cacareco, a rhinoceros adopted by the São Paulo zoo, was elected city councilor in 1958 with amazing 100,000 votes. Thirty years later, chimpanzee Macaco […]