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Brazil: Cardoso Writes a Poison Pen Letter
By John Fitzpatrick
When former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso´s memoirs, "A Arte da Política", were published earlier this year I purchased a copy with the intention of writing ...
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Events
Brazil: Free Scottish Country Dance Lessons
Colin Pritchard, member of The St. Andrew‘s Society, will be giving FREE Scottish Country dance lessons to all. This is in preparation for our Caledonian Ball 2006, but all are VERY ...
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Brazil: "Você fala Português?"
By Kimberly Kubitza
An amazing thing happened the other day. I walked up to a perfect stranger, said EXACTLY what I wanted to and was able to understand PERFECTLY what this person ...
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Doing Business In Brazil: Part 2 - The Variety of Brazilian Companies
Robert Eugene DiPaolo
Now that you have a basic understanding of Brazil‘s legal system and are aware of some of the obstacles you may encounter doing business there, you are ...
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Brazil: My Trip to the Barber
By Dean Mouzakiotis
OK, so I don't have that much hair, most would say I'm bald, but hey, I still need a haircut once in a while too. So off I went, one day last week, to look ...
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Around Brazil
Monte Verde - Brazil‘s Green Mountain
By John Fitzpatrick
If you are unfortunate enough to live among the mayhem and madness of São Paulo and want to escape for a few days to a place where you can breathe some fresh ...
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Article
Brazil: Election Time! Part 1
By Mark Taylor
So the election is almost upon us here in Brazil, with polling day set for October 1st, a Sunday. Polling day is generally regarded as chaotic, with lots of people ...
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Article
Spending the Night in the Lost City of the Incas - Machu Picchu
By Marilyn Diggs
Although Marilyn's article doesn't directly relate to Brazil we thought it might be of interest to Gringoes.com readers as it's a short trip away.
Mysterious, ...
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Entertainment
Brazil: São Paulo Entertainment Guide
This week‘s entertainment guide for São Paulo features a restaurant in Jardims, a brief music festival affiliated art exhibition, this week‘s recommended film release, and a roundup ...
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Interview
Brazil Through Foreign Eyes
Meet Dana De Lise, from the USA, who has travelled to Brazil several times with her Brazilian boyfriend, who also lives in the USA. Read the following interview where she tells us about ...
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Article
How to Hire a Lawyer in Brazil Part 2
By Jose Santiago
Here is the second part of Jose's article with advice on hiring a lawyer in Brazil. To read the first part click the relevant link at the end of the article.<...
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Article
Teaching English In Brazil Part 16
By Joe Lopes
Continuing from last week here‘s part 16 of Joe‘s excellent guide to teaching English in Brazil. To read the previous parts click the relevant links at ...
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Article
Postcards from Brazil Part 4
By Stephen Latham
This is a series of articles written by Stephen which date back to May 2005, and recount the transition of his life from the UK to Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ...
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Article
Brazil: São Paulo Then and Now
By Philip Querido
When we first arrived in Brazil my wife wrote a letter addressed to her mother saying "I don‘t know why the company transferred us from New York to the Brazilian ...
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Article
Brazil: The Absentee Ballot for US Citizens
By Andrew Witherspoon
While US general elections are still several months away, it's time for the American citizen living overseas to begin the voting process. The Uniformed and ...
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Article
Doing Business In Brazil: Part 1
By Robert Eugene DiPaolo
"So, what's it like to do business in Brazil?" As U.S. lawyer who has represented various clients that have established businesses, bought companies and ...
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Trips
Brazil‘s Independence Day
By Teacher Claudia
Dear readers, September 7th is the holiday to celebrate Brazil‘s Independence. Students have asked me to tell them a little about it, but truth is our history ...
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Brazil: Bus fires in São Paulo - always a bad thing?
By Ricky Skelton
So, we set off on the bus for The Big Smog with all our little bags at our feet and the big bags underneath, and with the words of the Wise Ones bouncing ...
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Article
Brazil: Of Angel and Popes
By Steven Engler
My mother-in-law has many interesting works of folk art in her home, in a small city in the interior of São Paulo, among them a sculpture with a fascinating story. ...
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