All you need to know about violence in Rio
“Notícias de uma Guerra Particular” (News of a Private War) is a brilliant documentary with English subtitles by documentarist João Moreira Salles (brother of Walter […]
Society
Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil
Elizabeth Bishop, the American poet that would be a 100 this week, arrived in Rio when she was 40. And Rio changed her life. She […]
10 classic Brazilian commercials
One year ago I published a post with some of the Best Brazilian ads. Lots of readers loved it – and one complained that none […]
Brazilians only adopt healthy, white babies
Brazilian adopting parents impose many more restrictions than foreigners, according to an article published this week by Agência Estado. Quoting data from the Tribunal of […]
Is “gringo” an insult?
One thing you should know before answering this question: Brazilians tend to call any foreigner gringo, not only Americans, especially if they have fair skin. […]
Footage of isolated indians in the Amazon
You may have seen, this week, the first images of a group of isolated Amazonian Indians that live near the Peru-Brazilian border. This is the […]
Unbelievable house/museum in São Paulo
Check this incredible slide show of ex-banker Edemar Cid Ferreira’s house. This museum-like palace hosts a mural painted by Sol LeWitt and works by Frank […]
Killer rain, once again
Once again, the flood washes up whole Brazilian communities. As I write this, the number of deaths in the state of Rio is over 540 […]
Brazilian sleevefaces
Sleevefaces are pictures that depict people holding a vinyl record cover in front of their faces. They are getting popular on the Brazilian web. These […]
UFOs over Brazil
Brazil has its own Roswell – a widely documented episode in which hundreds of people declared they witnessed the presence of extraterrestrial aliens during a […]