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 […]
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The most beautiful Brazilian waterfalls
One of the divine experiences of traveling along the Brazilian lands is the surprise appearance of little waterfalls along the road. You stop the car, […]
Sinatra sings the excesses of Brazilian coffee
No commodity says Brazil as much as coffee. This year, the country’s coffee exports should reach US$ 7 billion and the internal sales will be […]
Delicate bilro lace
In the early eighties, when the beautiful dunes of Canoa Quebrada, in the Northeastern state of Ceará, where still ignored by the masses and […]
Krajcberg, the poet of fire
Frans Krajcberg, the Jewish refugee that creates beauty from burned hardwood in a small beach of the Northeast, just turned 90. His work is frequently […]
“English as she is spoke” – the best Portuguese/English translation ever
“What news tell me? All hairs dresser are newsmonger” – a phrase that you could use to insult a barber. “It is a noise which […]
Cerrado – the other biodiversity wonder
Cerrado, the Brazilian equivalent of African savanna and Australian outback, is frequently despised. Its trees are small, dry, and the soil is acidic and […]
Easter in Nova Jerusalém
Since the sixties, the small town of Brejo de Deus, in the dry lands of the state of Pernambuco, promotes an Easter presentation depicting the […]
The best colection of 19th century Brazilian art
One of the greatest art museums in the country, Rio’s Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, just reopened after a three-year remodelling. Its Modern and Contemporary […]
Carlos Saldanha, the soul of Rio (the animation film)
Rio, the animation that just took in $40 million on its opening weekend (that is, last weekend) in the USA, after accumulating $168 million in […]