 Arts
Two Brazilian Charmers Part 11
By Joe Lopes
Here is the final part of Joe‘s article about two famous personalities from Brazil, Bidu Sayão and Carmen Miranda. To read the previous parts click the relevant ...
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Article
Brazil Blog: Visas and Marriage Part 4
By Gringo Blogger
Here is part 4 of the Gringo Blogger's blog about visas and getting married in Brazil. To read the previous parts click the relevant link at the bottom of ...
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Article
Permanent Visas in Brazil
By Jose Santiago
Immigration visas to Brazil will be granted only to applicants who satisfy special requirements established by the Brazilian National Immigration Council or the ...
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Around Brazil
Around Brazil: Porto Seguro
By Ricky Skelton
Some people may have happy memories of the place. I don't. Like food, some places in life just don't agree with you. It's like an allergy or a bad reaction. Some ...
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Interview
Brazil Through Foreign Eyes
Meet Bob Chapman, from the USA, who has travelled to and spent several months working in Brazil. Read the following interview where he tells us about some of his most memorable experiences ...
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Article
Brazil: Weekly News Roundup
Gang Violence Erupts in Rio
Starting on Wednesday, gang violence spread across the city of Rio de Janeiro. The violence is believed to be similar to the attacks in São Paulo earlier ...
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Article
Brazilians Start to Stand Up for Their Rights
By John Fitzpatrick
Brazilians often seem passive in the face of injustice and reluctant to take direct action to resolve matters. This is a trait which foreigners are quick to ...
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Article
Around Brazil: Rio de Janeiro to Porto Seguro
By Ricky Skelton
My first long-distance bus journey in Brazil, and the worst one by far. It had to get better after this one. And to think we were running through the streets of ...
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Trips
Brazil: The Sun Also Rises on Luis Sun
By Sol Biderman
Luis Sun has suffered a great deal in life but adversity has given his art a refined quality. He has inherited a two thousand year old tradition of Chinese esthetics ...
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Arts
Two Brazilian Charmers Part 10
By Joe Lopes
Here is part 10 of Joe‘s article about two famous personalities from Brazil, Bidu Sayão and Carmen Miranda. To read the previous parts click the relevant links ...
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Interview
Brazil Through Foreign Eyes
Meet David Barnes (pictured on the right), from the USA, who has moved to and is working in Brazil. Read the following interview where he tells us about some of his most memorable experiences ...
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Article
Brazil: Weekly News Roundup
2006 Best Tourism Year
This year is already the best year for tourism in respect of the amount of money spent by tourists in the country. Banco Central stated on Tuesday that between ...
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Article
Brazil Blog: Visas and Marriage Part 3
By Gringo Blogger
Here is part 3 of the Gringo Blogger‘s blog about visas and getting married in Brazil. To read the previous parts click the relevant link at the bottom ...
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Arts
Brazil: Dolly Moreno - A Great Sculptress of the Americas
By Sol Biderman
Dolly Moreno is a beautiful tough woman who makes beautiful tough sculptures with remarkable textures - textures that even the blind can appreciate. A few years ...
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Events
São Paulo: Treasures of Jazz Concert
Jazz fans wanting to share a musical treasure, with jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Tito Martino, will want to go to the Memorial da América Latina this Thursday (December 21st).
Tito ...
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Article
Getting a "Permanent" Visa in Brazil
By Robert Eugene DiPaolo
You might think that the fastest and easiest way to get a permanent visa in Brazil would be to marry a Brazilian. However, there is actually a more efficient ...
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Around Brazil
Around Brazil: Cristo Redentor
By Ricky Skelton
It seems like from most places in Rio, Cristo looms above, waving at you to stop. You can't miss him, he even lights up at night, appearing suspended in the black ...
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Article
Understanding Brazil: Christmas and New Year‘s Traditions
By Mark Taylor
Christmas time here in Brazil is a rather curious affair. For starters it has that odd air that Christmas in any equatorial or some southern hemispherical countries ...
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Article
Darfur - Brazil´s African Side Show
By John Fitzpatrick
President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has made Africa an important part of his foreign policy. He claims that Brazil owes a lot to Africa as much of the country´s ...
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