March 1994

CONTENTS:

Cover: Cleaning our soul (p. 7)

Economy: Our money is all over (p. 8)

Interview: The Culture Minister talks (p. 13)

The Army in the slum (p. 15)

What about these reds? (p. 17)

Ecology: Our ozone hole (p. 19)

Soccer: Parreira, in praise of San Francisco (p. 21)

Soccer: Stanford Stadium (p. 22)

A master of Jiu-Jitsu (p. 23)

Profile: Our muse Laura (p. 25)

Short story: One by Machado de Assis (p. 27)

A Gringo paints in Rio (p. 30)

Music: Caymmi is 80 (p. 36)

Keeping samba alive (p. 37)

Heavenly Torcuato (p. 39)

Travel: The Amazon: Brazilians, keep off! (p. 40)

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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