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Brazil: The Farmer of Serra Negra
By Laurie Carneiro
Last year, my husband (native Brazilian) and I (a gringa!) decided, after several years of me trying to learn Portuguese on my own, to try total immersion. This ...
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Sports
Brazil: Beauty Is in the Eye of the Fan
By Steven Engler
The two best explanations, of many, that I have heard for Brazil‘s incredibly, mind-bogglingly, unusually, remarkably, stunningly, surprisingly, oddly, wierdly, ...
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Entertainment
Brazil: São Paulo Entertainment Guide
This week‘s entertainment guide for São Paulo features a café in Moema, an art exhibition on Avenida Paulista, this week‘s recommended film release, and a roundup of some other upcoming ...
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Interview
Brazil Through Foreign Eyes
Meet Caitlin McQuilling, from the USA, who is curently studying in Brazil. Read the following interview where she tells us about her most memorable experiences from Brazil and gives some ...
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Article
Brazil Blog: Dealing With Doctors
By Gringo Blogger
By way of introduction I‘m a foreigner who‘s lived in São Paulo city for a few years. I came here for romantic reasons with the hopes of finding a ...
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Brazil: PCC Violence Returns to São Paulo
By Mark Taylor
Unlike the abrupt attacks by the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) crime gang two months ago, this week has seen a gradual rise but an unfortunate repetition of ...
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Article
Brazil: Taking Flight on Florencia's Fragile Wings Part 4
By Joe Lopes
We continue with the fourth and final part of Joe‘s article. To read previous parts click the relevant link at the end of the article.
What Flies ...
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Notices
Forum Restored
Just to let fans of the forum know that the forum database was restored earlier today and it‘s now working again. Unfortunately several days worth of posts have been lost.
We‘ll ...
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Notices
Gringoes.com Technical Problems
Just to let everyone know that we‘ve had some problems with the databases used to run the Gringoes.com site for the last couple of days, which caused the site to be offline. Although ...
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Brazil: The Sidewalks of São João
By Steven Engler
On Christmas day, I went for an early morning walk in São João to take pictures of sidewalks.
One big difference between different cities in Canada is whether ...
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Around Brazil
Brazil: Paradise Found - Fernando de Noronha
By Marilyn Diggs
I‘m often asked, "If you could choose one place in Brazil to visit, where would it be?" (Maybe this is because Brazil has been my home for over twenty years.) ...
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Sports
Brazil: The Third Insight - Real change is a slow process
By Tim Cowman
Our lives are just a drop in the ocean of time, therefore the four years between each World Cup may seem like forever for the hardcore football fan, but in the big ...
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Sports
Brazil: A Fever Called Corinthians Part 3
By Joe Lopes
We continue with part 3 of Joe‘s article on the famous São Paulo football club. To read the previous parts click the relevant link at the bottom of the art...
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Brazil: A Recycled City Part 5
By Mark Taylor
We continue with the fifth and final part of Mark's article, about a recent programme in the National Geographic series Megacities focused on São Paulo, and some ...
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Sports
The Second Insight - In Adversity We See a People‘s True Nature
By Tim Cowman
I am a true believer that the way a country plays football reflects its culture. This is never so more obvious then during a World Cup and Germany 2006 has been no ...
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Article
Pity the Brazilian Voter
By John Fitzpatrick
The line-up for the presidential election is now complete and one can only feel sorry for the Brazilian elector who is obliged to vote by law since most of ...
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Entertainment
Brazil: São Paulo Entertainment Guide
This week‘s entertainment guide for São Paulo features a restaurant in Morumbi, a cinema festival, this week‘s recommended film release, and a roundup of some other upcoming eve...
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Notices
Brazil: Could you be a movie star?
American director Jeffrey Kramer will be shooting a film called "A Flower in Brazil" this September in northern Brazil. The São Paulo production company Nossa Senhora do Casting is looking ...
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Interview
Brazil Through Foreign Eyes
Meet Nicole Rombach, from Holland, who has travelled to and is now living in Brazil. Read the following interview where she tells us about her most memorable experiences from Brazil and ...
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