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Brazil: Weekly News Roundup
May 19, 2007
End to Pope‘s Visit
The main story again this week was the end of the Pope‘s 5-day visit to Brazil, which finished last weekend. This included a visit ...
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Look Out for the New BBC - the Brazilian Broadcasting Corporation
By John Fitzpatrick
May 17, 2007
On December 2 this year Brazilians should be able to switch on their TV sets and find a new channel, one that is refreshingly free of the ...
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Bringing People Together: Electronic Voyages to Brazil Part 1
By Joe Lopes
May 17, 20007
Modern technology has been a fabulous boon to our get-it-now society. Just think of all the electronic wonders available to us, and within our ...
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Do Foreigners Need Title Insurance in Brazil? Part 1
By John D. Markunas
May 17, 2007
The interest of foreign investors - individuals and commercial buyers, institutional lenders, multinational corporations and real estate ...
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Popular Brazilian Expressions Part 5
By Tamashin
May 17, 2007
Here is part 5 of Tamashin‘s article on popular expressions in Brazilian Portuguese that he has been collecting. To read the previous parts ...
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Countdown to Brazil
By Helen Brayley
May 15, 2007
28... 27... 26... 25 days and counting. As I sit in my bedroom of my fourth floor condo in Canada I cant help but get caught up in the excitement ...
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Brazil v Argentina: Buying Beer
By Ricky Skelton
May 15, 2007
You wouldn't think this would be such a big deal, right? Not worth writing an article over. And certainly not worth reading one. Buying beer ...
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Understanding Brazil: Hidden Dialogs
By Laíze De Lima
May 14, 2007
Here in the USA, frankness is a recommended quality in business and everyday life. Not so in Brazil. Most Brazilians consider frankness to ...
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Around Brazil
Around Brazil: Walking in Natal
By Hal
May 14, 2007
Morning
Last time it was Natal auto and moto drivers, this time it is early morning walkers fine tuning their bodies.
Walkers are more ...
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São Paulo Part 2: My Tips For Travellers
By Gary Bembridge
May 14, 2007
Best Time to Visit
São Paulo has glorious weather, although by Brazilian standards locals would say it is actually a bit cool and ...
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Brazil: Weekly News Roundup
May 11, 2007
Pope Visits Brazil
The big story this week is the Pope‘s visit to Brazil. Pope Benedict XVI arrived on Wednesday and was greeted at São Paulo‘s Guarulhos ...
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Brazil: Portuguese Tip - Dever and Ter que
By Ana Luiza Bergamini
Many students of Portuguese think they should use dever when they‘re saying something like "I must go..." or "You must do...". Yes, one of the ...
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Popular Brazilian Expressions Part 4
By Tamashin
Here is part 4 of Tamashin's article on popular expressions in Brazilian Portuguese that he has been collecting. To read the previous parts click the relevant link ...
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CHOICE 2B: You would rather stay inside
THE SANCTUARY
Image: Gothic arches seen from outside the Dom Bosco Sanctuary. Below: Jesus Christ on the Cross.
IN 1889 an Italian priest named John Bosco had a premonition ...
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CHOICE 2A: You want to spend some time outdoors
THE CITY PARK
Image: the entrance to the City Park.
TOURIST BROCHURES about Brasília tend to point out the unusual. For example, when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin visited ...
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CHOICE 1B: You go back the way you came
THE CATHEDRAL
Image: Stained glass and one of Ceschiatti's aluminum angels in the Metropolitan Cathedral.
THE CITY PLAN of Lúcio Costa and the architecture of Oscar ...
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CHOICE 1A: You walk to the lake
THE BRIDGE
Image: the JK Bridge spanning the manmade Paranoá Lake was inspired by the flight of a skipping stone.
THE BRAZILIAN CAPITAL was moved from Rio de Janeiro ...
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CHOICE 2: You walk away from the rising sun
THE MEMORIAL
Image: The 28m column at the entrance to the JK Memorial displays a 4.5m likeness of Brasília's founding father.
THE U2 SONG "Where the Streets Have No ...
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CHOICE 1: You walk toward the rising sun
THE SQUARE
Image: the 224-meter TV tower rises at the center of Brasília, on the Monumental Axis, just behind the city's "wings." There is a handicraft market at its base, ...
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