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Mar-Apr 2006

The Brazilianist Online Magazine
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Special Report
Antonio Nobrega - at the Top of Pop > read
Sometimes it just doesn’t seem fair that we have a cultural bias which values classical performers over their popular counterparts. This issue is not as clear as it used to be, now that crossover artists have become so much in vogue (...) By Frank Cherry



Editorial
Defining Brazilian Popular Music> read
A few months ago while performing in the New York area, I encountered an interesting challenge as I tried to explain Brazilian Popular Music to non-Brazilians. (...) “What exactly is Brazilian popular Music? (...) By Michael Anthony Lahue
Ronaldinho "Gaucho"> read
Hello, friends. There is no way: If Ronaldinho Gaúcho does what is expected of him in the World Cup in Germany, he will be in the same level of sacred soccer monsters such as Garrincha and Maradona. (...) By Marcelo Russio



Smiles> read
I spent a week long holiday next to paradise. I went to the town of Governador Celso Ramos, Santa Catarina’s South Coast. It’s part of the coast where three consecutive bays suggest the shape of a hook. It was a place of whale hunting (...) By Carlos Lessa


Biography: Hernani Guimarães Andrade > read
(...) Asked for his views on the question of life after death, he replied that he regarded life as an essence independent of the physical body, and that after bodily death this essence went away to reappear in another living being (...) .By Guy Lyon Playfair



Clipping Desk

Brazil Billionaires Double After Surge in IPOs> read
Brazil added eight billionaires to the ranks of the world's richest people after a record year for stock prices and initial public offerings, according to Forbes Inc.'s annual list of billionaires (...) Source: Bloomberg

Brahma now in Canada> read
Brasil is currently gaining increasing interest around the world, and at just the right time Brahma® offers Canadians a taste of Brazilian culture — a culture where people approach life with effortless flair or, as Brazilians say, ‘ginga’ (pronounced ‘jinga (...) Source: Brahma

Energy strategy in Brazil helps lift sugar price > read
Sugar prices are hovering at 25-year highs in a global commodity mosaic linking Brazilian gas tanks with Canadian cereal bowls. Benchmark sugar closed down US0.66 cents a pound yesterday in New York at US18.14 cents and while that's off from the 25-year-high of US20.46 cents hit on Feb. 3, it's still more than 40% higher than a year ago. (...) Source: Brahma


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