July 1993

CONTENTS:

Cover: Stop! They want out of Brazil – The secessionist movement (p. 7)

Short story: Murilo Rubião’s Ofélia, my pipe and the sea (p. 13)

Crime: Bicheiros in jail (p. 15)

Pro-Children: Action talks loud (p. 16)

Trashing our economy – Wastefulness in Brazil (p. 170

No Indian’s land – Natives take nothing(p. 19)

Soccer made in Japan (p. 21)

TV: Xuxa still Brazilian (p. 22)

Profile: Tony Lima, from Portugal with strength (p. 23)

Book review: Dancing: Why Is this Country Dancing? (p. 24)

Music: Hugo Jojo is sound (p. 27)

Music: The rediscovery of Tom Zé (p. 28)

CDs: Gosto de Brasil; Dois Irmãos; Bonfá Magic & Batacoto (p. 30)

Travel: Our Rio Grande (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)

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