CONTENTS:
Cover: On the new orthography front (p. 7)
Carnaval: The best sambas-enredo (p. 13)
How do you spell new car in Brazil? B-u-g (p. 16)
President, Prime Minister or a King. A referendum (p. 17)
Book review: O Retrato do Rei (The King’s Portrait) (p. 18)
Indians: Et tu, Caiapó? (p. 19)
Crime & punishment: The death dilemma (p. 21)
Football who? Will the US ever love soccer? (p. 22)
Our L.A. Marathon – Brazil number 1 and 2 (p. 22)
Comics: from risky to risqué (p. 23)
Music: Castro-Carioca-Neves (p. 27)
Music: Supla’s time (p. 28)
Travel: A country named Bahia (p. 31)
Tourism: Brasília = modern (p. 32)
DEPARTMENTS:
Rapidinhas (p. 6)
Letters (p. 12)
The Cultural Pulse (p. 34)
Por aí (p. 35)
Los Angeles Calendar (p. 38)
San Francisco Calendar (p. 39)
That’s Brazilian(p. 40)