Brazzil Magazine - News from Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/newsfeed.xml The latest articles from Brazzil Magazine's desk en-us Copyright Brazzil Magazine brazzil@brazzil.com Mon, 26 Apr 2004 03:15:42 GMT Brazzil Magazine http://www.brazzil.com/brazzil1.gif http://www.brazzil.com 112 144 Articles on Brazilian Economy, Politics, Music, Tourism. Behavior and Culture in General - Sorriso: a City Worth US$ 174 million http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/4836/ This is the GDP of Sorriso, a city in the midwestern state of Mato Grosso. The 13 greatest soy produ... - Between a Saint and a Sinner in Laguna, Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3295/ Brazil never felt more like Spain or Italy. At the present time in Brazil, evangelical Protestanti... - In Brazil, All Is Allowed... After the Elections http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3293/ There are those in Brazil who believe that the government will propose in November, after t... - In Brazil, It's Three Beers or Your Life http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3294/ Bribe fishing, is nothing new in Brazil, having been incorporated into Brazilian culture de... - What Brazil Lacks Is a Project of Inclusion http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3292/ Over the decades we have created in Brazil the idea that economic growth is the road to bui... - Brazil Celebrates Pessoa. Woe the Poet! http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3291/ In the last decades, literature studies have been the major propeller— not in liter... - Brazil's Latest Fad: the Narghile http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3290/ The table pipe, which is very appreciated in the Arab countries, became popular in Brazil d... - Arabs Love Brazil. They Are 7% of the Country. http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3289/ They started arriving in Brazil in the nineteenth century. In their luggage was a great des... - Why Can't Brazil Stand Up to Bush? http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3288/ Brazil's so-called Shoot Down Law was approved seven years ago by the Brazilian Congress, b... - Brazil May Be a Country, But It's Not a Nation http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3287/ In order to be a country, only a territory and a president are needed. To be a nation, what... - Can't Brazil Leave the NY Times Alone? http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3286/ On giving in to the temptation of again confronting the powerful New York Times, the Brazil... - Brazil Sounds: Stalking Veloso and Gil's Ghosts in London http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3285/ During the years Brazilian composers Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil spent in London they l... - Is Elis and Tom, Special Edition, Worth the Trouble? http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3271/ How many people will want to pay for a DVD-CD combo when their equipment is capable of play... - Brazil's Monica Gang to Take On the World http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3284/ Brazilian comics creator Mauricio de Souza and his characters like Monica and Jimmy Five ar... - In Brazil, It's Always Killing Time http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3273/ The recent killings of homeless people in Sao Paulo led to politically correct i... - Voters to Choose Between Past and Future in Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3274/ A win for Marta Suplicy as Mayor of Sao Paulo would indicate that Brazilian Pres... - Death to Brazil's Varig! http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3275/ In Brazil, only a foolish traveler flies Varig; or those fuming patriots, who insist in hon... - In Brazil, for Every Moment There Is a Beer http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3276/ Boys were drinking cachaca while outside the rain smacked the roofs of huts. Eve... - Brazil Lula's Empty Promises http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3277/ By vetoing what had been accorded, the Brazilian President demoralizes his leaders and tran... - Brazil Is Growing, Like a Donkey's Tail http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3278/ Brazil's 2005 budget was announced: US$ 4 billion for education, health, sanitation, highwa... - Malba Tahan, the Brazilian Who Made Algebra Fun http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3279/ His name was Julio Cesar de Mello Souza but he was better known as Ma... - Leprosy Still a Plague in Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3280/ Brazil is second, after India, for the total number of cases of leprosy in the world. In 20... - Can Santa's Reindeers Survive Brazil's Hot Christmas? http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3281/ Even in the scorching heat of Rio's summer, Santa makes his appearance to bring gifts to ch... - Kids from Brazil. How Cool Are They? http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3282/ Life in Brazil and in Rio, in particular, tends to be more focused on the family than in th... - In Brazil, the Poorer the Better for the Rich http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/3283/ Brazil is a very class conscious culture. The majority of politicians and the elite in cont... - Brazilian Amazon Gets Help from Science http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2021/ Brazilians scientists have been discussing ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the... - Brazil Fever in Manhattan http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2022/ Brazilian parties have been popping up in various locations throughout New York City. The l... - WNBA Champion Prefers Brazil's Olympic Team http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2023/ At 35, Brazilian basketball player Janeth Arcain has won most contests in her professional ... - Brazil, a Nation Without Heroes http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2024/ Brazil produces saints at a higher rate than the Catholic Church, which requires that he/sh... - Brazil Hails WTO Agreement http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2025/ Brazil is celebrating the results of the just-concluded Geneva World Trade Organization tal... - Small Victory in Toothless Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2026/ The World Health Organization says that up to the age of 12 children should only have three... - Brazil Competing with the World's Worst http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2027/ Brazilian indignant ex-ministers say that Brazil does not have 109,113 illiterates. There a... - Manipulating the Number of the Jobless in Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2028/ How many unemployed people do we have in Brazil? And those who wish to work but cannot get a... - Troubled Waters at Brazil's Central Bank http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2029/ Aside from a possible change of command of the Central Bank, there are no pending factors t... - Brazilian Media's Art of Bullying http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2030/ The Brazilian press continues to play an undignified role. Above all, because it deals with... - Brazil's Lula, the Generous African http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2031/ Cape Verde, which cannot meet its meager US$ 2.5 million debt obligation, had... - Brazil's Plan to Sell Out the Amazon http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2032/ The Brazilian government is getting ready to put the Amazon for sale. Foreign companies wil... - Brazil's Answer to Digital Inclusion http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2033/ The Brazilian government plans to install 6,000 computer centers around the country by the ... - Brazilians Ashamed of Being Brazilian http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2034/ In the land of the non-blue-eyed-blondes, blue-eyed-blonde model Gisele Bündchen, ... - Public Pension Is Breaking Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2035/ A huge pension bill has made Brazil one of the most indebted in the world. The average age ... - Brazil Calls Army to Battle Deforestation http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2036/ Deforestation of the Amazon destroyed over 23.7 thousand square kilometers of forest last y... - Brazil's Bugland, a No-Man's Land http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2037/ In Brazil's Republic of Bugland anything-goes rules. The whistle blowers of scandals don't... - Brazil Now Wants to Change the World http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2038/ After a government-financed campaign whose motto was The Best of Brazil Is the Brazilian, ... - Brazil: Lula's Popularity Rebounds Slightly http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2039/ A new survey in Brazil found that 45 percent of Brazilians believe that the economy is impr... - Brazil Cracks Coffee Genome http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2040/ With the success of the Coffee Genome Project, initiated in February, 2002, Brazil becomes ... - High Death Rate for Businesses in Brazil http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2041/ Every year, 470,000 new businesses open in Brazil, but 43 percent will close their doors be... - Brazil Puts Biodiesel in Its Tank http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2042/ Brazil is encouraging the cultivation of castor-oil plants and dendê palms in the... - Brazilian Ivan Lins Back in the USA http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2043/ Brazil's singer-composer Ivan Lins is not much of a showman, but he has a lot of charisma, ... - Brazil Wants Less Criminals in Jails http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2044/ The number of inmates in Brazilian jails has risen from 114,000 in 1992 to 300,000 this yea... - Brazil's Plans to Develop the Amazon http://www.brazzil.com/content/view/2045/ One of the major problems in the Brazilian Amazon is land- holding: 24 percent of the land ...