May 1994

CONTENTS:

Cover: The space is ours (p. 7)

Interview: Presidential hopeful opens his heart (p. 13)

The jogo do bicho worst bet ever (p. 15)

Varig’s free fall (p. 17)

This weapon changed Mexico’s history (p. 17)

Drought: does it have a cure? (p. 19)

Soccer: The seleção has been picked (p. 21)

Do-it-yourself visa lottery kit (p. 23)

Rio in San Francisco (p. 26)

Short story: One by Orígenes Lessa (p. 27)

Let’s cut Brazil into 35 slices (p. 31)

Music: Roberto Carlos’s renaissance (p. 36)

Music: Milton, Gal & Timbalada (p. 38)

Travel: the Republic of Alagoas (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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