JANUARY 93

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CONTENTS:

Cover: Daniela Perez, our new TV sweetheart (p. 3)

TV: Coming from Globo – The new attractions (p. 6)

Crônica: Fernando Sabino’s “A Companheira de viagem” (p. 9)

Behavior: Brazil capital Rio (p. 10)

Politics: President Itamar & the PT (Worker’s Party) (p. 12)

Air business: The clash between Vasp & Varig (p. 13)

Economy: Trouble at Mercousl (p. 15)

Manaus’s free trade zone under fire (p. 15)

Fiscal justice by decree (p. 16)

Soccer: FIFA’s boss, João Havelange, talks (p. 17)

Music: Martinho da Vila – The samba is back (p. 19)

Book review: Brazil Maru (p. 21)

Profile: The Rio Kátia Moraes (p. 22)

TV: Soap for export (p.23)


DEPARTMENTS:

Rapidinhas (p. 2)

Letters (p. 8)

The Cultural Pulse (p. 26)

Por aí (p. 27)

Los Angeles Calendar (p. 30)

San Francisco Calendar (p. 31)

That’s Brazilian (p. 32)

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