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    I’m visiting Brazil after a long time away. As a tourist with saudade in ...

    You’re hired!

    You will earn much more teaching English in Brazil than many college educated Brazilians ...

    Word Mangler

    My colleagues run for their office when I arrive and the coffee area empties ...

    Crime and Impunity

    Political assassination is an all too common occurrence in Alagoas. Ten percen or more ...

    LETTERS

    There are between 16.5 million and 30 million Brazilians working in the informal economy, ...

    The Devil and Ms. Joyce

    Irreverent, sensual without being crass, author Joyce Cavalcante has focused her writer’s eye on ...

    Poetry Sorceress

    ‘Inside me lives/ The peasant/ Grafted to the land,/ A little moody./ Hard worker./ ...

    Water Wonderland

    Recife is full of surprises: bright sun, ever-blue skies tempered by the ocean breeze, ...

    The Importance of Being Brazil

    Brazil has the ninth largest economy in the world, its market size is about ...

    Tangled Law

    Brazil loves constitutions. Since the first one in 1824, the country has had six ...