Goddesses gone wild: movie divas in Brazil
Lana Turner fell for a Brazilian pilot that she met in Belém, in the Amazon. Marlene Dietrich had to pretend fainting so her bodyguards […]
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Brazil in 23 MAD magazine covers
Brazil has been – to put it mildly – a challenging market for the publishers of MAD, the longest-running humor magazine of the US. It […]
Dirty hearts: Japanese immigrants that denied their defeat in WWII
In 1945, the war was over in the Pacific and emperor Hiroito surrended to the Allies. But some Japanese that immigrated to Brazil were certain that […]
Padre Landell, Father of Radio
How a Brazilian priest – accused by the Church of devilish practices, and considered insane by president Rodrigues Alves – patented the first wireless […]
BBC documentary about Brazilian slavery
Brazil received ten times more slaves than the US. This is their story, told in 2000 by the BBC. It displays all sorts of original […]
Blacks that built Brazil
Check this beautiful gallery of black characters that built Brazilian history and culture. Bonus: Milton Nascimento’s voice. If you liked this post, try also BBC […]
5 Brazilian expressions inspired by History
Several expressions deeply ingrained in Brazilian daily language have interesting and unexpected origins. Here are some of them: 1 – Nas coxas (literally, “on the […]
Brazil essentials: 18 Unesco World Heritage sites you must visit
Ouro Preto by Marcelo Costa/ Flickr You decided to make a list of all the absolutely must-see Brazilian sites – but don’t know how to […]
10 quotes of Brazilian self-hate
We, Brazilians have a love/hate relationship with ourselves and our country. Sometimes this is revealed in a bitter comment, but other times the comment is […]
Slavery, according to Elza Soares
To remember the slavery days and celebrate the (official) abolition anniversary, a great but disturbing Elza Soares video clip, where she sings that “the cheapest […]