I have just finished reading the latest issue of your magazine and as
in the past I couldn't avoid having a feeling of indignation. For a publication
whose objective is to divulge the Brazilian culture to foreign people,
articles like the one on bureaucracy (Brazzil November '96 — Cover
story) don't seem to serve any purpose at all. I agree that the journalism's aim is to divulge reality, but what are
your objectives when you maximize our warts citing extreme examples as
if they were the norm and the situation that any tourist who is brave enough
to come here would find. That doesn't look productive to me. The overseas tourism bureaus and departments must be effusively applauding
your effort. Even more shocking is the fact that such an article that denigrates
our country has the sponsorship of companies like Varig Airlines. Frankly,
that's beyond comprehension. Michael T. Comber
Your article on bureaucracy ("Red Tape Addiction", Brazzil
November '96) was questionable, ill-grounded, superficial and backed
by isolated cases that in no way reflect Brazil's present reality concerning
bureaucracy. It is enough to walk around traditional places known for its
bureaucracy as the Polícia Federal building or the Instituto de
Identificação (the only place where we can get an ID card
in São Paulo nowadays) or Detran to see the disappearance of dozens,
hundreds of despachantes offices that have always existed there.
Moreover, a magazine about Brazil published in the US is something that
profoundly disturbs me. Especially a magazine that writes incorrectly the
name of my Country. Yasam Pane Your WEB site design is painful. It reminds me of all the computer science
students who want to put every bell and whistle possible because they know
how to, without considering that the viewer is not really that all impressed
due to the fact that they can't access the information in an easy manner.
Check out Discovery Online. Who do you think has better programmers? So
why are they so low key? Andrew Gold
I have not received my November copy of your great magazine. I miss
it. What happened? Please, rush copy if oversight. I don't want to be a
pain, but your magazine is so great and next to the Bible, it is my main
reading material to matar saudades of Brazil. Roy P. Wooden
Professor George Patton Jr. is the grandson of General Patton and he
told me that his grandfather used to say: "My army is so strong that
the way we are going, we can make it all the way to Brazil!" Unfortunately,
General Patton never made it to Brazil, but his grandson is going with
me there this January. As they say, "It's never too late to make old
dreams come true!" Prof. Esdras Othon Leitão
My subscription runs through next November 1997, but I am moving to
Rio in a few weeks. How can I activate a change of my address to my office
or apartment in Rio and how much money should I send by check to cover
the difference in postage? I like your publication so much that I was wondering
whether I could receive it by airmail from here or through a local Brazilian
distributor. Please let me know by return E-mail. John Weinkopf
I wish to thank you for a wonderful year of Brazzil! I have found
my past issues to be a valuable resource. I would like to ask other readers
for help in locating a source to purchase current issues or a subscription
to Isto É, Veja, Manchete, Caras, as
well as surfing magazines as Fluir, Inside, Hardcore,
Trip or Now. Please accept my renewal for another year of
Brazzil. Jeffrey Peden
I always have your magazine with me. We got a lot of Brazilian publications,
but most of them are 'no good'. I enjoy reading Brazzil because
you always publish interesting stories in your pages. Mike Wright
I adore your magazine. This is the second time I receive it and I am
super happy to learn the news from my beloved country. I am an exchange
student and I am dying of saudade of everything that's Brazilian:
the food, our people, our music and mainly the Brazilian happiness. I hope
you will continue with this marvelous work that so much helps make my saudade
less painful. Flávia Mayrink
Please, stop running my personal ad. I can't respond to all the letters
I've received. Steve Newcomer
I just found your website yesterday and I'm absolutely amazed that there
is a magazine about Brazil that can be so easily afforded and accessible.
My money is enclosed and I send all my best wishes to Brazzil. Casey O'Hara
Please, renew my subscription. I adore your magazine, it's my cachaça
(liquor) and I can't live without it any more. Thanks for your excellent
work. Um grande abraço. Adelaide Davis
I have an interest in recreating Theodore Roosevelt's 1913-1914 expedition
down what was then River of Doubt now named Rio Teodoro. Do you know where
I could find information on how this trip could be arranged? Do you know
if there has been anyone who has tried to recreate it with historical accuracy
and documented the journey? Robert Mann
I am interested in articles dealing with your Amazon province of Rondônia.
I have a friend who lives there in Cacoal and I would be most interested
in any information at all. I have tried on several occasions to find information,
but all I have been able to find out is that the province is actually "cut"
into the Amazon to make way for homes and the like. Douglas D. Merkel LETTERS
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