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keecto There is nothing like life to give us the real terrifying story. In our last issue we presented to you in the cover, Daniela Perez, a young and rising star who seemed to have everything it takes to fill in for the vacant post of Brazil's little sweetheart. Now we come back to mourn
her. Her murder has mesmerized Brazilians, bringing some people to the streets clamoring for justice, and intensifying the debate about the introduction of the death penalty. While Daniela's assassination was an aberration in its visibility and raw cruelty, the killing fields of Brazil seem to be expanding, mainly in the big cities. And our cover story talks about
how the Carioca has been living in fear. Kidnapping became the most common way to make a little fortune in Brazil, these days. The practice has contributed to Beirutize the Cidade Maravilhosa.
Those who cannot take it anymore and are able to make the trip are leaving the country. Some reinforce their security. The immense majority, however, has no choice. R.M.
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Coach Parreira will get the Cup
Cover
Rio: under siege
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Maria Samba & Saudade
Amo esse caos
13 Cronica de Chico Anisio
14 Brazil: New states to come
15 Itamar & the poor
16 Argentina e Mexico dao o exemplo
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Paulo Coelho's turn in the U.S.
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Brazil's hiding its negritude
The Cultural Pulse 31 Por al 33 Miami Calendar 34 Los Angeles Calendar 35 San Francisco Calendar 36 That's Brazilian
25 A Bloody Route 66
27 Gal does Axe
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Don't touch that wound Roberto Carlos' childhood or at least part of it - has been off limits for biographers and reporters. ...... e1.••••• • ••••go When NotIcias Populares,aSaoPaulo newspaper famous for bloody andoutlandishstories, started a series about the "king", it knew it was looking for The trouble. singer's lawyer was able to get a restraining order forbidding the paper to continue the sequence of reports. Noticias arguments that the Constitution guarantees freedom of won
The muse's death Daniela Perez, 22, a rising star from Brazilian TV, and the subject of our January cover is dead. She was killed with scissors by Guilherme de Padua, an actor who played her spurned lover in De Corpo e Alma. The crime has shocked Brazil in a way no other murder in recent memory has. The police inquiry concluded that Daniela was victim of a boundless ambition of the actor and morbid jealousy of his wife Paula. The last scene in which Perez appeared was shown January 19. Her image was frozen while her colleagues improvised talking about Yasmin, the character she interpreted. By popular demand, all the scenes with her killer were cut out after the murder. The reason for the departure of Yasmin: an invitation by a headhunter to dance in the Caribe. Walter Clark, founder and ex-director of TV Globo said that the Brazilian TV is having a autophagic moment. "Gloria Perez (the novela writer and mother of Daniela)," said he, "made her daughter live in scenes of love and intimacy with an obscure little guy who succeeded in life through his sexual activity. It ended in apocalypse, an ending such as the one from the Day of the Locust. It couldn't be different. Perez wrote a sordid novela and her daughter was a victim of it. She is, in some way, paying for what she wrote, living what she wrote about. The novela was abominable." Page 6 - NEWS from BRAZIL 86 - FEBRUARY 1993
the press and that the stories presented RoNOTICIAS berto Carlos as an example of perseverance weren't enoughtoconvince the judge. Saulo Ramos, the singer's lawyer, had one word for the series: "Abject." The daily was retelling how Roberto as a child had to amputate part of his left leg after a train accident. In protest, Noticias blacked out (photo) the censored page.
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Flying out from Rio
The picture is not pretty. Rio de Janeiro continues undo only in the song and postcards. Now even the rich are feeling the pinch. And it is scary.
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ode Janeiro, Brazil's ex-capital, its best known city and South America's playground, is in crisis. Crime in Rio escalates by the hour. Social and economic deterioration provides part of the blame. An overburdened police force and limited government resources, plus apathy on the part of some Cariocas (natives of Rio) share the rest. Everyone wants to be able to do something, but no one knows how to go about it. But not all modalities of crime in Rio attract the same amount of public attention and concern. Drugs and jogo-dobicho (illegal betting game), although real sources of criminal activity, have never created the level of anxiety and forced changes in lifestyles in Rio de Janeiro, as the everincreasing wave of kidnappings has. The numbers have been skyrocketing since 1989 when there were 39 cases, reaching a high of 122 by the end of 1992. This sustained increase in the number of kidnappings has created new demands and forced changes upon the lifestyles of many Cariocas as well. There are demands for
more adequately trained and available private security guards and personnel on one hand, and demands for a tougher, hard-line response from the Civil and Military Police forces on the other. This increased need for trained 'security officers has prompted many military police officers to start moonlighting as private guards. The reason: low wages and high inflation. During the last six years police officers have seen their salaries drop almost 80%, and they are currently demanding a 100% increase in their salaries. According to Nibo Batista, Chief of the Civil Police, although internal regulations prohibit police officers from taking on private security jobs on their off time, he admits that up until now they have been doing so "de facto", and should be allowed to continue to do so. However, he clarifies that they should remain in uniform when so doing, and must keep in contact with their police stations at all times. "In that manner - he states - the city could increase its NEWS from BRAZIL 86 - FEBRUARY 1993 - Page 7
COVER police presence by 50% without having to spend a dime." Bye Bye, Brazil - Political terror prompted the brain-drain of the 70's; during the 90's it has been the ever-present fear of being kidnapped or extorted, sometimes by demanding payment in U.S. dollars, that's giving rise to a new exodus. This whole situation has been driving some of Brazil's wealthiest and most socially prominent figures out of the country by droves. Well known figures of Brazil's business world such as Carlos Alberto Martins Ribeiro - the owner of Cimento Tupi, a cement company - and Lilibeth Monteiro de Carvalho (exwife of ex- President Collor de Mello), have moved out of the country; to Miami the former, and to Paris the latter,; a constant reminder as to the severity of this problem. Zazimo Barrozo do Amaral, arguably the most famous Brazilian social columnist, who writes for jorrzal do Brasil, also took refuge in Miami, after being menaced with kidnapping. And the "problem" is not solely confined to the extremely rich or famous; even moderately wealthy individuals, small merchants, businessmen and professionals, can be targeted as well. Furthermore, kidnappings are not only a phenomenon exclusive to Rio; Sao Paulo is now getting some of the backlash from Rio as well. In a recent case, Alonso Filho, an average businessman who did not consider himself to be a likely target for a kidnapping, was abducted at gun point from the outside of his home. His case seemed at first like that of any other one of the very few kidnap-forransom cases that took place in sao Paulo last year, except for one troubling detail: the noticeable sotaque Carioca (Rio accent) of the kidnapper's spokesman was a giveaway. This could well be an indication that the gangs from Rio also want to do some "side business" in Sao Paulo as well. However, according to Jorge Miguel, head of the anti-kidnapping unit that has been working on this case. "They are fooling themselves if Page 8 - NEWS from BRAZIL 86 - FEBRUARY 1993
they're thinking that in here (Sao Paulo) it's the same thing as in Rio." HILLS AND COPS - Rio's awckward geographical configuration of moundy hills overlooking a beautiful bay, sandy beaches and asphalted strips of land covered with high-rises, is a bandit's dream-come-true. Bunkered in their high-placed favelas (shanty-towns), drug-lords and kidnappers alike are well armed and protected, backed by a seemingly endless supply of money obtained from their illegal activities. They seem like medieval war-lords, deciding the ultimate fates of serfs, servants and foes alike. In neighborhoods such as Favela da Rocinha, one of Rio's oldest and most populated favelas, Morro do Borel or Morro do Dende, the Comando Vermelho (Red Commandos) dominate the life-blood of these impoverished communities. Acting like self-styled modern day Robin Hoods, they feel at ease playing the role of benfeitores, benefactors or godfathers to the community-at-large. Having felt aban-
Que caos! Que beleza, irmao! Ser brasileiro e nunca ter que dizer to desesperado. SERGIO J. DO LAGO
A pergunta que mais ouvi quando voltei do Brasil, onde fui passar as festas de fim de ano, foi "e ai, como esta la a nossa terra?". Para surpresa de muitos, tenho dito que o clima é de otimismo. Depois de passar urn tempo fora, e depois desse 1992 corn tantas noticias de roubos, falcatruas, massacres e tudo que todo mundo sabe, a ideia corn que se fica e que aquilo lá nao tern mais jeito. Mas o Rio, para onde estava mais bonito, as pessoas mais alegres. Nao foram poucos os amigos que disseram ter tido um born ano e que esperam urn 93 amda melhor. E verdade que o salario medio, em &Aar, caiu. Mas os alugueis tambem cairam e, para qualquer produto, se for feita uma boa pesquisa, encontra-se uma pechincha. Estou falando, e claw, da classe media. De negativo, muito negativo mesmo, encontrei a pobreza exposta nas ruas da cidade. Uma das causas imagino, cleve ter sido o cercamento dos parques. As pessoas sem casa, para usar um termo bem americano, foram obrigadas a abandonar o abrigo das arvores, das estatuas e dos arbustos. Ficam agora-lad° a lado corn as grades, mostrando para quern quer ou nao quer ver a existencia de outro mundo. Urn mundo que o Brasil precisa olhar de frente e consertar urgentemente. Agora que se proibiu os mendigos no parque, vamos tambem proibir a pobreza que maltrata essa gente. Voltando ao velho otimismo do brasileiro, que um amigo daqui pontua, "vai ser sempre assim", dá para sentir que foi urn grande alivio para todos a mudanca de govern°. Principalmente depois quo o Collor renunciou no nItimo dos ultimos min utos. Chega de loucura! Quanto ao Itamar, ninguem acredita muito na competencia dele.
COVER doned by the State Government in their quest for social rights, many favelados look up to these illegal associations of criminals as an alternate and sometimes sole source of consolation or help in times of need. Why? They fund their day-care centers, feed, clothe and provide free health care assistance, bury their dead and provide legal help to detained associates, and money to their families. They have successfully mixed what in a healthy society would be oil and water: that is, crime and politics. And from the human pool of favelados, they recruit their manpower; meninos de rua (street children), who have grown too old too fast for their own good. Many favelados give their implicit approval to these activities; others don't have much of a choice. They know that today's philanthropist can very easily become tomorrow's executioner. And those who are not "charmed" or convinced by the "social compassion" exhibited by these favela gangs, are certain to be eventually subdued by their ferocity. One would think that something like this could only A maioria da populacao, no entanto, atesta sua honestidade. Quern sabe e isso mesmo o que opals mais precisa. E tambem born ver urn mineiro na presidencia, eles acabam dando urn jeito nas coisas. Papel feio ficou por conta dos senadores. Cassaram os direitos politicos do Collor, numa decisao controvertida e que pode mais tarde dar uma grande vitoria ao ex-presidente. E que legalmente ele tinha o direito de renunciar na Ultirna hora evitando assim o julgarnento. Dessa forma, corremos o risco de ver o Supremo anular uma decisao tomada no calor da.s paixOes. Sei que os senadores fizeram o que a populacao queria, mas lei é lei e e isso que o Brasil mars precisa: respeitar suas proprias regras. Meus amigos daqui tambm fizeram muitas perguntas sobre a criminalidade. E coisa ruim de se falar. Sequestro virou loteria, negocio de bandido de segunda categoria. Ou seja, nao precisa ter carro bonito ou roupas finas para ser seqiiestrado. or cinco, dez mil Mares, se leva qualquer pe rapado. E vender o carro, fazer uma vaquinha entre amigos e pronto, esta tudo resolvido. Toco de novo na questao da lei. Sou contra os muitos que defendem a pena de morte no Brasil. 0 problema é fazer a lei funcionar e botar todo mundo na cadeia. Al nao tinha mais seqiiestro. Podemos pegar como exemplo disso o caso da atriz Daniela Perez, morta de maneira tao vii pelocompanheiro de trabalho e pela mulher dole. A pena maxima é de 30 anos e se tiver born comportamento o cara sai da cadeia em cinco ou seis anos. Nido e nada. Antes dos 30 anos de idade, ele -Dode estar de volta a sociedade, pronto pra mais uma. Duvido que isso acontecesse aqui. Ficavapelo menos uns 20 anos na cadeia, talvez a vida tocla. Para alguem repetir a dose, tern que pensar urn milhao de vezes. Sabe duma coisa, antes de comecar a escrever, o que eu queria mesmo falar era sobre o Ano Novo. Pela quinta ou sexta-vez, sei Id, fui para a praia de Copacabana assistir aos fogos. Que beleza! Tinha ate esquecido como aquilo era bonito. A praia lotada, gente de todos os tipos, sexo, idade, religiao, classe social, confraternizando mais urn voto pela esperanca. Tudo na maior calma, na major tranqiiilidade. Deu pra perceber porque as vezes, corn tanta coisa contra, somos tao otirrustas. 0 Brasil tern de tudo um souco. Nossa forca é a beleza do caos. •
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happen in Rio; and rightfully so. In almost any other large city in the world, the wealthy elites tend to occupy the higher levels of the geographical layout. In Rio, the wealthy are actually "looked-down" upon by the favelados who occupy the numerous morros, or hills, inside of and surrounding the city. In any case, police authorities tend to receive very little help from favela dwellers themselves. And this makes it extremely hard to obtain names or addresses of those criminals who live in their midst. On the other hand, there have been recorded successes too. Take, for example, the Cidade de Deus, a housing project located in the huge sector of jacarepagua, decayed into a favela-like environment. The Military Police chose to take a step forward by opening a community based dental clinic for the populace, and a whole score of drug pushers was banished from the area, all with the help and support of the locals. One can only wonder what would happen if other favelas were to be taken into consideration, providing them with drinking water, paved streets and jobs. In any case, alternate solutions must be found to halt Rio's rapid social deterioration if the city, as we know it today, is to survive. Show of force - Misguided policies have also backfired, as recent events in Rio have also shown. Militarization of the favelas has produced a Ping-Pong effect of never-ending blows and counterblows by the Police and organized gangs within the morros. During a recent police clean-up operation called Operacao Retorno headed by Police Delegate Antonio Nonato da Costa, 150 armed police officers virtually shut down Morro do Morel, a hill shanty-town located in northern Rio. End result: two gangsters shot dead, 30 suspects placed under arrest, 2 AR-15 rifles and an unknown quanNEWS from BRAZIL 86 - FEBRUARY 1993 - Page 9
COVER tity of drugs confiscated. However, this time the cost to the Police was high; for the first time in over five years, a police officer was killed in the line of duty during a shoot out. As a result, more morros were subsequently visited by the Police. During those later events, another two uniformed police officers were shot dead in their own patrol car at another favela, Morro do Andarai. Response by the police was swift and certain: one hundred and twenty military police officers virtually closed down the favela searching for the killers. Numerous suspects were apprehended, but no one pointed out at any of the gunmen. Nevertheless, for that one day, business-asusual was brought to a grinding halt at the morro. But the burial for the fallen officers provided the backdrop for yet another political show-down and sideshow. During the initial hours of Operacdo Retomo a police officer was shot and seriously wounded. Medical evacuation was requested for the use of Aguia 6 (Eagle 6), a government owned helicopter. But Rio State Governor Leonel Brizola, for still unkown reasons, delayed in giving proper orders to provide the service, and officer Paulo Henrique Macedo de Carvalho, 30 years old and a father of two children, subsequently died from his wounds. The very next day, Brizola's 37 year old daughter Neusinha, an alleged habitual drug user, was busted for possession of cocaine. Reprisal? "There was no reprisal", stated Nino Batista, Chief of the Civil Police. It could have been a mere coincidence.
During the funeral for the other two officers, more than two hundred people accompanied the coffins to the chants of "Fora, Brizola!" (out with Brizola). Jose Guilherme Godinho, also known as Sivuca and an exrepresentative, joined his colleague Emir Larangeira in the condemnations, bidding farewell to the officers with a gun salute, all the while chastising Governor Brizola. Meanwhile Carlos
Pacheco, President of the Police Officer's Association stated: "Policemengo up into those hills without bulletproof vests, without ammunition, and lacking logistical support. And, unless they are able to purchase weapons on their own, they are at a disadvantage against those outlaws. That is unacceptable." The stage is set, the actors in place. Rio, with its beautiful beaches, its mod-
ern high-rises, its crowded favelas and morros, glistens in the balmy sub-tropical dusk. Somewhere, as the night sets in, some wealthy businessman or fazendeiro looks up nervously toward one of the many ever-present morros; quickly and nervously he gets into his nearby car, with or without a bodyguard, but one way or the other, it doesn't really matter because... Riophobia has set in. •
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Manila de Carnaval 0 porteiro já nao agiientava mais. Sua ida ao banheiro, entretanto, provocou um bafafa a entrada do salao. CHICO AN(SIO
Eram tres e pouco da manta. Nos saloes do Botafogo a orquestra tocava Estrela d'Alva, no fim da terca-feira gorda. Na portaria, alem do logic° porteiro, urn foliao que preferia ficar batendo papo corn o homem que tomava conta da entrada, a participar da festa. Ate que o porteiro confessou que estava corn diarreia. -Sera que o senhor podia ficar aqui urn pouco enquanto eu you ao banheiro? Dois minutinhos? - Claro, claro. Pode ir - consentiu o rapaz, ao mesmo tempo em que o porteiro, pegando urn folheto do ch-do, dirigia-se, amassando o panfleto, a entrada do banheiro. Foi quando urn casal- ela de longo, ele de smoking - parou a porta do clube. - A festa ainda nao acabou, Tete- comentou o marido. - E parece que esta boa - juntou a esposa, corn urn sorriso tdo convidativo, que o marido concordou que seria born dar uma entradinha para ver como ia o baile. E teriam entrado se o rapaz, corn a mao e o brag() estendidos, nao os impedisse. - A carteirinha, por favor - pediu ao casal. - Como carteirinha? - 0 senhor nao e sOcio? Todo sOcio n-do recebe uma carteirinha? E dessa carteirinha que eu falo. - Olhe, meu amigo- exasperou-se o homem de smoking- sou sOcio deste clube desde muitos anos antes do senhor ter nascido. - Entro e saio do clube hd mais de 45 anos sem mostrar carteirinhas a ninguem. - Acredito. Mas o regulamento é claro: o sOcio, para ter entrada nas dependencias do clube, tern que exibir, quando solicitado, a carteirinha - explicou calmamente o rapaz substituto do porteiro que, dquela hora, no banheiro, tinha a md-o no queixo, pensando na vida. - Vamos embora, Moreira- sugeriu a esposa. - Ndo - gritou ele-, agora eu you entrar na marra. Sabe que eu ja fui presidente do clube em duas ocasi6es? Já fui diretor de financas, de esportes amadores, do patrimonio? Eu trouxe o Geninho para o clube, o senhor sabia? - Entdo, mais do que eu, o senhor sabe que é proibido entrar sem mostrar a carteirinha - disse o rapaz que, cada vez que falava a palavra carteirinha, fazia urn pequeno gesto corn os dedos como a mostrar que a carteira
merecia o diminutivo. - Moreira, deixa essa festa pra Id - pediu novamente a esposa. -Agora é ponto de honra. Va la dentro e chame o presidente ordenou o homem ao rapaz. - Diga que o Moreira esta. aqui. - Infelizmente, eu nao posso sair da portaria- desculpou-se o rapaz.- Se eu me ausentar urn minuto que seja comeca a entrar gente sem carteira. - Eu fico tomando conta. - E o senhor acha que é certo eu deixar na portaria urn homem que nao e sOcio? - Quern nap e socio?- vociferou o homem ja tirando a gravata a rigor.- Eu sou troco a beca nesse clube, rapazinho! - Prove- pediu, manso, o rapaz. - Provar... provar... provar... Provar, como? - 0 senhor me mostra a carteirinha, e pronto. - A carteirinha esta em casa, menino. -Mas tern que estar no bolso. Se eu estou contrariando o regulamento me diga. 0 regulamento diz que. . . - Diz - concordou o homem - mas o regulamento. . . Moreira - vamos embora - solicitou mais uma vez a esposa. - Eu you entrar. E nao me chateia mais, Sofia. Urn homem que e quase fundador do clube ter que exibir a carteira. Esta certo isso? - Se estiver errado, a culpa nao e minha, é dos estatutos, que sao claros... - Eu quero que os estatutos se danem! - ladrou o homem, que nao mais se continha. Segundos apos voltava o porteiro enfiando o cinto num dos passadores. Bateu a ma.° no ombro do rapaz num agradecimento surdo e abriu urn sorriso para o casal. - Como 6, Dr. Moreira? Nan vai entrar um pouco pra pegar o fim do baile? 0 homem de smoking e a mulher de longo entreolharam-se, pitando em seguida o rapaz que, sorrindo, cuidava de acender urn cigarrinho. - Quern é voce? - perguntou ao porteiro. - Sou o porteiro - falou o porteiro. - E esse cara, quem 6? - indagou ao porteiro. - Um socio, apenas - informou o porteiro, o que provocou indignacao do rapaz. - Socio, nao. Eu ia passando aqui, comecei a levar urn papo corn ele (apontou o porteiro), ele me pediu pra ficar no lugar dele enquanto ele ia ao banheiro, al eu fiquei. E, enquanto se afastava corn os pes arrastando-se pela calcada, ainda mandou uma frase pior do que o caso criado. - Inclusive, eu sou Flamengo, doutor! E seguiu na direcao do Pinel, assobiando urn trecho de Opera. IL PAGLIACCIO, parece. At a Carnaval Ball, an ex-president of a Rio social club is barred at the club entrance because he didn't bring his ID for the association. This comedy of erros starts when the real doorman has to leave his post, suddenly attacked by an urge to go to the bathroom and it ends with the substitute doorman confessing he is not even a member of the fraternity. Do livro Feijoada no Copa, Editora Rocco Ltda
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POLITICS
B
razil's map may be redrawn in the next two years with the creation of at least eight new states. Two referendum projects - which would create the state of Iguacu using land from Parana and Santa Catarina and the state of Tapaj6s with the subdivision of Para have already been approved by the House of Representatives Constitution and Justice Committee. The reasoning is that after a first project is approved it will much easier to get green light for at least half a dozen more projects for new states. In the next two years, they all could take advantage of the Brazilian Constitution's rewriting. Representative Edi Siliprandi (Parana PDT), author of the Iguacu project, and congressman Hilario Coimbra (Para l'113), responsible for the TapajOs proposal, know they still cannot count on a victory. The governors of Parana and Santa Catarina will not hand over the grain baskets of their states without a big fight. Parana says it doesn't want to lose 1.8 million people who live today in municipalities such as Pato Branco, Francisco Beltrao, Foz do Iguacu e Cascavel, in the west and the southwest of the state, from which most of the state's grain sup ply comes„ including soybeans, wheat, corn, and beans. Roberto Requiao, Parana's governor, created a movement called Parana Indivisivel, and he is its president. Other subdivision proposals, however, are not causing the same steadfast opposition. A good example is the romantic plan for recreating Guam bara's state, which would be brought back to life with its capital in Niteroi. The 46 representatives and 3 senators from Rio seem to be in favor of a proposal by re presen ta five Sergio Cu ry (Rio de Janeiro PDT). His intention is to install Guanabara in an area that for two centuries since Ti). Joao VI fled Portugal has been the federal capital. Two other projects that have many adherents are the ones for Triangulo (Mineiro) and Carajas. The Triangulo state proposal of representative Zaire Az eyed° (Minas Gerais PMDB) didn't draw that much interest when presented initially by congressman Chico Humberto during the last rewriting of the Constitution. At that tune, Congress opted for Tocantins, the latest Brazilian state to join the Union. Rezende's proposal has a much better chance to win.
Brazil, 32, 33, 34 states Subdivision fever is on in Brazil. Iguacu, Caraj as, Aripuand, are just a few of the new states being dreamed of by representatives in Congress. Carajas also seems to have a promising future in Congress. This candidacy to statehood comes wi th the backing of Para's big shot businessmen. Accordingto representative Giovani Queiroz (Para PDT) the new state would be the site of a very rich source of raw material containing iron, manganeSe, topper, and gold. Ca.rajas has a good chance of a fast economic and political success in contrast with for example, the territories of Alto Solimoes and Alto Rio Negro, which are sparselyinhabi t-ed and don't have anyrnajorproductive investment. Congressman Eduardo Braga (Amazonas PDC) was the one to propose the plan for dismantling the Amazonas state next to the frontier with Venezuela, Colombia e Peru, creating two new states. Another state projected for the Amazon region is Aripuana. This state could already be a reality if Ibsen Pinheiro, president of the House of Representatives, (Rio Grande do Sul PMDB) hadn't submitted the project to the full house without warning the leaders of the parties about his intentions. Not even representative Reditaxi° Cassol (Roraima PTB) author of the original project knew about Pinheiro's intentions. The process of subdividing Brazil should continue. Some other states could be born in the next two years.
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Among them are Jurua, Santa Cruz, Maranhao do Sul, Sao Francisco, MeioOeste e Araguatins. There are eight projects for new states being discussed right now in the Congress. They are Alto Rio Negro, Alto Solimoes, Aripuand, Carajas, Guanabara, Iguacu, Tapajos, e Triangulo. The authors' justification for recent and past projects concerning a State subdivision is based on the neglect by officials of the government. Paranaense Siliprandi, for instance, speaks of the proposed region of as embittered for decades" and Igu agu compares it to an "ostracizedderella of the states of Santa Catarina and Parana". This area, according to state representatives, would be inhabited by 3.8 million residents(‘ a larger population x than ndtohe combined states of Tocantins, * a,AereandAmat Rorami an has.receivedlittleattenfioninstate P planning by the p rian ?'°v6erning polis capitals bdle8 of ana and Santa Catarina, res ocf othCrifticis fici,all batshobrov exotendefi! by er o rs JaderBarbaJhot,°ofArnazonas,G°11beltdO 0, and of Mato Grosso/Jahn Campos. T The roots of the ostracism' e °f - , Alto Rio Neapaj6s, Alto Solimoes gro and .. Aripuana seem to be in ° the eadministratliovm e difficulties fipiepsrduentto geopi graphicad , yis s t more than a thou-al sand kilometers from the region. Despite these obstacles, these areas have been able to develop thanks to large economic projects with national and/ or international R involvement. oriebyThatioCatarinense a newspaper spaper from Florian6polis at the' National Congress, shows that among 52 52 resent d saan tivtaes and seri —atr°flg rs of rina s were against ther efeCa reta n ,lta 9oteth s'ers 19 were favorable, while 14 were undecided. It is of no small matter that the governors ofSanta Catarina d e twilling to lose area allofP6113.69a -ah 2 square kilometers - twicethe size of Belgium, where Brussels, its capital is the center of the European Commufri the nity.stitehi:fthis ig gionli,whichay be es the largest the cen park of Latin America, being ter to 17 of the mostpc; prominent national frigonfics,
ECONOMY
Closing the gap President Itamar Franco seems honest in his desire to decrease the distance between the haves and the have-nots. But can he do it? In order to create one million new jobs and may be, in the process, pull the country away from a paralyzing recession and a 1,000% rate of inflation, Brazil will be spending $4 billion this year. According to Paulo Haddad, Minister of Planning, $1.5 billion from this total will be used in building popular houses and the rest will be invested in repaving roadways, which should help in the transportation of agricultural products. And where is this money coming from? From taxes and fresh loans from international organizations such as the World Bank. President Itamar Franco is said to
have been shocked to hear from his advisors that 45 million Brazilians survive in absolute misery. Once more he vowed to end the huge social inequalities in Brazil. Haddad revealed: "The president thinks the situation got worse in the last few years due to the recession, and this has made him anxious." One example of the new thinking in Brasilia is the creation of the social postal tariff. Thanks to that, the price to send a letter was cut in half. The export sector will also receive incentives. The government intends to increase its export income by 38.8%. That would mean $50 billion in 1993 instead of the $35 billion earned with exports last year. Haddad has announced that the Central Bank will use the normal market mechanisms to maintain the gradual reduction of interest rates without any unilateral intervention. The minister also remarked that the interest rates have started to fall due to the political normalization in the country. The last auction of federal bonds made by the Collor administration, the minister reminds us, had real interest rates of 30% a year plus inflation, while in December, the rates had fallen to 20.5%. With the fiscal reform, Haddad wants to buy off 10% of the public debt in the market. This should improve the credibility
of federal bonds, reduce the interest charged by investors, and extend the maturity date of these obligations. "Investors can be sure that there will be no unilateral intervention in the market," guarantees Haddad. "We will utilize only the traditional methods to administer the public debt. The president doesn't want any exercise in heterodoxy (such as price freezing and pre-fixation of salaries) in any area of his government." Itarnar's economic blueprint also intends to give an infusion of money in the productive sector. Details about production goals, employment level, productivity, and export are being discussed right now between the strategic sectors and the government. These goals are to be checked at the end of every quarter. The federal government promises to open special lines to finance such development. "The first to benefit from these mechanisms will be the auto and agroindustrial sectors," states Haddad. Itamar wants a social program that's not populist or just a handout. One of its main goals is to assure through reduction in food prices that the poorest people regain their purchasing power. The new administration is also having a hard time trying to recover from frauds practiced during the Collor days. The Caixa Economica Federal (Federal Savings Bank), for example, had trillions of cruzeiros diverted in a desperate attempt to buy votes among the congressmen, thus avoiding Collor's impeachment. Commenting about the situation at LBA (Legido Brasileira de Assistencia) Jutahy Junior, minister of Social Welfare said: "What there is inside there makes you cry." And complaining about the lack of productivity in Brazil, Jose Eduardo Vieira, minister of Industry and Commerce revealed that 40% of all public water in Brazil is lost in sewers and that 35% of the material used in construction ends up amidst public work debris. He defends the idea of an international campaign to stimulate tourism in the country. •
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Enquanto o Brasil vive uma polftica terceiromundista de ressentimento, a Argentina e o Mexico parecem prontos para dar o salto ao primeiro mundo. "Progresso é a realizacao da utopia" (Oscar Wilde) ROBERTO CAMPOS
uve drias profundas e quase miraculosas transformacOesculturaisnaAmericaLatinanosultimos tres anos: o abandono, pelo Mexico, da posttua de nacionalismo ressentido e o abandono, pela Argentina, do nacional-populismo. Pareceria impossivel que o Mexico fizesse da integracao corn seu vizinho ao Norte uma aspiracao nacional. Ao passo que o antiamericanismo no Brasil e mero complexo de inferioridade, o antiamericanismomexicano temraizesprofundas:uma guerra perdida e mutilacees territorials. Na Argentina parecia impossivel pa ssar-se tao radicalmente, como o fez o presidente Menem, do nacional-popttlismo de Peron a turta ortodoxia economica de mercado. Os 25 anos de estagnacao da Argentina foram uma vacina poderosa contra o nacional-populismo... Emvisitarecenteaopaisvizinhosentiaprofundidade da transformacao. Ha urn deliberado projeto de "europeizacao", enquanto que o Brasil parece a caminho de tuna "africanizacao". 0 presidente Menem fez uma opcao primeiro-mundistamuito mais convicta que a de Collor no Brasil. Abandonou explicitamente omovimento dos paisesnao-alinhados,esse clube de ressentidos. E a guinada em favor da economia de mercado foi mais nitida que a de qualquer outro pals latino-americano, inclusive o Chile. Estepareciaumparadigma do liberahsmo economic°. Hoje, cornparado a Argentina,permanece urn pals dingista. Mantem urn certo grau de indexacao de salarios, corrige monetariamente o capital atraves das UF's (unidade de fomento), nao aboliu os controles de cambio e preserva preconceitos fetichistas atraves de empEesas estatais de petrOleo e cobre. uo Mexico pode-se di 7PT o mesmo. Enquanto nao eliminar o tabu do monopolio petrolifero da PEMEX permanecera urn pals fetichista, indigno de sentar-se a mesa dos paises desenvolvidos. Pois, como ja fiz notar varias vezes, monopolios estatais de petrOleo sOexistem Page 16 - NEWS from BRAZIL 86 - FEBRUARY 1993
em paises subdesenvolvidos, suficientemente cretinos para transformar urn bem economic° num simbolo religioso. A Argentina avancou mais. Na semana passada assisti a privatizacao do sistema de aguas e esgotos, uma licitacao surpreendentemente concorrida, or se tratar de setor onde habitualmente se considera indispensavel a presenca estatal. Ainda ctue corn alguns erros, ja foram privatizadas a aviacao comernal, a teleforua, o aco, a televisao, a eletricidade e ramais ferroviarios. Comeca a cair o ültirno bastiao do estatismo - o monopOlio do petroleo exercido pela YPF (Yacimientos PetroliferosFiscales). Estajafezumaprivatizacaoparcial pela venda de uma refinaria, a gue se seguirao mais duns, alem de algumas concessoes de exploracao. A receita dessa privatizacao foi de dois bilhOes de dolares e se espera que, quando o resto da privatizacao for completada, a partir de abril de 1993, haja uma receita adicional de oito bilhoes de &Mares. Preparando-se para a privatizacao, a YPF empreendeunotivelelucrativoesforco de austeridade. Reduziu em tres anos seu pessoal de 52 para dez mil funcionarios, pagando indenizacoes de 600 milhOes de dames. Tudo isso contrasta corn nossa Petrobras inchada, que retem impostos para pagar funcionarios e que, se fosse empresa privada, seria executada par debitos fiscais. A revolucao cultural na Argentina é traduzida no fato de que a estabilidade monetaria e considerada valor fundamental. E a privatizacao, a liberalizacao comercial e a desregulamentacao sao amplamente consensuais (corn excecao da legislacao laboral, que continua intervencionista). A adesao ao Primeiro Mundo, ou antes, o retomo ao Printeiro Mundo, pois a Argentina nos anos 20 figurava entre as sete paises mais ricos do mundo, nao se limita a pratica do capitalismo e a normalizacao das relacOes corn as paises credores. Traduz-se tambem na diplomacia participativa. A Argentina quer fazer-se presente no cenario mundial. Enviou unidades navais de apoio na Guerra noGolfo,declarou-se dispostaaparticipar de operacoes humanitarias na Somalia e, mais exoticamente, pleiteia integracao de sua Marinha no sistema defensivo da OTAN. Esses gestos sao simbolicos, mas a comunidade internacional toma nota desses sinais e ignora a "diplomacia ressentida" do Brasil. Esta planejavisitas a Africa, exibe terntuaparacom Fidel Castro e secretamente torciapara um impasse no Golfo Persia), para que as amencanos nao ficassem arrogantes demais... III queixa-se lacrimosamente de que o Brasil sofre urn "bloqueio tecnologico", q.ueixa surrealista num pals cup Constituicao enge a "autonomia teatologica" em objetivo nacional, e se recusa a dar adequada protecao a propriedade intelectual. Se a transformacao cultural da Argentina foi impressionante, e provavelmenteirreversivel, o sucesso economic° nao esta garantido. 1993 sera crucial. Ate porque sera o terceiro ano do programa de estabilizacao, e a tradicao argentina é que esses programas nao tern sobrevida superior a tres anos. Assimsucedeu corn o piano de estabilizacao de Peron (1952/54) o de Frondizi (1959/62), o de Alfonsin (1965/68) e o de Ongania (1967/ 70). Tim segundo problemae o da"ancora" cambial, isto 6, a conversibilidade peso/ &Aar a uma taxafixa. Sempre fui cetico quanto a conveniencia do uso da ancora cambial coma elemento estabilizador. Foi o irrealismo
OPINIAO dataxacambialqueliquidouosprogamasdeMartinez de Hoz, no Argentina, e Sergio Castro, no Chile, na decada de 70. No Brasil, Delfim Nett° em 1980 e Dilson Funaro em1986 tisa ram a mesma titica com resultados desapo ntadores, pois a inflacdo tomou a taxa cambial Th para as exporirrea 1.is ta e insustentavel corn prejuiz taco-es. A recente transformac'do do saldo em deficit comercial na Argentina e sobretudo o exagerado deficit em relacdo ao Brasil criam duvidas sabre a sustentabilidade da taxa cambial. No caso brasileiro, entretanto nossos saldos tern um componente meramente conjuntural: a Argentina esti em fase de expansao ciclica, que esfimula importacoes, enquanto o Brasil esti em fase de contracao, que estimula exportacOes. 0 grande debate é se seria sustentavel a taxa cambial em face de tuna infLacao de qi lase 40 por cento, desde a dedaracab de paridade. Argumenta o govemo que, se medida a inflacao pelos precos atacadistas, que excluem os servicos, ela seriade pouco mais detrespor cento.Maso argument° é em parte tautologic°. Os indices do atacado se referem basicamente a "commodities", cujos precos sao artificialmente contidos pela paridade fixa peso/ &Ian Nas condicOes argentinas do comeco de 1991, a dolarizacdo, legalizada pela conversibilidade, foi urn golpe de genio. A economiaja estava espontaneamente dolarizada, sem nenhum efeito disciplinar. Ao declarar a conversibilidade a tuna taxa fixa proibida a emissao de papel-moeda (exceto em resposta a aumento de reservas),adolarizacdopassouaterumpoderosoefeito
disciplinar. 0 govemo se viu obrigado a corrigir seu deficit, pelo corte de gastos e maior exacdo fiscal, a reduzir custos pela desregulamentacao e a capturar receitas pela privatizac5o. FssP efeito disciplinar se estendeu tambemao setor privado. Impossibilitados de repassar custos por via da desvalorizacao do cambio, os exportadores tiverarn que comprimir custos, resistindo a pressOes salariais. produtorespara o mercado intern° experimentaram efeito disciplinaridentico, poiscomaliberacsaocomercial, perderiam competitividade face aos produtos importados. A via dura da conversibilidade, em substituicao opcdo facil da desvalorizacao, contribuiu para implantar na Argentina um conceito fugidio no Brasil: as salarios reais so podem aumentar em funcab da produtividade. Nasemanaemquevisitei a Argentina, recentemente, houve boas noticias. A taxa mensal de inflacab ficou em 0,5 por cento. Foi privatizado o sistema de aguae esgoto de Buenos Aires. E foi conclufdo o acordo corn os credores extemos. Mos as taxas de juros continuam altas, o que significa que os argentinos, lembrados dos confiscos anteriores, ainda na-o confiam no peso. Somam-se agora duas presscies pelo relaxamento da "ancora" cambial: os deficits comerciais extemos e a pressio salarial interna. E importante para o Brasil que tenha exit° a experiencia argentina de criacdo de uma das economias mais abertas do mundo. Roberto Campos, ex-ministro do Planejamento é deputado federal pelo PDS do Rio de Janeiro. •
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The Cup is ours! Parreira, Brazilian soccer team head coach, is convinced that Brazil was never in a better position to win the World Cup in the U.S, next year, than now. Bad players make good head coaches. Carlos Alberto Parreira, current head coach for the Brazilian national soccer team is no exception to this almost universal rule. Contrary to many of his colleagues in the field, Parreira was never a real craque, as Brazilians call those who excel with a ball. He started as goalkeeper for Novo Mexico, an obscure team in one of many poor neighborhoods in the Greater Rio, and that was the highlight of his career as a player. Parreira was still very young when he found out his real calling: planning game and directing players. He was a gifted and dedicated student of Physical Education at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). It was there that Parreira received an invitation for a period of training at Fluminsense, one of the biggest soccer teams in Brazil. His friendship with Claudio Coutinho won him a place in the
Technical Commission that oversaw the Brazilian team that to went Ne" Mexico in 1970 for the World Cup. Another friend, Zagalo, took him to the Middle East when the Arab countries started their courtship with Brazilian soccer players and coaches. In Kuwait he became almost a national hero. He went back to Brazil in 1983, and he was the coach when Fluminense won the Carioca soccer championship in 1984. The Arab dollars once more took him overseas before his last return in 1990 to manage the Bragantino. In a little more than one year as tecnico for the national Brazilian team, Parreira has established himself as a secure harbor for the Brazilian dreams of regaining the World Cup. He recently gave an interview to Manchete from which these anwers were extracted: How do you feel during important games? The sensation is similar to that of a man who is father for the first time.
The questions he asks about the unborn child are the same that a coach asks when his team starts a match. You never know what is going to happen. You tried 61 players. Which ones were the best? I don't get hooked to numbers. What I can say is that we already have a team in our head. I think this is important. Why? We could have spent all this time without having any progress. Junior is 38. Why was he chosen? No one can deny that Junior today is responsible for the balance at Flamengo. Thanks to his brilliant actions, Flamengo was the national and state champion. He has chosen himself. When the Cup comes, Junior will be 40. He knows that. But everything will depend on what shape he will be in then and on the needs of the team. A great 17 year old player would also have a chance? Edmundo, from Vasco, is not 17 but 20, and he is playing great. He made the team. I have no prejudice against age. Neither for more nor for less. Life has taught us that the more you walk, the more you learn. I value very much a player who has played in a World Cup, but this is not enough to guarantee a place on our team. Is it all ready for 94? The most important thing will be to define the group of players who will be in the trial matches. I intend to
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SPORT have a defined group by next May. As for the Brazilian Confederation of Soccer (CBF), everything is ready: flight plans, training fields, food, etc... Nothing is being forgotten, so we will not be surprised. What about the rule that forbids the goalkeeper to touch the ball with his hands when it is returned? This is the best thing to happen to soccer in the last 20 years. What was common before was the goalkeeper playing with the defense to delay the game. The new rule has given a new dynamism to the matches. Which are Brazil's most difficult adversaries? I have to respect the altitude in Bolivia and Ecuador. The Uruguayan school is terrific. It will be the first time we have to face Uruguay in a trial match. In Uruguay beginning with the junior teams, the player learn that soccer is a war. And that matches against Brazil and Argentina are a question of life and death.
Do we have a good chance to win the Cup? This is the main goal of our work. It will be worthless to win all the American Cups and even the finals if we don't get the World Cup. And every year Brazil is getting farther away from this dream. Our responsibility increases everytime we don't win a Cup. We recuperated some of our lost prestige and credibility in 1992. But we only can win a Cup with a team of men and good players, in this order. What's the profile of an ideal player? He has to be technically gifted. He has to master the basics of soccer. But all of this will be useless if he doesn't have a good character, a winning personality and a competitive disposition. We believe and we are investing in a man disciplined and full of personality. The team has already shown these qualities, playing against France, England and Milan.
The majority of the team plays in European football... The disadvantage of that is not being able to count on them more frequently. The ideal would be for the national team to play once a month. But there are advantages too: they are playing in a highly professional environment. Whether they are aware of it or not, they are absorbing highly technical knowledge. Can we recreate 1970? It has to be like that. Without that spirit of competition, sacrifice, and tenacity during the game, Brazil is not goint to win the World Cup. Ego, commercial interests, all that's not directly related to the game will have to take a second place. In the past, some three or four businessman had free transit among the team, during the Cup. Transfers, contracts were freely discussed. This will not be tolerated any more... The World Cup is ours. With Brazilians organized no one can defeat us.
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PROFILE "Everybody knows about saudade," says Maria Lucien, founder and president of Samba e Saudade. "Even before you're born, I think you've already got a saudade for somethingmaybe for your past life, maybe for God, maybe for a love that you already lost." Samba e Saudade-part club, part showcase-is Lucien's way of keeping Los Angeles in touch with Brazilian talent and culture. "It's still very underground," she says, "people who know, in Los Angeles, in America, about Brazilian music." Lucien is one of a number of individuals determined to widen the audience. She premiered the club in 1986, a time when "Los Angeles hardly had any Brazilian music," she recalls. "There was a group here and there, but practically nothing. I had this vision of a beautifulnightclubwithBrazilian music." Lucien made her dream a reality downtown on Ninth Street and Main. Unfortunately, the club, which showcased not only Brazilian performers but also American jazz greats, soon fell victim to L.A.'s penchant for devouring new venues. To keep her dream alive, Lucien began to operate Samba e Saudade at various locations across town, from Hollywood to Santa Monica, presenting two major events each year. In 1988, Lucien added to Samba e Saudade's repertoire what has become its major event of the year, the Brazil Carnaval. The first Carnaval opened in the Hollywood Palladium, where Lucien continues to book each year. Lucien organizes the event almost single
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Thanks to her, every year a ballroom in the heart of Hollywood becomes a replica of Bahia and Rio streets on Fat Tuesday, filled with the same sounds, soul and sweat. FRANCINE ALEXANDER
handed, with invaluable assistance from a group she calls her "dream team," which includes members of her family and of the Samba e Saudade staff. "I build a Carnaval similar to the Carnaval in Brazil," she says, referring to the deliberate non-stop music, entertainment, and activities. This year's Carnaval on February 20 should bring 3,200 people of all ages ("eight to eighty," says Lucien) to the Palladium to experience a taste of Brazilian celebration, complete with glitter, neon, feathers, balloons, and vendors from fortune tellers to face painters. And, of course, Brazilian cuisine. The featured entertainer for the 1993 Carnaval will be
Moraes Moreira. "It's his first time in America," says Lucien, "and he really deserves to be seen. He's a superstar of Brazil Carnaval." Local samba groups will join Lucien's lineup to ensure that "the music never stops." Each year a portion of the Carnaval's proceeds goes to another of Lucien's lovesthe environment. The Rainforest Network, a San Francisco group devoted to preserving the world's rainforests, and Santa Monica's Heal the Bay will both be represented at the Carnaval. "And so we have fun, we entertain, we celebrate life, and we help, too. Those are problems that need a lot of care." Originally from Portugal, Lucien arrived in the United States in 1959. When she is not producing events for Samba e Saudade, Lucien stays busy raising her children and following the world of music, with which she maintains a close relationship. "I lived in New York many years, in the time of Birdland," she recalls. "I met Coltraine, I met Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, the true musicians of America. To know them is a privilege. I'm very proud to say that my brother-in-law is Wayne Shorter," adds Lucien, who herself was married to singer Jon Lucien. Each year Lucien returns to Rio and Bahia, "to visit my musician friends, hang out with them, and listen. There's so much good music to hear there. The number one thing in Brazil is the music." Her enthusiasm is something Lucien is proud to share with Los Angeles each year.
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BOOKS before finding a publisher willing to risk presenting him to the American public. More than 20 other publishers said "No" before Harper agreed to the publication. Whilein1988 Brazilianauthorlorge Amado has received $250,000 from Bantam for the rights of Tocaia Grande, Coelho didn't get any advancement. According to the author himself, he will receive 10% from the cover price $16- of any book sold. This percentage would jump to 12% after he sells 100,000 books. Could the filming of The Alchemist be far away? Yes. Apparently, the author has refused an offer of $30,000 by 20th Century Fox to option the book. Coelho decided against selling the rights to Hollywood because Fox not only didn't want to make any commitment to film the story, but also wasn't willing to help financially with the promotion of the book. Coelho's latest book, released last year in Brazil, was As Walkirias. While his books are considered fiction by the critics, the 45-yearold Carioca says that all that he writes has happened to him. Something hard to swallow. His meetings with witches and mystics seem taken out of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez page, but without that literary richness.
Brazilians by the droves have succumbed to the charms of Paulo Coelho. Now he is getting ready to use his enchanting powers in America.
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A new book shows that despite statements and perception to the Those with a more sophisticated taste still contrary, Brazil is ashamed of its call him a charlatan. But Paulo Coelho, the negritude. Brazilian sorcerer and indefatigable bestselling author is getting finally one his few unfulfilled wishes: that of being published in the United States. That will happen in May, when 0 Alquitnista, literally translated as The Alchemist, will be released by Harper Collins. The book, which has been the most popular of Coelho's works in Brazil - it's been in the best-seller list for more than three years now will have an initial edition of 50,000 copies, the biggest for any Brazilian author published in the U.S., until now. Harper Collins is promising a big send off for The Alchemist, with ads about the book in literary supplements from such newspapers as the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. Despite all the public adulation - the critics only now are starting to respect Coelho - given to the author of Bride, he had to shop around Page 24 - NEWS from BRAZIL 86 - FEBRUARY 1993
"lam not an opponent simply of the militarv regime set up in 1964, because all Brazil's governments have been against Africans. In fact all Brazilian political factions have always discriminated overtly or subtly, against Ai- A Pan-Arricart Perspective ricans. The liberals are disADDIAS NASCIMENTO tantly paternalistic. The right ELISA LARKLN NASCEVIENTO is openly racist. The left is deaf, dumb, and blind when it comes to the specific situation of African Brazilians and contemptuous of our cultural tradition." Abdias do Nascimento, author of this commentary
BOOKS made in exile in Lisbon and New York, during the recent military dictatorship in Brazil, is the mainvoice of the just released Africans inBrazil -A Pan African Perspective published by Africa World Press. The book brings an updated collection of interviews originally used in the book Memorias do Exilio: Brasil 1964-19?? published in Lisbon in 1976. The main author - the other is Elisa Larkin Nascimento - shows that Brazil is a country where the majority of the population is black despite the official statistics. Founder of the Black Experimental Theater in Rio in the 40s, Nascimento has now a seatintheBrazilianSenate. Forced fromBrazil by the military, he only went back to his countryin1981.BesidesbeingProfessorEmeritus of the State University of New York at Buffalo, he became very active in Pan-African world affairs. Africans in Brazil is one more nail in the coffinof the myththat there is no racismbelow the Equator, in the Americas. Nascimento has a lucidity rarely shown by any black living outside of Africa: "The minority elite, when defining African participationinthe context of the Brazilian Nation, generally refers to black people's "contribution" or "infiltration" in a totality to which, implicitly, they do not belong... We are not infiltrators, nor do we contribute to a nation that belongs to others. No! This nation is ours as well, it was built by our forefathers, and we will not give it up."
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Unware of the fine print on the cover (The Story of the Police who Kill), I bought this book believing it had something to do with the world famous Route 66. It turned out to be an eye-opening mistake. Prompted by the suspicion over the killing of three middle-class white youngsters by elite troops of Sao Paulo's Military Police, journalist Caco Barcellos decided to research the gruesome history of ROTA (Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar - a special police unit created in Apri11970 by the state of Sao Paulo). His effort resulted in a book of startling if not grotesque facts. It begins with the hot pursuit of a VW bug along the
streets of an upper class section of Sao Paulo by several Police vehic le s, among them the car marked Rota 66, evolving to the dramatic shooting of its three occupants - none of them with a previous criminal record. From there, for 17 years, Barcellos, later with the help of journalists Daniel Annemberg and Luciana Burlamaqui, investigated the city morgue following leads given by the sensationalist newspapers and radio shows that praise Police actions. The numbers are shocking: during a period of 22 years, up to the publication of the book, Rota was accountable for 4,179 killings, with 57.4% having no criminal past. Keep in mind that in October 1992, not long after this book had been released, sao Paulo Police, under the pretense of neutralizing a riot, stormed a city prison (Carandiru) and killed more than 100 inmates. If not for any other reason, this book is an important source to cast some light over the controversial shooting of Fernando Ramos da Silva, made famous to audiences worldwide for his portrayal of Pixote in Hector Babenco's movie of the same name. Besides giving facts and figures, the author has the guts to name the most "efficient" within the force and reveal the grim analysis of the profile of the dead: they are mostly non-white, low income workers. Had it happened in Sao Paulo, Rodney King wouldn't probably be around to tell the story. For those who still claim there is no racism in Brazil this is a mandatory reading. It is also important to realize, according to the author, that Rota, with the exception of the Paraguyan War in which 9,000 Brazilians perished, killed more Brazilian than any war the country fought.. NEWS from BRAZIL 86 - FEBRUARY 1993 - Page 25
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Axe's turn Famous and less famous singers in Brazil are together in a push to promote the Salvador swing. CLAUDIO FERREIRA
"It's just a fad," say those who don't like that kind of music. "No, it's something that has come to stay, I reply those who have been following the success of a sound that has been
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filling up ballrooms all over Brazil. Some call the new tunes of axe music (axe is the spirit that gives life to
nature, according to an African tradition) in a disparaging way. This latest invention from Bahia is also helping the record industry to leave the doldrums where it seems stuck. The new releases show that the phenomenon is being helped not only by new blood but also by some of Brazilian music's biggest names. This is the case of Gal Costa, considered the most beautiful female voice in the country and who has added for good to her classic repertoire the Pelourinho (famous historical square in Salvador, Bahia) beat. Among the neophytes there is Kassia, who has has just arrived with a strong voice and beautiful looks. And there are also those who have followed the style for some time now. People like Luiz Caldas and his Fricote (a mix of ijexci and reggae), and Banda Mel, representing several bands that enliven the streets of Salvador and other northeast cities during Carnaval. Chiclete corn Banana has one of the most sucessful stories. The band has just released its latest record after an excursion through Europe and the taping of a video-clip in Buenos Aires. The baianidade invading radios and night-clubs, can display itself different in ways, from the strong percussion influenced by Olodum to the trio eletrico sound with all the rhythmic variations (samba reggae, samba de so alien to the lay man in the roda) Brazilian South. Nobody seems desperate anymore to learn the latest fads such as
the danea da galinha (chicken dance) or the danea do jacare (alligator dance) - the important thing now is to get into the rhythm(s). At age 47, with a career that spans more than a quarter century, Gal Costa has decided to pay a homage to the her region's music. She has started the trend with a show with the band Rafzes do Pei& In the Gal L.P., she gracefully recreates Revolta Olodum. She plays with her voice the way she pleases and once more reveals herself as the brilliant star she is. The same great result occurs with Raiz (Root), where the percussion is a little lighter and the lyrics a little more poetic. Here, instead of the drum sound we hear hands clapping. And in E d'Oxum (It's from Oxum) there even a parte sung in Yoruban. Comunidd, a gift from Gilberto Gil, completes the Bahiano participation in the record, that has its special charm: the tracks are punctuated by Saudaecio aos Povos Africanos (Salute to the African People) and Ingena, two songs with an African inspiration. Gal, however hasn't looked only in Bahia to find her music. She walks with ease through classical songs such as Peltier) de Ora* by Vadico and Noel Rosa, Caetano Veloso's Tropiccilia, and another Noel Rosa classic: Coisallossa. In an irreprehensible record, she has even the luxury of singing a Cole Porter piece with multivocalist Bobby McFerrin. That's the dende's relish that reveals to us an until now unknown Gal. Kassia, the novice, in an L.P. with her name, didn't want to specialize in Bahia music either. She also includes in the debuting record other northeastern music with less popular rhythms nowadays, such as the The record's quality is uneven, but it works in its animation, an important item when we are talking about rigua de Coco (coconut water) music. She is stronger, for example, in Malie! Um Canto de Fe por um Mundo Melhor (Malie! A Song of Faith for a Better World), where she is able to show the power of the rivers and the blocos (Carnaval groups) that go downhill.
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In Bahia Comigo (Bahia With Me) she becomes a mediocre interpreter. And she stumbles when singing 0 Amor Ncio E Pecado (Love Is No Sin) written by Augusto Cesar and Paulo Sergio Valle, both more used to writing hits for brega singers. It's a great initial kick however. Teu Beijo Matador (Your Killing Kiss), by Ant6nio Jose is an authentic forro, having the same taste of parties happening in the best northeastern dancing halls. Kassia's intention to sing everything that's full of energy seems enough in this first attempt. The axe music favorites, it seems, are worried only with maintaining theirs positions. Neither Luiz Caldas with Retrato (Portrait) nor Banda Mel brought anything new. We can call them competent. That's all. Banda Mel has a trait that differentiates it from the competition and makes the record more pleasant: the male-female vocals. For those who love raising their arms and sweating their shirts there are some likely hits such as Quero Fazer Amor corn Voce (I Want to Make Love With You), Danca Tago Ma go, Beija-Flor (Humming-Bird) and Veraneio (Summer Vacation).
Banda Mel also tries to be politically correct. In Rainha do Mar (Sea Queen), their latest L.P., there is talk of slaves and freedom. BarcaFurada (Damaged Boat) reflects the band's puzzlement in the face of the political mess in this country. Luiz Caldas' Retrato is even less inspired. Falti-Bรก and Tche do Tche, Tche, Tche 6 at least should please those who listen to music mainly to jump. I
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What a great surprise it was going to By Brazil for a Sunday lunch. Following instructions on the ad, I've phoned to make reservations. Reservations? For a Brazilian restaurant in Los Angeles? I was skeptical too, but it was the right thing to do. After telling me the way
to the restaurant, the person over the phone guaranteed that there would be a lot of chicken hearts, pork, sausage and picanha, this great part of meat that Brazilians love but Americans hardly know about. Half hour later, when we arrived, it was everything there as promised. They
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American films just released: Husbands and Wives (Maridos e Esposas) (1992), Mack the Knife (0 Prt'ncipe dos Mendigos) (1989), Bram Stoker's Dracula (Dracula de B ram Stoker) (1992) Nilo, ou a WI Gloria de Mandar Portugal, 1990 - Four military men in colonial Africa symbolize the end of the Portuguese empire. The director is Manoel de Oliveira. Proof (A Prom) - Australia, 1992 He is young, he is blind, and he takes pictures. Then he finds a friend who describes the pictures to them. Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. L' Atalante - France, 1934 - Young lady runs away to Paris when husband decides to live on a boat. A classic from the French cinema, directed by Jean Vigo. La Double Vie de Veronique (A Dupla Vida de Veronique) - France/Poland, 1991 - Directed by 'Krzysztof Kielowski. Two women, one French and the other Polish, share the same name and similar lives. Les AinantsdePont-Neuf(OsAmantes de Pont-Neuf) - France, 1991 - With Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant. The fiery passion of a fire eater at the oldest Paris bridge. Leolo (Leolo) - Canada/France, 1992 - Trying to escape his family mental illness, Leolo dives into Literature. Jean Claude Lauzon directs.
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Paratii - Entre Dois Polos Amyr Klink - A navigator story in the North Pole. (Companhia das Letras) 2.0 SucessoNtlo OcorreporAcaso - Lair Ribeiro - Brazilian doctor living in the U.S. teaches how to improve mental capacity. (Rosa dos Tempos) 3. Na Sala corn Danusa - Danusa Ledo - Etiquette manual emphasizing politeness and kindness. (Siciliano) 4. Prosperidade-Fazendo Amizade corn o Dinheiro - Lair Ribeiro Dealing with money. (Objetiva) 5. Voce Pode Curar Sua Vida Louise L. Hay - How to use your mind to get rid of diseases. (Best Seller)
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1. Escrito nas Estrelas - Sidney Sheldon - The author of sex and money is back. (Record) 2. As Valkfrias - Paulo Coelho Mojave Desert's revelations, including meeting Guardian Angel. (Rocco) 3. 0 Alquimista - Paulo Coelho An individual trying to find himself and his destiny. (Rocco) 4. Mensagem de Saigon - Danielle Steel - Vietnam revisited. (Record) 5. Doze Contos Peregrinos Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Short stories about Latin-Americans living in Europe. (Record)
THE BRAZILIANS 0[6 BLACK SOUND Marlene Silva, who was responsible for the choreography in Black Orpheus, is showing her magic this February 5th and 6th at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (CMAC). Her show, Igbagbo, (Strength, Mysticism and Faith) intends to introduce American audiences to Candomble's percussion, dance and costume. The 15-member dance ensemble will be showing the dance of the Orixas accompanied by Capoeira Samba Camara, Unity African Dance & Theater Company, Bamidele Dancers ez Drummers and Brasileiro, Inc., all Boston groups. Ms. Silva, who was born in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) has been described as the most prominent representative of Afro-Brazilian dance. She has performed and choreographed for major dance and theater companies around the world. Her choreography has been also seen in such films as Xicada Silva and Ela e os Homens. For the past 20 years, she has been working with Mercedes Batista while touring in Brazil, Latin America, Africa, Canada, and Europe. Igbagbo is being brought to the U.S. by American Airlines and the Massachusetts Cultural Center.
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THURSDAY 18
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6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao
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sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights
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FRIDAY 5 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 7:30 pm - Pagode at La Fiorentina 8:00 pm - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explosion band at Mango's 8:00 pm - Paulo Gualano Band at
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SATURDAY 6 6:30pm- Rita e Cissia e Ca ecao
sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 8:00 pm - Live Brazilian Music at Brazil Delicious Restaurant 8:00 pm - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explosion band at Mango's 8:30 pm - Lambada, capoeira and
samba at Brazilian Tropicana 11:00 pm - Tonia Elizabeth sings
Brazilian Jazz at Alcabaza
FRIDAY 12 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao
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SUNDAY 21 6:30 pm-Rita de Cassia e Cabecao
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calendar - February 93 - los angeles WEDNESDAY 24 7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion Classes & Escola de Samba at Brazilian Music Center
WEDNESDAY 3 730 pm-Brazilian Scenes -Channels 3, 37, 52, 61 - Public Access
THURSDAY 4 10:30 pm & 12:30 am - Banda Vera Cruz at King King
FRIDAY 5 7:00 pm - Taquinho at By Brazil 9:00 & 11:00 pm - Dori Cayxruni, Alex Acuita and others in Music of the Americas at Le Cafe
SATURDAY 6 11:00 am - Meia Noite & AfroBahia present Percussion Workshop at Stein on Vine 7:00 pm - Catarina & Thomas John singing Bossa Nova at The Amazon Cafe 8:00 pm - Eliana Estevio at La Ve Lee 9:00 & 11:00 pm - Dori Caynuni, Alex Actula and others in Music of the Americas at Le Cafe
SUNDAY 7 8:00 pm - Brazilian jazz, samba & pop at Zabumba
TUESDAY 9 7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion Classes &Escola de Samba at Brazilian Music Center
WEDNESDAY 10 7:30pm - Brazilian Scenes -Channels 3,37, 52, 61 - Public Access
SITES & PHONES Amazon Café - 2301 Artesia B1.-Redondo B.- (310)371-2915 At My Place - 1026 Wilshire Bl. - S. Monica (310) 451-85% Atlas - 3760 Wilshire Blvd.Los Angeles - (213) 380-8400 Brazilian Music Center-6226 Sta Monica Bl. (213) 467-5715 By Brazil - Cabrillo Ave. Torrance - (310) 787-7520
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FRIDAY 12 7:00 pm - Taquinho at By Brazil
SATURDAY 13 11:00 am - Meia Noite & AfroBahia present Percussion Workshop at Stein on Vine 7:00 pm - Catarina & Thomas John singing Bossa Nova at The Amazon Cafe 8:00 pm - Eliana Estevio at La Ve Lee
SUNDAY 14 8:00 pm - Brazilian jazz, samba & pop at Zabumba 8:00 pm - Eliana Estevio at La Ve Lee - Valentine's Day Special
11:00 am - Meia Noite & AfroBahia present Percussion Workshop at Stein on Vine 7:00 pm - Catarina & Thomas John singing Bossa Nova at The Amazon Café 8:00 pm - Eliana Estevio at La Ve Lee 9:00 pm - Brazil Camaval '93 at the Hollywood Palladium with Moraes Moreira, Lula & Afro Brazil, Sol e Max & Miss Brazil USA - Call (213) 650-8888
SUNDAY 21 5:00 pm - 1:00 am - Rio's Mardi Gras Camaval with Brazil's All Stars - At the Hollywood Palladium - Call 1-800-524-6282 8:00 pm - Brazilian jazz, samba & pop at Zabumba
10:30 pm & 12:30 am - Carnaval at King King with Stonia Santos & Banda Obatala
7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion Classes at Brazilian Music Ctr. 8:30 pm & 10:00 pm - Klebe r Jo rge at Le Café 5:00 pm - 1:00 am - Rio's Mardi Gras Camaval with Brazil's All Stars - At the Hollywood Palladium - Call 1-800-524-6282
Catalina Bar & Grill -1640 N. Cahuenga Bl. (213) 466-2210 Kafe Kafka - 6069 W. Sunset Bl-Hollywood - (213)464-3938 King King - 467 S. La Brea Ave. - (213) 934-5418 La Ve Lee - 12514 Ventura Bl. - Studio City - (818) 980-8158 Le Café - 14633 Ventura Bl. Sh. Oaks - (818) 986-2662 Lula Washington's Dance
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THURSDAY 18
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THURSDAY 25 10:30 pm & 12:30 am - Bahian Carnaval at King King with Lula & Afro Brazil Band 8:00 pm - Freddy Ravel with Brazilian Jazz at La Ve Lee
FRIDAY 26 SATURDAY 20
TUESDAY 23 WEDNESDAY 17
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7:00 pm - Taquinho at By Brazil 8:00 pm - Eliana Estevio at La Ve Lee 9:00 pm & 11:00 pm - Laurindo Ahneida at Le Café
SATURDAY 27 11:00 am - Meia Noite 8r AfroBahia present Percussion Workshop at Stein on Vine 7:00 pm - Catarina & Thomas John singing Bossa Nova at The Amazon Cafe 8:00 pm - Eliana Estevio at La Ve Lee 9:00 pm & 11:00 pm - Laurindo Almeida at Le Cafe 9:00 pm - 1:30 am - San Diego Carnaval at the Sheraton Hotel Call (619) 479-8446
SUNDAY 28 8:00 pm - Brazilian jazz, samba & pop at Zabumba
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8:00 pm - Club Bahia at Bahia Tropical
WEDNESDAY 3 6:00 pm - Jack Gates with Bossa Nova at Chambord
THURSDAY 4 6:00 pm- Doug Gittins with Bossa Nova at Chambord 7:00 pm - Paulo Kamira interprets Bossa Nova at Aioli
FRIDAY 5 7:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Batucada at Aioli 8:00 pm - Voz do Brasil at Bahia Tropical
SATURDAY 6 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm -Brazilian jam at Brazilian Fruit Basket Restaurant 3:00 pm - A Hora Brasileira on KPFA, 94.0 FM 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm - Viva Brasil at The Ramp 8:00 pm - Combonation with Rhythms Tropical at Bahia Tropical
SUNDAY 7 10:00 am - Percussion and Samba with Mestre Beicola at Brazil Culture & Arts 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Canta Brasil on KKUP, 91.5 FM
MONDAY 8 6:30 pm - Viva Brasil in Samba Dance Class at Yoshi's, followed by dancing at 8:30 pm
TUESDAY 9 8:00 pm - Club Bahia at Bahia Tropical
WEDNESDAY 24 6:00 pm - Jack Gates with Bossa Nova at Chambord 8:00 pm - Samba, Swing & Suor at Bahia Tropical
WEDNESDAY 10 6:00 pm - Jack Gates with Bossa Nova at Chambord
THURSDAY 11 6:00 pm -Doug Gittins with Bossa Nova at Chambord 7:00 pm - Paulo Kamira interprets Bossa Nova at Aioli
FRIDAY 12 7:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Batucada at Aioli 8:00 pm - Marcos Santos Band at Bahia Tropical
SATURDAY 13 2:00 pm- 6:00 pm - Brazilian jam at Brazilian Fruit Basket Rest. 3:00 pm - A Hora Brasileira on KPFA, 94.0 FM 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm - Viva Brasil at The Ramp 8:00 pm - Fogo na Roupa at Bahia Tropical 8:00 pm - 3:00 am - Brazilian Carnaval - Salute to Bahia at the Galleria -101 Henry Adams St. Special Guest Moraes Moreira Call (415) 648-6160
SUNDAY 14 10:00 am - Percussion and Samba with Mestre Beicola at Brazil Culture & Arts 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Canta Brasil on KKUP, 91.5 FM
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WEDNESDAY 17 6:00 pm - Jack Gates with Bossa Nova at Chambord 8:00 pm - Spliff tones at Bahia Tropical
FRIDAY 26
FRIDAY 19 8:00 pm - Celia Malheiros & Friends at Bahia Tropical
7:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Batucada at Aioli 7:00 pm - Tropicana Brasiliana on KUSF, 90.3 FM 8:00 pm - Escola Nova de Samba at Bahia Tropical
SATURDAY 27 SATURDAY 20 2:00 pm- 6:00 pm - Brazilian jam at Brazilian Fruit Basket Restaurant 3:00 pm - A flora Brasileira on KPFA, 94.0 FM 8:00 pm - Celia Malheiros & Friends with Samba do Coracao at Bahia Tropical 9:00 pm - 3:00 am - Bay Area Brasilian Club Carnaval Ball '93 with the All Star Big Band at the Galleria -101 Henry Adams St. Call (415) 334-0106
SUNDAY 21
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2:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Brazilian jam at Brazilian Fruit Basket Restaurant 3:00 pm - A Hora Brasileira on KPFA, 94.0 FM 3:30 pm - 730 pm -Lisa Silva Voz do Brasil 8:00 pm - Voz do Brasil with Samba Swing & Suor at Bahia Tropical
SUNDAY 28 10:00 am - Percussion and Samba with Mestre Beicola at Brazil Culture & Arts 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Canta Brasil on KKUP, 91.5 FM
TUESDAY 23 8:00 pm - Club Bahia at Bahia Tropical
MONDAY 15 6:30 pm - Viva Brasil in Samba Dance Class at Yoshi's, followed by dancing at 8:30 pm
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TUESDAY 16 8:00 pm - Club Bahia at Bahia
Alberto's - 736 W. Dana St., Mtn View, (415) 968-3007 Aioli - 469 Bush Street San Francisco- (415)2490900 Bahia - 41 Franklin St. - S. Francisco (415) 626-3306 Bahia Tropical - 1600 Market St. - S. Francisco (415) 861-8657 Bay Area Brasilian Club (415) 334-0106
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Electronics Modern Watches (305) 372-1762 Peninha's Shop (305) 358-7019 Intern. Cellular Tel. (305) 445-2299 Export & Import L&V Trade Corp. 4_74 1 474r pm • All Braz. Imp. 8z Exp. (305) 523-8134 Via Brasil (305) 866-7718 Vigo Travel
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Kitaro Music (305) 372-8193 Skyline (305) 374-0702 Physicians Dr. Jorge Macedo (305) 271-7311 Dr. Mario Sanches (305) 541-7819 Dr. Neri Franzon (305) 772-4694 Printing Image Printing Center (305) 539-1438 Publications Brazilian Courier (305) 377-1223 Florida Review (305) 374-5235 Media News (800) 666-7543 Real Estate Integral Investments (305) 358-3655 Pacific Int. Equities (305) 865-1499 Re/Max (305) 371-3000 Restaurants Brazilian Tropicana (305) 781-1113 Brazilian Delight (305) 374-0032 Brazilian Pie (305) 866-1001
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