December 1993

CONTENTS:

Cover: Overhauling the Constitution (p. 7)

Literature: Lygia Fagundes Telles’s short story (p. 13)

Politics: Brasília’s mud sea (p. 15)

Crime: P.C. Farias surrenders to Globo TV (p. 16)

Economy: Exporting know-how (p. 17)

Indians: Repopulating the jungle (p. 18)

Soccer: We are ready for the World Cup(p. 19)

Religion: Candomblé explained (p. 21)

Film: Orson Welles’s Brazil (p. 23)

Our cinema shines in China (p. 24)

Review: Jorge Amado’s The War of the Saints(p. 27)

Music: Flora Purim, always inventing (p. 28)

Music: Hispanic Simone (p. 30)

Music: Dusek: sweet iconoclast (p. 31)

Travel: Paraná: + than Iguaçu (p. 32)

DEPARTMENTS:

Rapidinhas (p. 6)

Letters (p. 14)

Brazilian Notas (p. 45)

The Cultural Pulse (p. 46)

Por Aí (p. 47)

Classifieds (p. 49)

USA Calendar (p. 50)

That’s Brazilian (p. 52)

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