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The saying used in Brazil for TV, that nothing is created, everything is copied (nada se cria, tudo se copia) couldn't be more appropriate for the way the country has been doing business. Sometimes, it seems as if our industry is incapable of doing anything else but imitation, duplication, and replication. Brazil has become a paradise for fraud. From every ten videotape
films sold in Brazil, three are pirated copies, and it used to be worse. World famous names such as Pierre Cardin, Land Rover, Apple, Ray Ban have been registered by Brazilians as being their own products. Many legitimate owners of these brands are now appealing to the Justice to be able to sell their products in Brazil. In some cases, the foreign companies prefer paying the thieves to get their names back. Such a transaction can be worth $1 million, In Brazil, medicine and biotechnological inventions can be copied legally. U.S. labs complain that they
are losing $300 million a year to the Brazilian pirates. Does it seem an invention of magic realism literature? It does. Apparently only three other countries in the world still don'trespectintellectual and patent property. After two years of discussions, Congress is readying a law that should bring the country to the community of 186 nations that protect intellectual creation. The big impediment has been the government that insists piracy is good for business. It is. For some few pirates' businesses. R.M.
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CONTENTS
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Cover
The Cup is coming
Piracy: alive in Brazil
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Ibere: our best painter alive
Guimardes Rosa's short story
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15 Presidency rush
16 Anonymous Itamar
17 Killing bureaucracy
18 Heartbroken Sting
21 Soccer dance
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HISTORY
EDUCATION
Smart decree
Circus act? Was the whole story of Tiradentes' martyrdom just a staged act for gullible Brazilians' consumption? In his just released book Tiradentes, writer Assis Brasil, says that our most revered hero was never hanged. The assertion is causing bedlam not only among scholars but also among those patriots left in the country. And what happened then to the Martir da Inconfidencia? Thanks to Freemasonry, tells Brasil, he was spared the gallows. Hanged in his place was the circus performer Renzo Orsini, who played Tiradentes so well that in the end he believed he himself was the man condemned for trying to free Brazil from Portugal. With plenty of details and impressive dialogues, Tiradentes is disturbing. It just lacks evidence.
ECONOMY
Thrown to the lions For the fourth time since September, Brazil is experiencing the pains of having a new finance minister. The previous one, Eliseu Resende, lasted 81 days in office and had just presented his recovery plan. His successor, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a respected sociologist, was transferred from the Foreign Ministry while on a mission in the U.S.. President Itamar Franco didn't listen to Cardoso when he said: "President, I'm happy at the Itamaraty (Foreign Ministry) and I would like to stay." After having endured some arm twisting and ready to assume his new post, he stated: "I'm going to fight for my country." Resende left, according to himself, "hurt" and "humiliated" after charges that he had favored a former employer. The reaction to Cardoso's arrival was overwhelmingly positive. He promised not to use any shock treatment for the economy and to accelerate the privatization of state companies. That's a job for Superman. Inflation in Brazil hovers around 30%. A month.
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Why do fools fall in love? Who knows. Why do popcorns pop? Brazilian William Jose da Silva knows. Not only that, he has written a scientific essay on the pressing subject and it was published by no less than Nature, the superrespected British scientific magazine. Silva, from Unicamp (University of Campinas), has found out that popcorn has a skin distinct from the mundane corn. This heat-resisting covering acts like a pressure cooker, allowing the popcorn to cook inside till it bursts when temperature reaches 356 F. Time magazine ridiculed the finding, sarcastically recommending the work for a Nobel. Silva will have to wait in line. Freakish scholar studies are commonplace in the U.S..
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Instead of 180 days, students in Brazil will have to attend classes 200 days a year. This is just one of a series of changes that the House of Representatives has approved for the new Law of Directives and Standards for Education. Schools will have the freedom to schedule classes according to regional needs. If also approved by the Senate, schooling will be divided into four catego-
ries: child teaching (developmental education), basic education, intermediate education and higher learning. Basic education, known as first grade now, will have a first and a second phase, lasting five and three years respectively. In the intermediate level, where Philosophy and Sociology are required subjects, students can choose among three programs: the common, the technical, and the normal school. The law doesn't talk about decent salaries for teachers or better prepared instructors.
COVER
Federal piracy
Tina Turner helps to sell tennis shoe All Star in Brazil. The product is marketed in the country without the consent of Converse, the worldwide owner of the name.
Product piracy is not just a Brazilian problem. It exists here in the U.S. and all over the world. The difference is that in Brazil is not only tolerated but also encouraged by the government. CARLOS RAVE-LO
Attorney Fernando Ramazzini, who heads a major law firm in Brazil which carries his name, is curator for one of the smallest and certainly one of the most curious museums in the world: this museum exhibits fake production-line copies of some of the world's most renown brands. From fake Ray-Bans to a watered down and terribly tasting imitation of Smirnoff vodka, Ramazzini has been able to accumulate a
personal collection of "pirated" brands. Brazil is at a crossroads. And it's future now lies on the hands of the Chamber of Deputies. The problem? Brazil is - together with Colombia, Argentina and Malawi - one amongst only four remaining countries on the globe which do not have a system to provide legal protection over intellectual or patent -rights for researchers in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, computer science and others, or allow their commercialization by local or foreign manufacturers within Brazil. Brazil, you see, is a pirate nation. Shortly, and after almost two years of ongoing discussions relating to this subject matter, Brazilian parliamentarians will have the opportunity to vote in a new code for industrial and intellectual property; one in tune with Brazil's need to become part of the economic world community. However, it is not solely ethical considerations which are putting pressures upon Itamar Franco's government: it is also the inescapable fact that the United States government is drafting measures for possible economic sanctions of a retaliatory nature; and if the trend continues, Brazil will be forced to adhere to principles which have been already widely accepted by 186 other countries around the globe. Legislators are confronted with two divergent points of view at this time. One of the options lies close to internationally accepted standards, and was originated by congressman Ney Lopes, who represents the State of Rio Grande do Norte; the other proposal, based mainly upon nationalistic concepts, is being promoted by technocrats within Itamar Franco's government. This particular piece of legislation seems to over. protect Brazilian copycats, and would probably keep the country within the tiny inner circle of offending countries. Both sides- the government and Congressman Lopes - have been jockeying for voters; according to Lopes, he feels that he will be able to muster about 315 votes in the Chamber; government sources though, suggest that the voting would probably be tighter than what Lopes has stated. Their figures: 249 for NEWS from BRAZIL 90 - JUNE 1993 - Page 7
Lopes' proposal and about 219 for theirs. In any case, of the ci of Rio de Janeiro -who owns the Itaipava those who are undecided - mainly from the PSDB and chain of gas stations in Rio, is engaged in a judicial PMDB parties - are holding the swing votes, which battle with Southland Corporation, an American are absolutely necessary to carry the day for either of firm recently purchased by Japanese interests, and the opposing sides. In any case, at this late stage it still which owns the 7-11 chain of stores in the U.S. So seems to be a toss-up, and both sides are betting high far, Valle's legal fees have reached the $280,000 stakes upon the outcome. mark, in his quest to retain the tradeLopes wants Brazil to open itself mark. He is planning to open two 7up to the rest of the world; the govern11 stores shortly. He already owns ment, on the other hand, seems adaover 50 stores in a chain that exmant and almost content to insist upon tends into the states of Rio, Sao letting the show go on for the Piracy Paulo and Bahia. Gang. But, as Domingos Cord ovil, PIECE OF CAKE operations manager for the SouthBut just how did all this pirating land Corporation indicates: "We scheme come along? In Brazil, it is a have already won other cases; we simple but highly lucrative trick-ofwon't lose this one either." Souththe trade. Brazil kept its borders closed land already has proceeded - in to foreign competition for almost 20 spite of the legal hassles - to franyears. As soon as they were opened chise out dozens of stores in the up, foreign exporters dashed in to sell their wares in greater Sao Paulo area. The battle goes on. this huge new marketplace. It was then and there that The arguments raised by potential applicants they discovered that their logos and brand-names - requesting rights to trade-names at INPI are a most of them of world rescript-writer's delight. They vary from the nown - already had a Braoutright ridiculous, to the superbly original zilian owner. Names such ones. An example: several months ago, Mr. as Alfa-Romeo, Suzuki, Deodato de Oliveira - a clothing designer Canon, Mc-Donald's and from the Northeastern State of Ceara - tried to even Cartier had already gain rights to the Dior brand-name in Brazil. had registered and assigned His explanation? That in the Northeast, Dior owners within Brazil. was the nickname given to all persons named Many people believe Deodato, like himself. Unfortunately for Mr. that a closed circle of indiOliveira, the INPI does not grant trademark viduals and firms that "speregistration rights based upon the most origicialized" in this type of nal application form. transactions - with inside PAYING THE PRICE participation and assistance The Brazilian Pirateland Paradise is in deep from employees from INPI trouble now. And nowhere are the battle lines - Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial -Na- as clearly drawn as in the computer and video tional Institute for Industrial Property-had a strangle- industries. A protracted legal battle is festering hold upon at least 7,000 of the more than 45,000 between Microsoft -the American software giant foreign trademarks registered in Brazil. and Prologica, a Brazilian EASY MONEY software manufacturer. ProThe great majority of foreign firms which logica has been accused in entered into the Brazilian market chose the Brazilian courts of copying path of least resistance: that is, pay off and it's SO-16 program, from buy back their trademarks, no questions Microsoft's MS-DOS proasked. The reaping was good for many of gram, probably the most copthose pirates who played their cards right: ied software program within anywhere between $100,000 and $1,000,000 Brazil. for resale of a trademark or brand-name back Prologica is now facing to the legitimate owners. However, by 1991, the risk of having to pay more many of these foreign firms had chosen to than $10 million to Microsoft, fight back in the courts. The results have been basically for having followed by pirates and legitimate owners the free-handed government unnerving to many trademark owners and piratas alike. policies of the past. The Brazilian government Take for example Richard Valle, a carioca- native proper had promoted an open policy of allowing Page 8 - NEWS from BRAZIL 90 - JUNE 1993
COVER the pirating of software programs outright, mostly due to political reasons. This order of things continued unchecked until 1987, when Federal Law # 7646 was enacted. Its purpose was to protect copyrighting within the information industry. That same law provides an example of how well legislative intent can assist in regulating pirating and illegal copying within any industry. Prior to enactment of the law, 9 out of every 10 computer programs were unauthorized copies. The process is simple enough: all that's needed is a blank diskette - costing less than a dollar - and within minutes programs costing hundreds of dollars are neatly duplicated. The law has effectively dealt a heavy blow to illegal copying of software programs, and according to Carlos Sacco, president of ABES (Associacao Brasileira de Software - Brazilian Software Association), "Protected under a very specific law, foreign firms will not have any fear of investing here now". Furthermore, this law has significantly improved Brazil's image abroad. Nowadays, almost all major international software manufacturers are showing their presence in Brazil. Significantly, during the last two years alone, American software firms such as Word-Perfect, Sybase, Novell and Borland - among others - have been doing brisk business within the Brazilian market. And amongst the local software firms, the sales-boom has been just as successful as well. In fact, computer software programs that are locally manufactured compete with imports, in quality as well as price; they have made significant strides in export markets such as Japan, LatinAmerica and, yes!...even the U.S. GETTING LEGAL As it now stands, current laws impose between six months and two years in jail, plus a fine that could conceivably total up to 2,000 times the price of the pirated program, for offenses to copyright laws. Put in simple terms, a program copied for $10 could wind-up costing someone over 20,000 bucks, plus possible jail time. Period! In Brazil, even well-known international conglomerates such as Johnsons Wax have fallen victim to the pirate-busters: after being caught with over 150 pirated programs, they settled in an out-of-court agreement, as away to evade criminal charges. They paid-out the stiff sum of $350,000 for their piece of mind. Others, however, have not fared as well. Cases that are processed under the Brazilian Penal Code could drag through the courts for years. For instance, Converse, which manufactures sports items under the brand name All American the world over, has been litigating against All Star Artigos
Esportivos which manufactures products under the All Star name. The business is owned by the Kahtalian brothers, who originally imported Converse sneakers during the 70's, and made them the most widely sold shoe in Brazil. Attorney Flavio Leonardo is the lawyer who represents Converse before the 18th District Federal Court in Rio de Janeiro. "If Converse wins", he states, "we would get a minimum of $5 million". The result remains to be seen. Aside from clothing and liquor, videos happen to be a very profitable line of business for copy-cat buccaneers. Why? Because three out of every ten videos rented out by video stores in Brazil are illegal copies. In 1992 alone, more than 50,000 illegal video copies were confiscated from just over one dozen clandestine reproduction labs that were immediately shut-down. Nevertheless, the problem seems to linger. In a Brazil where obtaining a patent registration certificate can take up to four years, it is quite easy to misappropriate a concept or idea and exploit it, way before any patent is actually available. Therefore, anything can be copied before any unauthorized copying can be effectively proven. In fact, many rip-off schemes are actually perpetrated by employees who either sell-out employer secrets to the best bidder, or even form their own pirate companies, using the secrets from their own employers. One example is Land Rover. The company has proceeded with more than 30 separate filings in the courts, to obtain control of their trademark name, and the process is now in the hands of the Brazilian Supreme Court; in other words, they still do not know if they will be able to use the LandRover name in Brazil. THE FUTURE In spite of all the damaging faults attached to the government's proposal, it is bewildering why they continue to insist on it. The answer could simply be that, although it might be well intended, it is fraught with misguided policies. As is the case
Fear of retaliation by the U.S. is helping Brazil straighten up.
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COVER of the pharmaceutical industry in particular, the government has stated that it simply wishes to provide protection to Brazilian pharmaceutical firms. But who are these businesses? Sad as it is to acknowledge, the much lauded protection given to the pharmaceutical firms, was neither sufficient nor adequate enough to provide them respectability within the marketplace. Aside from some very few labs of unquestionable repute and quality, there are virtually hundreds of bottom-of-the-barrel pharmaceutical labs, which manufacture simple every-day use medications of dubious efficiency, often without any sort of quality control, and sometimes being nothing more than a harmless placebo. On other occasions though, many have proven to be substances which are outright dangerous for human consumption. "Brazil's insistence on being different by protecting the pirating industry, has been reason enough to create irritability and friction within the country", said Laerte Setubal Filho, Director of the Foreign Commerce Department of the Federation of Industries for the State of Sao Paulo, in an interview to Veja magazine. The fact is that Brazil is on the verge of an ugly brawl with the U.S. just to protect an undeserving sector of Brazil's industrial class. According to U.S. sources within the pharmaceutical industry, Brazilian piracy schemes have cost them close to 300 million
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The arguments raised by potential applicants requesting rights to trade-names are a script-writer's delight. They vary from the outright ridiculous, to the superbly original ones.
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SHORT STORY
The Margins of Joy A short story by our most original and erudite modern author. No one like him has been able to manipulate the idiom, creating words and erecting worlds. Rosa gives us the same feeling of being lost and of enchantment as a James Joyce. JOAO GUIMARAES ROSA Esta é a estoria. Ia um menino, COm os Tios, passar dias no lugar onde se construia a grande cidade. Era urna viagem inventada no feliz; para ele, produzia-se em caso de sonho. Saiam ainda corn o escuro, o ar fino de cheiros desconhecidos. A Mae e o Pai vinham traz'e-lo ao aeroporto. A Tia e o Tio tomavam conta dele, justinhamente. Sort-ia-se, saudava-se, todos se ouviam e falavam. 0 avido era da Companhia, especial, de quatro lugares. Respondiarn-lhe a todas as perguntas, ate o piloto conversou corn ele. 0 vfio ia ser pouco mais de duas horas. 0 menino fremia no acorcOo, alegre de se rir para si, confortavelzinho, corn um jeito de folha a cair. A vida podia as vezes raiar numa verdade ex traordinaria. Mesmo o afivelarem-lhe o cinto de seguranca virava forte afago, de protecao, e logo novo senso de esperanca: ao nao-sabido, ao mais. Assim um crescer e desconter-se certo corno o ato de respirar - o de fugir para o espaco em branco. 0 Menino. E as coisas vinham docemente de repente, seguindo harmonia previa, benfazeja, ern movimentos concordantes: as satisfacOes antes da consciencia das necessidades.
Davam-lhebalas, chides, escolha. Solicito de bem-humorado, o Tio ensinava-lhe como era reclinavel o assento bastando a gente premer manivela. Seu lugar era o da janelinha, para o movel mundo. Entregavam-lhe revistas, de folhear, quantas quisesse, ate um mapa, nele mostravam os pontos em que ora e ora se estava, por cima de onde. 0 Menino deixava-as, fartamente, sobre os joelhos, e espiava: as nuvens de amontoada amabilidade, o azul de sO ar, aquela claridade larga, o chao plano em visa° cartografica, repartido de rocas e campos, o verde que se ia a amarelos e vermelhos e a pardo e a verde; e, alem, baixa, a montanha. Se homens, meninos, cavalos e bois assim insetos? Voavam supremamente. 0 Menino, agora, vivia; sua alegria despedindo todos os raios. Sentava-se, inteiro, dentro do macio rumor do avido: o born brinquedo trabalhoso. Ainda nem notara que, de fato, teria vontade de corner, quando a Tia já lhe oferecia sanduiches. E prometia-lhe o Tio as muitas coisas que jam brincar e ver, e fazer e passear, tanto que chegassem. 0 Menino tinha tudo de uma vez, e nada, ante a mente. A luz e a longa-longa-longa nuvem. Chegavam. II Enquanto mal vacilava a manila. A grande cidade apenas comecava a fazer-se, num semi-ermo, no chapaciao: a magica monotonia, os diluidos ares. 0 campo de pouso ficava a curta distancia da casa - de madeira, sobre estacoes, quase penetrando na mata. 0 Menino via, vislumbrava. Respirava muito. Ele queria poder ver ainda mais vivido - as novas tantas coisas - o que para os seus olhos se pronunciava. A morada era pequena, passava-se logo a cozinha, e ao que nao era bem quintal, antes breve clareira, das arvores que nao podem entrar dentro de casa. Altas, cipOs e orquideazinhas amarelas delas se suspendiam. Dali, podiam sair indios, a onca, lea°, lobos, cacadores? SO sons. Urn - e outros passaros corn cantos compridos. Isso foi o que abriu seu coracao. Agueles passarinhos bebiam cachaca? Senhor! Quando avistou o peru, no centro do terreiro, entre a casa e as arvores da mata. 0 peru, imperial, dava-lhe as costas, para receber sua admiracao. Estalara a cauda, e se entufou, fazendo roda: o rapar das asas no chao - brusco, rijo, - se proclamara. Grugulejou, sacudindo NEWS from BRAZIL 90- JUNE 1993- Page 13
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o abotoado grosso de bagas rubras; e a cabeca possuia sempre mais cansado. Mal podia corn o horizonte,homens laivos de urn azul-claro, raro, de ceu e sanhacos; e ele, no trabalho de terraplenagem, os caminhOes de cascalho, completo, torneado, red ondoso, todo em esferas e pianos, as vagas arvores, um ribeirao de Aguas cinzentas, o coin reflexos de verdes metais em azul-e-preto - o peru velame-do-campo apenas uma planta desbotada, o para sempre. Belo, belo! Tinha qualquer coisa de calor, encantamento morto e sem passaros, oar cheio de poeira. poder e for, um transbordamento. Sua rispida grandeza Sua fadiga, de impedida emocao, formava urn medo tonitruante. Sua colorida empafia. Satisfazia os olhos, era secreto: descobria o possivel de outras adversidades, no de se tanger trombeta. Colerico, encachiado, andando, mundo maquinal, no hostil espaco; e que entre o gruziou outro gluglo. 0 Menino riu, corn todo o coracao. contentamento e a desilusao, na balanca infidelissima, Mas s6 bis-viu. Ja o chamavam, para passeio. quase nada medeia. Abaixava a cabecinha. III Ali fabricava-se o grande chao do aeroporto Jam de jeep, jam aonde ia ser urn sitio do Ipe. 0 Menino transitavam no extenso as compressoras, cacambas, repetia-se em intim° o nome de cada coisa. A poeira, cilindros, o carneiro socando corn seus dentes de pildes, alvissareira. A malva-do-campo, os lentiscos. 0 as betumadoras. E como haviam corta do la o mato? -a ha velame-branco, de pelticia. A cobra-verde, atravessando pergunta. Mostraram-lhe a derrubadora, que havia a estrada. A arnica: em candelabros palidos. A aparicao tambem: corn a frente uma lamina espessa, feito angelica dos papagaios. As pitangas e seu pingar. 0 limpa-trilhos, a especie de rnacha do. Queria ver? veado campeiro: o rabo branco. As flores em pompa Indicou-seumaarvore: simples, sem nem notavel aspecto, arroxeadas da canela-de-ema. 0 que o Tio falava: que aui orla da area matagal. 0 homenzinho tratorista tinha urn havia "imundicie de perdizes". A tropa de seriemas, toco de cigarro na boca. A coisa p8s-se em movimento. alem, fugindo, em fila, indio-a-Indio. 0 par de garcas. Reta, ate que devagar. A arvore, de poucos galhos no alto, Essa paisagem de muita largura, que o grande sol alagava. fresca, de casca clara... e foi s6 o chofre: ruh... sobre o 0 buriti, a beira do corguinho, onde, por urn momento, instante ela para la se caiu, toda, toda. Trapeara tat) bela. atolaram. Todas as coisas, surgidas do opaco. Sem nem se poder apanhar corn os olhos o acertamento Sustentava-se delas sua incessante alegria, sob especie - o inaudito choque - o pulso da pancada. 0 Menino fez sonhosa, bebida, em novos aumentos de amor. E em sua ascas. Olhou o céu - atonito de azul. Ele tremia. A arvore, memOria ficavam, no perfeito puro, castelos já armados. que monera tanto. A limpa esguiez do tronco e o maTudo, para a seu tempo ser dadamente descoberto, rulho imediato e final de seus ramos - da parte de nada. fizera-se primeiro estranho e desconhecido. Ele estava Guardou dentro da pedra. nos ares. V Pensava no peru, quando voltavam. S6 um pouco, De volta, nao queria sair mais ao terreirinho, la era para nao gastar fora de hora o quente daquela lembranca, uma saudade abandonada, um incerto rem orso. Nem ele do mais importante, que estava guardado para ele, no sabia bem. Seu pensamentozinho estava ainda na fase terreirinho das arvores bravas. SO pudera te-lo urn hieroglifica. Mas foi, depois do jantar. E - a nem instante, ligeiro, grande, demoroso. Haveria um, assim, espetaculosa surpresa - viu-o, suave inesperado: o peru, em cada casa, e de pessoa? aui estava! Oh, nao. Nao era o mesmo. Menor, menos Tinham fome, servido o almoco, tomava-se cerveja. 0 muito. Tinha o coral, a arrecauda, a escova, o grugrulhar Tio, a Tia, os engenheiros. Da sala, nao se escutava o grufo, mas faltava em sua penosa elegancia o recacho, o galhardo ralhar dele, seu grugulejo? Esta grande cidade englobo, a beleza esticada do primeiro. Sua chegada e ia ser a mais levantada no mundo. Ele abria leque, presenca, ern todo o caso, um pouco consolavam. impante, ex plodido, se enfunava... Mal comeu dos doces, Tudo se amaciava na tristeza. Ate o dia, isto era: ja o a marmelada, da terra, que se cortava bonita, o perfume vir da noite. Porem, o subir da noitinha e sempre e sofrido em aciicar e came de flor. Saiu, sofrego de o rever. assim, em toda a parte. 0 silencio saia de seus guardados. Nao viu: imediatamente. A mata é que era tao feia de 0 Menino, timorato, aquietava-se corn o pr6prio altura. E - onde? S6 umas penas, restos, no chao. quebranto: alguma forca, nele, trabalhava por arraigar -"Lie, se matou. Amanha niio é o dia-de-anos do doutor?" ralzes, aumentar-lhe alma. Tudo perdia a eternidade e a certeza; num lufo, num Mas o peru se adiantava ate a beira da mata. Ali atirno, da gente as mais belas coisas se roubavam. Como adivinhara - o que? Mal dava para sever, no escurecendo. podiam? For que tao de repente? Soubesse que ia E era a cabeca degolada do outro, atirada ao monturo. 0 acontecer assim, ao menos teria olhado mais o peru - Menino se dola e se entusiasmava. aquele. 0 peru. - seu desaparecer no espaco. S6 no grao Mas: nao. Nao por simpatia companheira e sentida o nubo de urn minuto, o Menino recebia em si urn miligrama peru ate aui viera, certo, atraido. Movia-o um 6dio. de morte. Ja o buscavam: Pegava de bicar, feroz, aquela outra cabeca. 0 Menino - "Vamos aonde a grande cidade vai ser, o lago..." nao entendia. A mata, as mais negras arvores, eram urn IV montao demais; o mundo. Cerrava-se, grave, num cansaco e numa renimcia a Trevava. curiosidade, para nao passear corn o pensamento. Ia. Voava, porem, a luzinha verde, vindo mesmo da Teria vergonha de falar do peru. Talvez nao devesse, nao mata, o primeiro vaga-lume. Sim, o vaga-lume, sim era fosse direito ter por causa dele aquele doer, que ptie e lindo! - tao pequenino, no ar, um instante s6, alto, punge, de dO, desgosto e desengano. Mas, mataram-no, distante, indo-se. Era, outra vez em quando, a Alegria. tambem, parecia-lhe obscuramentealgum erro.Sentia-se From Primeiras Est6rias. Page 14 - NEWS from BRAZIL 90 - JUNE 1993
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Lerner an image of competence
Presidency anyone? Apparently there is no lack of candidates to run in the next presidential elections in Brazil, in 1994. While two names have already dashed in front of the pack, scores of other hopefuls are also being considered. LYDIA MEDEIROS
The run for the presidential succession and the creation of a candidacy that would prevent an ideological polarization between Lula and Paulo Maluf, the mayor of Sao Paulo, is driving the political parties to seek their strengthening. The parties want to in-
Former president Jose Sarney
crease their fire power to influence the biggest party should have its own canselection of what is called the "third didate. For him it's too early to start talking about alliances and coalitions; way" to succession. The balance candidate should be but he confirms that his party is trying born from PSDB (Partido da Social "to assimilate cadres from other parDemocraciaBrasileira),PMDB (Partido ties", that is, the swallowing up of smaller blocs do Movimento suchas the PRN. Democratic° BraThe Presidentiables Helio Garsileiro) or PFL These are the most frequently cited names cia, governor of (Partido daFrente to run for president as an alternative to Minas Gerais, is Liberal), but all the two front-runners: being also speculation is prewooed by the mature rightnow. Jose Sarney - senator representing the of Amapii„ former president, he pefelistas. The As the 1994 elec- PMDB had his status improved with the deparconversations tions are coupled, ture of Orestes Quercia from the presiwith Garcia are however - goverdency of the party. Quercia was the natubeing connors, state and ral candidate to the presidency. Sarney ducted bya repfederal houserephas friends and allies at the PH., P1I3 resentative of resentatives, two and PP. Piaui Paes Lanthirds of the sen- Pedro Simon - senator representing the dim. Bahia's ate, and president PM1)13 of Rio (irande do Sul. I us name governor, Ant& - alliances will be has been presented before for the presinio Carlos Maindispensable. dency in 1989 when he was the governor galhaeshaseven Little parties such of Rio Grande do Sul. defended thereas the PRN are Antonio Britto - member of the I louse of creation of the Representatives from PM1)13 (Rio being coveted by "Democratic Grande do Sul), and also minister of the bigger ones, Alliance" that Social Affairs. which want to reIbsen Pinheiro - former I louse speaker. elected Tancreinforce their numwon notoriety during Collor 's impeachdo Neves for bers. president, unitThe PFL is ment process. As a PMDI3 ex-leader he is still a force to be reckoned with. ing PMDB and readyto change its Luiz Anhinio Fleury Filho - from PFL.Magalhaes name in order to PM )13. as Suo Paulo governor, a natural presented Luiz draw new con- candidate. I us prestige suffered with acAntonio Fleury, gressmen. The cusations of treason by Orestes Quercia, governor of Sao new abbreviation former president of the party. Paulo, as the would indude the Mario Covas - PSDB senator, he was a presidential word social. At presidential candidate in 1989. With candidate. The the end of May, Quercia's withdrawal he can regain the PFL would be 1,000 PFL mayors backing from PMDB. able to choose got together in TassoJereissati -ex-governor and presithe vice. Brasilia in a meet- dent of PSDB. Fleury, with ingcalled" thePFL Ciro Comes - from PS1)13 and Ceara's deep pocketsfor returns to its governor, he has very special contacts governing the with (lobo network, the same TV staroots". PFL presibiggest state of tion that greatly helped Color de Mello dent, representaBrazil, is a conto be president. tive of Pernamstant presence Jaime Lerner- from PDT. former mayor buco Jose MUcio, or Curitiba, is very popular but he will on the lists of explained the purnot be a candidate against the wishes of those looking pose of the meetLeonel Brizola, governor of Rio and for a third way. ing, "We are preHowever, the paring a majority also a presidential hopeful. PMDB crisis, party in order to have a chance to run for the presi- caused by the resignation of his political godfather Orestes Quercia -he was dency." Senator Marco Maciel, also from the president of the party but withPernambuco, believes that the second drew aftera series of corruptioncharges NEWS from BRAZIL 90' JUNE 1993- Page 15
POLITICS - might make life a litte harder for the governor. Fleury says that's too early to talk about a "third way" and maintains that the candidates "are being squashed" on the way. Another name being contemplated is Jaime Lerner, from PDT (Partido Democratico Trabalhista). Former mayor of Curitiba (Parana) Lerner is an international star as an innovator and competent manager. Lerner has been supporting an ample alliance among the social-democrat parties. The PTB (Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro) has been courted by PFL for a coalition. According to Rodrigues Palma (Mato Grosso), party leader at the House of Representatives, there's been nothing more than " pure exercise of talk" up to now. Another who has been flirting with 1'l8 - and with the new PP - is ex-presidente Jose Sarney. Sarney, who is a senator, has also been presented as a possible candidate. Despite having left the presidency in disgrace, polls show him now in fourth place among the voters. The tucanos (toucans - PSDB), after a courtship with the PT (Partido dos Trabalhadores), a party whose president is Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, the presidential front-runner at this time, have decided to present their own candidate. The name of senator Mario Covas was proposed even by president Itamar Franco, but there are plenty of signs that the paulista (from Sao Paulo) Covas is more interested in running as a candidate for governor of Sao Paulo. Foreign minister Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a tucano himself, is getting better marks every day as a possible presidential candidate. Another name with special appeal is the minister of Social Affairs (Previdencia), Antonio Britto. The PMDB intends to present its candidate as the biggest national party. But even the peemedebistas are not rejecting the idea of a coalition. House representative Ibsen Pirtheiro, from Rio Grande do Sul, who had a boost to his prestige during the process to impeach president Fernando Collor de Mello, seems less viable nowadays.
Itamar Doe The Brazilian president at the same lime that he wants respect, he craves for artonimity. According to some, this is making him act very unpresidential and putting his life in jeopardy. EDGARDO QUINTANILLA
Itamar Franco, Brazil's president, has brought a new style to the presidential politics of Brazil. In a country beset by crime and the desire among the powerful to feel safe, Itamar Franco's style has raised eyebrows and questions among his fellow citizens. Itamar, as he is called by the Brazilian media, has forcefully expressed his wish to either reduce to a minimum or to do away with the ever present bodyguards or security whose bodies and weapons are supposed to deter or minimize any attack against Brazil's leader. After he became President, Itamar has gone out with his family, with little or no security, to the streets of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. However, his unannounced and unofficial walks on Juiz de Fora, the city where Itamar grew up, have not escaped the eyes of the Brazilian media. The press has shown pictures of the President comfortably taking a stroll arm and arm with his daughter Georgiana at a commercial street in Juiz de Fora, have debated the merits of the risks that Itamar is taking, and have speculated on his reason for doing so. Thus, V eja, Brazil's most respected weekly, noted that, in one of those walks, Itamar went with his family to
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circus just like any other family out for entertainment. The president has dismissed from his official home in Brasilia and from the lobby of his presidential office, the presence of armed secret policemen dressed in suits and ties. On the occasions when he steps outside his official home to hold short impromptu press conferences with the pack of reporters who camp there, Itamar appears by himself and without any apparent security. The president has also reduced the number of protective vehicles which accompany him on his travels. On one occasion this year, Itamar travelled unannounced to Juiz de Fora late at night in an Opala car which did,. not even have a telephone or a CBradio. Itamar's car was followed by a single car. Itamar's desire to avoid surrounding himself with bodyguards or secret police, has been taken up by Itamar's two daughters. Itamar's immediate family a ttend s to their work and schooling in Juiz de Fora without the use of body guards or security police. For the presidential Military Staff, whose business it is to protect Itamar's physical integrity, Itamar'swish to minimize the security around him has been a major problem. Brasilia's daily Correio Brazdiense pointed out that the militaries task is to provide the best protection for Itamar with the utmost possible discretion. Some Brazilian political analysts believe that Itamar's laid back style, with its deemphasis on the use of armed security arises from Itamar's aspiration to be a common citizen. Other pundits are describing that howevert as a "new marketing". Such comment was made in reference to the remark that Itamar made soon after the came into power that the now-discredited Collor administration had been nothing but a "mere marketing". •
ECONOMY
Red, red, red tape Brazil, which made the world chuckle when it created an AntiBureaucracy Ministry, seems condemned to suffocate under tons of useless legwork and paperwork. Not even the dead are spared. RODOLFO ESPINOZA
Wasting time in real or imaginary bureaucratic lines is no privilege of Brazil or other Third World countries, but Brazilians seem to have elevated this nagging habit to an art form. Every year, the average citizen spends half a month just waiting in line, filling up forms, taking pictures, paying bills. After all, for more than 40 essential public services Brazilians have no choice but to use the government services or diservices and this includes water, power and telephone. Brazil, to the scorn of the world, had from 1979 to 1985 a Debureaucratization Ministry. Despite the laughable idea of creating more bureaucracy to deal with bureaucracy, the National Program for Debureaucratization was able, while it lasted to get rid of some of the most flagrant absurdities such as the notary public authentication for almost any photocopy. The authentication proves that the photocopied copy is a real copy of the original. Many of the decisions of the Program have been overturned in recent years, however. Renewal of a driver's license is one of the areas where bureaucracy has been creeping up again. Thanks to the National Program for Debureaucratization, the health check-up to get a license was valid until the person was 40 years old, having to be renewed only every 10 years after that. Now, regardless of age, medical examination is required every five years. And the picture that had been eliminated from the driver's license is now obligatory again. Many state Detrans (Traffic Departments) are also requiring the once abolished "authentication". To transfer a car from one state to another, for example, Rio's Detran requires no fewer than 12 documents. They include a certificate for tickets, a theft certificate, a police historical of the vehicle, and a transfer receipt. The reasoning behind this avalanche
of red tape is to prevent theft. "Nonsense," says Piquet Carneiro, former minister for Debureaucratization. "Real life shows us that the more documents there are the easier it is for the swindler, since he is able to produce fake documents as convincing as the authentic ones." A study prepared by the University of Brasilia show that Brazil wastes $1 billion every year with entirely useless red tape. This waste represents 6% of the production capability of the country. Another way to put it: the same loss would be attained if Brazil's 300,000 auto workers went on a strike for a whole year. In the First World this loss is 2% in the average. The government bug has attacked the private sector too. According to Trevisan Auditores e Consultores, a consulting firm, more than 13% of the private work force spend their time controlling and analyzing government taxes and regulations. And this ratio would be even higher, according to Ant6nio Trevisan, co-owner of the company if worker's compensation and unemployment matters were included in the calculation. Surrealistic as a Kafka or Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, the Health Ministry has created a special register for those products allegedly exempt from registration. Companies need a 170 page guide to try to find their way in this bureaucratic maze. Some pharmaceutical firms are not interested in commercializing their products anymore when the permit is given. And it's easy to understand why. There are requests that have been dragging on the Ministry's desks since 1987. To take care of a backlog of more than 6,000 applications there are only four technicians. Anybody willing to open a company dealing with cosmetics, disinfectants, surgical material and medicament has to wait months, and sometimes as much as a year, just to open the door. Add some years for every product to be manufactured, since each one needs a special authorization. Does the company want to change the bottle from glass to plastic? OK, pick your number, and wait in line again. Even well-established products with permits can face the bureaucratic ghost. Despite all the apparent exacting precautions, the Health Ministry itself published earlier this year a list of 32 drugs
that are now considered useless. The labs have to withdraw the product from the market place or submit it to a new process of approval There is also a possibility of producing some medicine theoretically exempt from registry. That would include any drug described in the Farmacopeia Brasileira, a semi-official guide for medicaments produced in Brazil. In this case, all the firm has to do is to fill up a form and wait. After two years (you've read it right!) the company will get the permit. Another bureaucratic device that seemed buried for good has been showing signs of life recently. It's the good record certificate, a document obtained from the Police stating that the person has no criminal past. No foreigner trying to be a Brazilian citizen can be naturalized without this piece of paper. Besides that, the postulant to citizenship has to present 15 other documents including half a dozen of certificates stating that there is no process against him in the Courts. Naturalization can take more than two years, after all the papers are presented. Cello Franca, the former executive secretary for the National Program for Debureaucratization, sees the situation as chaotic. "Brazil has reverted to the 30s, when there was no government organ to deal with administrative chores," he laments. Brazilians shouldn't expect to escape bureaucracy through death. Violent ones are the most bureaucratic. It requires an amazing number of documents starting with the Police report. Next the Police send a telex to the Criminal Institute, responsible for opening an investigation, and another to the Civilian Police. After the Criminal Institute ends its work (in two hours, approximately) the Coroner takes the body for the autopsy. It takes about 12 hours from the moment of the death to the autopsy conclusion. Only now the family gets the medical report and goes to the mortuary where a series of documents have to be completed and signed, among them the death certificate, the burial permit, title for the cemetery lot, and a contract for the mortuary services, including funeral and burial. Even for those who die from natural causes the body cannot leave the house before the police are notified, prepare their report and take the dead to the Death Verification Service. This process takes at least nine hours.
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ECOLOGY rgr7
The suffer with Indians, givin ecologi EM ER S
In Discourse on the Origin and Bases ofInequality among Men written in 1754, Jean Jacques Rousseau celebrated the "natural" man, blaming society for corrupting people. The French writer found in British rocker Sting a contemporary disciple. He has been a crusader of this philosophy, presenting Indians as his friends, while he collects money all over the world for his Rainforest Foundation, an organization created to protect the Amazon and its native dwellers. While Rousseau kept his theory of the bon sauvage intact, Sting has found out very soon that this is an ultraromantic notion that cannot resist the reality test. Disappointed, he has been telling the world what he really thinks about the Brazilian Indians: "They try to cheat you all the time and this can be very frustrating. They are apt to see the white man more as a source of money than a s a friend. I was too naive and I'm leaving behind my jungle days." His complaint seems directed mainly to the Caiap6s and their Txucarramde chief Raoni, in whose company the singer has paraded throughout the world, being received in the same week of May of 1989 by Pope John Paul II (picture), Prince Charles, and French president Francois Mitterrand. Sting doesn't intend to stop lend-
ing his prestige to the Amazon cause he has just headlined a show called Children for the Rainforest at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles - but he says he is not interested in participating in ecological meetings anymore, adding: "I will continue doing benefit shows, however." Raoni nowadays doesn't think very highly about his former globe-trotter companion either. According to the chief, Sting's help is something he can do without: "I didn't know Sting was badmouthing the Brazilian Indians," declared Raoni recently. "He is the one who made a lot of money thanks to me. The Brazilian Indian d oesn' t nee d him. We'd better forget Sting. Let him say whatever he wishes." Sting, through the RainforestFoundation, has raised about $15 million so the Caiapos could have their land demarcated in the State of Para. But now, instead of preserving their territory, the Indians seem to have caught money fever, offering mahogany trees and gold mines inside the reservation to the highest bidder During one meeting they had in Brasilia with president Itamar Franco, in February, the CaiapOs gave an ultimatum to the government. Either they will be allowed to log in 16 areas they occupy right now or they want to be compensated at a price tag of $800,000
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a month. In the eighties they were making an average of $10 million a year selling mahogany, mainly to Europe. They allege needs of survival. While the ordinary Caiap6 Indian is lacking the bare necessities such as food, medicine, and clothing, their caciques (chiefs) have been buying luxurious items like satellite dishes, super loaded automobiles and planes. Another severe blow to the Indian image occurred last June, during Eco92, Rio's Earth Summit. That's when a scandal occurred involving cacique Paulinho Paiakan, who is accused of torturing and raping a student in Para. The judicial process against Paiakan has come to a halt because of legalities. After listening to the prosecution's arguments and witnesses, the judge still hasn't decided if Paiakan is to be tried as a Brazilian citizen or as an Indian. If the latter prevails, he can't be punished. Another problem is how to choose the defense lawyer. Should he be chosen by Funai (National Foundation for the Indian), by the judge, or by the defendant himself? Under home arrest, Paiakan is forbidden from abandoning the jungle. There, he seems to have forgotten his romance with the perks of civilization. He has sold his car and his plane, and refuses to speak in Portuguese. "Even condemned, I shall not leave," he solemnly swears. LOOMING BATTLE In the state of Mato Grosso, a growing conflict among Nambiquara Indians, loggers and the Funai staff, might end up in a war among the 13 tribes that live in the Guapore Valley. The situation got worse when some Kithaulu Indians, after finding some loggers inside the reserve, burned all their equipment and seized a pick-up truck. Lourenco Arlindo, a Nambiquara cacique, defended the sale of jungle wood by the Indians as a survival necessity, since Funai "is not fulfilling its role." According to Arlindo, the loggers were working with cacique Kenton in response to Kenton's own appeal, "because they don't have any
ECOLOGY other way to provide for their people." ment, after they have paid for and cut Arlindo also says that the Indians the trees. In another indictment, the are getting neither food and clothes nor health care and transportation for Nambiquaras talk about the creation of a ghost association by the ones who get Marcelo Santos, a former sick. Most of the employee from Funai. Unmoney sent b y the der the name of Awaru, this government to asorganization would be colsist retired Indilecting money from all over ans is going into the world for the Indians. Funai's employHowerver, no funds are ees' pockets, who reaching the natives. in turn buy ordy a Calossu, a leader from little corn flour the Kithauly tribe, states that and rice with the the pickup truck forcibly money. seized will not be returned According to unless the loggers leave the Arlindo, some Chief Raoni area. According to him, only wood is being 2 of 13 Nambiquara tribes sold so that the are selling trees and the others are Indianswill not starve. He also accuses against the idea. Funai's officers of allowing the access On another front of the logging of loggers to the reservations, and keepwar, one more rubber tapper leader ing the money for themselves. The has been killed in the Amazon. Arnaldo also charges Funai's adminiscacique tration with inciting the Indians to kill Ferreira, president of the Rural the loggers and to burn their equip- Worker' s Union of Eldorado do Carajas
"The Brazilian Indian doesn't need him. We'd better forget Sting. Let him say whatever he wishes."
in the state of Para was murdered during his sleep. Father of nine children, Ferreira, like Chico Mendes, had been a vocal critic of deforestation. In November 1992, Ferreira, participated in a Greenpeace protest which was able to stop a sawmill at Maginco, a logging company accused of illegally cutting mahogany on Indian reservations. In conjunction with its counterpart in Britain, the U.S. Rainforest Action Network has called for a moratorium on the import of Amazonian mahogany to the United States. In Brazil, Fundacao Mata Virgem, the Brazilian branch of the Rainforest Foundation, is changing its approach. Instead of promoting the purchase of planes and automobiles for the Indians, the organization intends to fund projects that will encourage the Indians to save their environment. "The Indians have to be aware that they are selling their own life when they allow the extraction of wood and gold from their own lands, " says Fundaca o Mata Virgem's president Olympio Serra. •
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Dancing on the grass Pele used to celebrate his goals with a solitary closed fist thrown into the air. More recently, soccer players would get together with some colleagues. Now, however, the celebration has been turned into a production that can last several
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overdo it. In a recent classification game valid for the Liberators of the Americas Cup, between Flamengo from Brazil and Minerven from Venezuela (Brazilians minutes. won 8 to 2), Galicho scored the third goal for Flamengo, and the CARLOS RAVELO players from Flamengo took to the field to dance to the rhythm There's a new fad on of axe music, one hand on the The Brazilian soccer team that is going to play in Brazilian soccer fields, and waist, the other waving in the Connecticut and Washington. D.C., this month will be the change is driving Braair. Until recently such gestures used mainly to test the security of the stadiums and the zilian soccer fans wild. would have been considered infra structure being prepared for those players who will Marking a goal is the surebe part of the '94 World Cup in the US.. The squad should less than manly. The very same include some Brazilians playing in Europe, the so called fire cue for players from day Viola and his Corinthians foreigners. Corinthians, Palmeiras, also did a very well choreoBrazilians from several northeastern states are charFlamengo and Flurninense graphed number, doing a tering buses to root for their national team. The first game to start doing the trainbunny line, arms and fists high will be June 6, in Connecticut, against the US. The other shuffle, sambas, timbaladas two will be in Washington against Germany on June 10 in the air. and against Great Britain on June 13. or the hottest step, the gutAccording to anthropoloThe organizers of the World Cup in the US. started a gut, where the players gist Roberto DaMatta, in an very visible campaign in the media to make the global swing their hips. Yes, folks, interview to Veja magazine, competition more visible in a country of baseball, basketchoreography has reached "the choreography is another ball, football, but not futebol. In one piece run in Time professional soccer, and the under the title "Starting Now, les an American Classic", fine example of the originality the copy reads in part: "Billions of people (yes, billions) referees of Cobraf, the Braof Brazilian soccer, and it rewill see the World Cup on TV worldwide." zilian Committee on Soccer flects the general state of affairs World Cup tickets will be available to the public on Refereeing, aren't smiling. in the country." He adds: "In a June 15, 1993. They can be purchased by calling (800) 769Several weeks ago, the country which has an exagger1994. Credit cards, money orders, and cashier's checks rank and file threatened to will be accepted. Except for Detroit and Chicago, tickets ated inflation rate, an overwill be sold in a series of five games for each venue. All put an end to those "abuabundance of hoodlums, and a kind of information about the Cup can be obtained calling sive and dilatory" exhibigeneralized state of injustice, a -,1 (310) 277-9494. tions. The means would be ; goal must also be celebrated in through punitive measures an extreme manner." Ivaldo that can be imposed by any Bartazzo, a professional choreof the game referees, something that ,'exaggerations" are: leaving the field, ographer, says: "It's an unrestrained they definitely enjoy doing. running around the athletic field, or celebration that breaks the rigidity of The umpires seem to be appalled even pulling your shirt over your head. soccer. It enlightens the warlike cliby all this celebration. According to Viola, who plays for the Corinthians, mate which sometimes tends to perthem, the players can celebrate their was punished because he crouched on meate the air during soccer games." goals, but in a speedy manner and the field after scoring a goal and simu- One thing is certain: the fans love it. It always within bounds of the field. In lated a phone call.., boasting to some seem that, Brazil has added another spite of its ruling, Cobraf has not estab- invisible character about his goal. In fresh and original ambiance to its allished what the maximum limit for other words: celebrate, but don't ready spicy soccer tradition. those mini-celebrations should be. Ivan Mendes, president of Cobraf, observed: "Those players who exaggerate their celebrations will be punished with a yellow card; those who repeat will get a red one." Among the things that Cobraf classifies as being
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Ibere Camargo may not be interested in the art younger artists are producing, but he is very much in tune with the political and social moment. His last effort - a series of gouaches - deals with one of the worst nightmares of our times: AIDS. The painter has used the play The Man With a Flower in the Mouth from Italian Luigi Pirandello to paint some of the huge portraits. The artist, who used to wear down his models by keeping them locked on his atelier for hours while he portrayed them, this time went a step further. He transfonned his studio into a stage where the actors had to repeat scenes again and again, and sometimes were required to freeze one tableau, while he feverishly froze them on the canvas. The latest work is peopled by the same spectral characters that have been present in his painting for some years now. Some have compared his
present work to Goya's deformed masks. One of the most impressive paintings of the Sao Paulo exposition is On the Wind and On Earth II. In purple and blue metallic, it shows a person lying on the floor, with an ample horizon as background, and a little bicycle in the back. It's the most expensive piece: $46,400. In the last few years, Ibere has commanded higher prices than any other Brazilian painter. And he can sell practically all he produces. The painter, who has lived in Rio since he was a teenager, is back in Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul). He has built a vast atelier in his backyard, so big that he says with an intact sense of humor: "I've set up this studio in my house, this thing of the First World, as if I were going to live 200 years. I do intend to live 200 years. Other-
wise it wouldn't be worthwhile for the money I've invested and the time I've studied." Camargo is one of those rare persons who can talk as if they were writing a poem. That's the way he described his childhood and the influence of this period on his work in a recent interview: "I was born in Restinga Seca, in 1914, in a little village. For me, Restinga Seca was no more than a train station, a watertank, a railroad, and the distant hills. It was no more than this: a house here, a house there, everything lost in a broad space. The plains are very melancholy and an individual can easily cry while watching a sunset. The sunset, those stretched shadows, those empty roads, those wanderers, those horsemen trotting. It's a solitude you can feel in the air. These things hurt. I consider Rio Grande do Sul' s landscape metaphysical because it is very simple: a horizon, a sky, the pampas. It' s an unadorned landscape, but dense, rich with suggestions... I don't love flowers. I think God created flowers in a moment of mawkishness. I prefer the firewood, the thorns, the thistle. I always tell my wife: "if you go to the cold crypt,
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ART don't take me scapes where green and flowers but brown were the domithorns." Because nant colors. It was at the I appreciate dry end of the 50s, when branches: Caesar Camargo was getting weeds, mataclose to his own 50th cavalo, mariabirthday, that Brazil mole, those wild started to take notice of plants of the this dedicated artist. plain. Even the That's when he smell from the started the long and now papaya tree sefamous series called Os duces me, makes Carreteis (The Spools). me drunk with These were paintings saudade (longing) from memory. Spools and memories." that his mother gave him On another after taking off the thread occasion he were the only toys the stated: "I wasn't The Spools' his most famous trademark painter had when a child. born to play with the body, make Crazy for women, he used to dis- In the next two decades, Ibere would adornments, dress up the world. I embark from one heartbreaking pas- become more and more abstract. paint because life hurts." No Brazil- sion to another one even more painMore recently, his favorite modian painter talks to us with more ful. At 20, one of these short-lived els are students who come to visit passion, sincerity, and virtuosity and romances resulted in a daughter, him, unglamorous people he meets makes us feel worse than There with Gerci. He moved to Rio when he was on the streets and his own maid. He his deformed bodies. 28, once again thanks to a scholar- also uses a plaster mannequin mainly Thanks to a talent that enabled the ship. for those occasions in which uncompainter to get several scholarships, Influenced by his teacher Guig- fortable position would discourage a the son of railroad workers was al- nard, in the 40s, Ibere painted land- flesh-and-blood model. ways able to study art. It He doesn't spare time or started at Escola de Artes e paint. He can spend a few Oficios, in Rio Grande do Sul, hours or many months creatwhen he was 14. ing a painting. He can use His teacher at that time around 100 layers of imported was so taciturn that he paint when trying to get a spewouldn't even greet the pucial effect or convey a particupil, using almost only geslar feeling. It's not uncommon tures to communicate. His for him to spend close to $2,000 work consisted in copying on paint alone to create one of reproductions of paintings his lareger works. from magazines. Writing in the Carioca daily The painter liked the apJornal do Brasil art critic Wilproach. This way, as he would son Coutinho said: "The happy say later, he could study as face of painting in this country during the Renaissance, is represented by Volpi. The "studying the masters and bitter, cyclothimic face is reptrying to understand how resented by Ibere." they solved their problems." Addicted to the brush, Later, during his trip to EuIbere never stops painting. rope and in touch with the Lately he has also been dedioriginals in museums, he cating some time to writing. would repeat the experience. In 1988 he released a book of Rebel Ibere was expelled short stories, No Andar do from high-school for refusTempo. Now he is preparing ing to walk in line and for his autobiography. laughing when he wasn' t supHe promises it won't be a posed to. The expulsion was conventional tale but various reconsidered, but he never texts about important facets finished high-school. He has of his life. He explains: "Life is been studying since then, sameness, the only interest are "but as for titles, I was never the moments that transcend able to get anywhere." the day by day." The Man with the Flower the Mouth helping fight AIDS V*44 • Page 24 - NEWS from BRAZIL 90 - JUNE 1993
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"I scraped the canvas: the paint, then, fell on the ground and I spread it with my sleepwalker paces. I was stepping on flesh that had been life."
lbere, the writer One day, I was startled by the unexpected death of my dear friend and pupil Angela Maria, who left me her paints and her palette. Grieving with the pain and moved by this last gesture of affection, I decided to paint with the these tints a picture as a tribute to her. On the white canvas, the work came to life, splendid as a bird stretching its wings on the purest of blues. I was inspired by a cloud of black smoke that ,once in Jaguari, I saw rising towards the blue sky, blown by a locomotive that had passed close to the old cemetery whore my parents rest. The smoke sullied that blue and afterwards dissipated itself as a veil. I worked with passion. The shapes expanded freely, immaterial as feelings. Ending the dream that created it, it awakened in me the demanding and formal critic. I found, then, a flaw: two brush strokes ruptured the matter's texture. They were as loose threads in a mesh. With spatula strokes I tried to incorporate them. Trial and failures ensued. Thus I ended by destroying the work. Again and again I tried to recreate it. In a ultimate effort, I decided to find again on that matter the path already treaded. I scraped the canvas: the paint, then, fell on the ground and I spread it with my sleepwalker paces. I was stepping on flesh that had been life. Now I was alone in my defeat. The night progressed and, with it, despair and fatigue. Defeated, I decided to destroy the painting, reducing it to pieces. I wanted to erase my defeat. Exhausted, I left the arena and the weapons - the atelier, the brushes, the paints - as the vanquished do. On my vigil, I finally understood that I had rendered a tribute to that friend, through the most fervent of prayers. This certainty gave me solace. The painting had been created, it had existed. Its life was as fleeting as the sunrise. There are lives that last only for an instant. Yes, I've made a tribute, a prayer. It existed, although no w there is nothing left but memory.
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Is it Brazil? A play by a Brazilian playwright, telling a Brazilian plot, has its premiere in Hollywood. The story made our critic ponder and now he makes us also reflect upon it. BONDO WISZPOLSKI
Sol Biderman's To Kill a Mandarin unfolds with an aura of serene optimism in present-day Sao Paulo. But when Martin (actor Dan Hirsch) confides to his wife Angelica (Wendy Robie) that their marital bliss is so wonderful that it can't possibly last, we cringe and await the thrust of misfortune. In these moments of domestic tranquillity, the play revolves around a non-actor, Martin and Angelica's 5-month-old son, Sergio. This child is the budding fruition of love and hope, and is cared for by Iracema (Patricia Stepken), a level-headed maid with many years of loyalty to the family. The class and social friction which eventually permeates To Kill a Mandarin is punctuated throughout by TO KILL A MANDARIN the appearance of beggars By Sol Biderman calling out for food. At first, Martin is quite generous; in time, this extension of his humanity will steadily withdraw. The arrival of Sister Beneplacita (Andrea Goyan) from the orphanage seems harmless. She has brought with her the 16-year old Serafina (Karen Biderman) a picture of shy innocence whom she will glibly foist upon Martin and Angelica as a governess for little Sergio. Iracema alone remains wary. Like Cassandra, she sees what' s coming. Like Cassandra, no one will listen to her. Poor Serafina, what an impoverished life she's led. Angelica, however, is too trusting, too naive. "Take whatever you want," she tells Serafina, referring to her wardrobe. And we say, "Angelica, when you open your heart and extend your generosity, you never know what will rush in." The reversal is swift. Serafina reveals herself to be a wedge of ignorance, greed, crassnet,s, and lust. It's suspected, then confirmed, that she mistreats Sergio. Martin is exasperated, but he will not force the issue with Angelica and throw Serafina out the door. And, again, no one listens to Iracema. As quick as bullets, three short scenes are fired into the audience. Angelica calls upon her padre for advice. "Everything leads to death,"
is the extent of his feeble message. Next, we sadly watch as Iracema takes her leave; she will not allow her dignity to be splattered by Serafina's impudence. And we watch as Martin ineffectively implores a court judge to help him in ridding his family of its divisive menace. The judge is unmoved. Who does Serafina belong to? he asks. Martin answers, She belongs to Later, when the play ends in a riotous chili pepper red swirl, Serafina exhibits no sign of remorse. But why should she? Although she's overturned a stable if perhaps shallow household, the capacity for remorse had never been a part of her make-up, or had certainly never been nurtured. Despite Martin's early altruistic allusions to Rousseau and his ideal of the Noble Savage (i.e., the innate goodness of man), Serafina is bodily evidence to the contrary. So what is Sol Biderman opening up and probing at in To Kill a Mandarin? Is he suggesting that the poor merely replicate themselves, that poverty is a closed cycle With no exits? And even when an opportunity for a better life does appear, could it be too late? Serafina doesn't shed her ill-bred habits, as we might hope; she merely rechannels them to further serve her self-interest. She defers to others only when it will increase her own power. And the remedies? Education? More jobs to restrain poverty and raise the living standard? Maybe. But Biderman seems to be suggesting that there are too many of us. For example, the orphanage from which Serafina is expelled has twice as many occupants as it does beds. Is this a metaphor for the overflow of Sao Paulo's homeless, abandoned children? If so, does Serafina symbolize the whole lot of them? When a city's fringe population swells at a pace faster than social services can provide for it, any possible equilibrium will remain elusive. Out of this self-choking predicament comes the sad truth that has found and encircled Martin and Angelica: If you're naive, if you're generous or a good Samaritan, you're also a potential victim. By some people, you won't be thanked or appreciated; you'll be shoved aside. As bleak a picture as this is, To Kill a Mandarin, directed by Susan Snyder, is candid and provocative. It makes us frown and it makes us ponder. The play was admirably performed in April and May at the Chamber Theater in Studio City. • NEWS from BRAZIL 90 - JUNE 1993 - Page 27
sublime Ary If he were alive, Ary Barroso would be celebrating his 90th birthday Brazilians don't want to let the date pass without proper celebration and the fires have already started to blaze. PAULO PESTANA
As the author of the real Brazilian national anthem A quarela do Brasil, Ary Barroso has entered Brazil's memory as a chauvinist. Injustice. Only now, when we are celebrating his 90th birthday he died in 1964- Ary Evangelista Rezende Barroso s starting to have his vast and varied musical production researched. A songbook containing 100 of his melodies should be released by year's end, and Sergio Cabral's No Tempo de Ary Barroso (In Ary Barroso's Days) has just been published. Now, about 400 songs he composed have been recorded on the double CD 90 Anos - Ary Barroso, a special release of Fenab, the National Federation of Athletic Asciations of Banco do 13rasil. The record would certainly please the exacting oso. It has a big orchestra, arrangements by aestro Orlando Silveira and pre-bossa-nova sing, that is, crooners with potent throats. The election is impeccable, the result of research done collector Jose Silas Xavier, who has strained his emory and consulted old recordings to arrive at result. Among the guest artists, the biggest rise is the presence of caipiras Pena Branca e &inging Caboca and Por Causa Desta ,,,_ arroso is one 'Ot," deciare„.In,9usand g li a-and declares accords!, .,..e_r_. .-He is nistono te the composer's Lotn4-,sA rrys rsotp oeons:ern, y,,2r__see, h '7grtIoni the overextended tan medddituito ' . pi : t11,41... tr east a7o.7.6 ntndtHh , weaehrtn01 liked to Page 28 - NEWS from BRAZIL 90 - JUNE 1993
overshadow until recently, t of his songs. Among other activities, he was a pia host of a live radio show, a sport broadcast better, a Flamengo fan - a politician, an omnipreS1 ent personality in the cultural scene of Rio de Janeiro in the 30s and 40s. It's unbelievable that he was able to compose so much amid such a whirlwind of activities. Songs would flow with ease from his piano keyboard, even the ones made on request. One of the many stories about him says that he composed, in 1953, the classic Risque ( Scratch Out) in order not to be left behind when heartbreak music was all the rage. Another story told by Serglek:F.akralf who is WS releasing the book No Teinpo 'de the composer creating Ori order six sOngsfor!a-Say. in just one sitting at the piano. As for Ailuarela do Brasil-the original name A qu ar ela B rasileira is used in this release - it was born during a break between conversations with his sister and brother-in-law. According to journalist Ruy Castro in his book Chega de Saudade, Tom Jobim and Newton Mendonca composed Samba de uma Nota SO (One Note Samba) to tease Barroso. "Here is this little samba..." they sang in a calculated effort to provoke the composer who used to scold rookie singers who didn't know the names of their songs' composers. Conservative, Ary Barroso complained when the tambourine lost its place to the battery and the guitar gave way to the banjo in the Brazilian ensembles. He also attacked the jazz: "Even the piano has declined with jazzification, as has the Brazilian mannerism that I learned and had progressed with. I am a victim," he said in an interview to Rio daily Correio da Manhci. Record producer Xavier tried to retain this combative and traditionalist spirit and for that he gathered more than 50 artists, many of them forgotten by the media. At least three have worked with Ary Barroso: sax-tenor Biju, trumpetist Formiga and trombonist Ed Maciel. The recordings were made with reverence. The recruited singers seem to have been possessed by Barroso's soul and they open their mouths with fervor. Some songs stand out immediately such as Caco Velho, interpreted by Luiz Claudio and Zeze Gonzaga, Caboca and Per CausaDesta Caboca, and Brasil. Moreno, which opens the record with the Same flavor Barroso would have given to one of his instrutnental melodies. }iowerver, the record creates a uniformity that didn't pi.eviouslv exist in Ary Barroso's music. He used.to explore all known avenues of Brazilian music of the time. Nothing escaped his attentive as, choros, sambas-cangaes, marches, ear " es. Serious songs with complex often s had a counterpoint in happy and gs created to be sung during Carnaval •
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Aquarela do Brasil The lyrics The American version of Aq mirela rhymed June with moon. The original lyrics exalt the black, their culture and swing melting with the landscape of Brazil. Brasil Meu Brasil brasileiro Meu mulato inzoneiro Vou cantar-te nos meus versos 0 Brasil, samba que (IA Bamboleio, que faz gingar 0 Brasil do meu amor Terra de Nosso Senhor Brasil, Brasil Pra mim, pra mim 0i, abre a cortina do passado Tira a mae preta do cerrado Bota o rei-congo no congado Brasil, Brasil Deixa cantar de novo o trovador A merencoria luz da lua Toda a cancao do meu amor Quero ver a sa-dona caminhando Pelos salbes arrastando 0 seu vestido rendado Brasil, Brasil Pra mini, pra mim Oh! Oi essas fontes munrnurantes Oi onde eu mato minha sede E onde a lua vem brincar Oh! esse Brasil undo e trigueiro Es meu Brasil brasileiro Terra de samba e pandeiro Brasil, Brasil Pra mim, pra mini
Timeless Aquarela More than 100 songs were researched by Jose Silas Xavier to accomplish the commemorative Ary Barroso album. Naturally, the jingoistis songs that made the composer popular for so long are an important part of what was chosen for 90 Anos - Ary Barroso. Aquarela do Brasil (sometimes called simply Brazil), together with Garota de Ipanema, is the best known
Brazilian song overseas. It was the inspiration - by contrast - for the title of Terry Gilliam's movie about a future society choking on its bureaucracy. Walt Disney loved the song so much that he included it in Saludos Amigos, starring Ze Carioca, a Rio rogue parrot. Written in 1939, the song was just the first of a series of melodies celebrating the country and Brazilian towns. Maestro Orlando Silveira excelled at the arrangements, with a rich introduction and a traditional interpretation fora song that has been sung and played in the most diverse rhythms - from rock (Made in Brazil) to disco (Alice Street Gang). The singers Gilberto Milfont and NtIbia Lafayette follow the gala style determined by the arranger and conductor. Ary Barroso also sang the Minas Gerais where he was born (he was from Uba) with Aquarela Mineira; he sang Rio (Rio de Janeiro), Bahia (No Tabuleiro da Baiana, Na Baixa do Sapateiro, Os Quindins de Iaiii), and the country again with Brasil Moreno.
Ordered by first lady Darcy Vargas, Brasil Moreno has not received the attention it deserves. Its melodic richness is rediscovered by Orlando Silveira in a luscious arrangement. On the steps of Aquarela do Brasil, Ary Barroso created a brilliant sequence with resources that samba didn't know until then - crescendos and diminuendos - emphasized by the metal and violins of the arrangement. Luiz Peixoto lyrics were forsaken in order to stress the musical content. That was a smart decision.
Watercolor of Brazil Brazil My Brazilian Brazil My sly mulatto I'm gonna sing you on my poem Oh, Brazil, samba that inspires Swinging, that makes you jiggle Oh Brazil that I love Land of Our Lord Brazil, Brazil For me, for me Hi! Open the curtain of the past Remove black mama from confinement Place Congo King in the Congo dance Brazil, Brazil Let the troubadour sing again Underthe melancholic moonlight All my love's song I wanna see missus strolling Through the salons dragging Her lace-trimmed dress Brazil, Brazil For me, for me Oh! These murmuring springs Where I quench my thirst And where the moon comes to play Oh! This fair and brunet Brazil You're my Brazilian Brazil Land of samba and tambourines Brazil, Brazil For me, for me
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BOM APETITE - FOOD
Zabumba's revenge
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though. We finished our dinner with arranged and the food seemed to be an exquisite expresso. All said and very tasty. It wasn't just a mirage. eaten, including tip, we've spent $65. Everything was great, except for the Considering the environment and black beans, that had a good consis- the food, all four of us agreed that we tency but were insipid. Something had a great dinner. It was worth the the French chef should take a look at. price, and they take all credit cards. I We also asked for aipim frito (fried should add that on Fridays and Satmanioc). It came too fast. It has been urdays Zabumba has live music. It made for a longtime, I thought. Like will sure make dinner an experience the beans, the aipim was also flavor- even more enjoyable. For the time less. being, the restaurant opens only for We all considered the size of our dinner from 6 p.m. on and it is closed portion reasonable, but it wouldn't on Sundays and Mondays. Accordbe enough if we were really hungry. ing to management, however, soon LOU AFFAME I should add, however, that's cus- Zabumba will be serving lunch and tomary to have some appetizer when Somebody more radical might say going to a good restaurant. None of dinner seven days a week. it is useless to give anyone a second us tried the desserts (I am getting fat Zabumba - 10717 Venice Blvd., chance. I am the kind who believes again and my guests seemed to be Culver City - (310) 841-6525 - Open there is always hope for the human worried with their waistlines too) for dinner fromTues day to Saturday. race. That's why I got all excited they looked great on the menu when I was told that the Zabumba restaurant had a new chef. And not less than a "Francais". Last time B. and I went to Zabumba we liked the place, but we had a terrible experience with their Brazilian food. And they had then a Brazilian cook!!! So, why not a French one? This time we went with a couple Now, with this unique American of friends. The first surprise was the Accent Program, it's possible to new environment. Spotless, pleasant eliminate any unwanted accent candles on the tables, paintings by --easily, quickly, and forever! Carioca-hearted American artist Here's how it works: David De Hilster, tres chic indeed. study guide, and a hand mirror for watching and By practicing exercises in American-style EnThe second surprise, less agreeable, matching the production of sounds. We are so glish vowels and consonants, you'll immediately was the new prices. They increased a certain you'll see improvement in your speech feel comfortable going beyond pronunciation lot. Now it is almost impossible to patterns that we'll give you a 30-day money back and into intonation, or the "melody" of American have an entrée for less than $10. And guarantee if not completely satisfied! speech. All exercises are read by "native speakappetizers are costing between $4 ers" of American English, so you can be sure you are practicing the most accurate pronunciation. and $6. But the philosophy that in"I never realized how much my Southern drawl After just a few sessions, you'll experience: duces us to give a second try, also held me back before I started using this Accent • New willingness to "speak up" Elimination Program. Now, instead of being conrules out prejudice. So, we ordered. stantly looked down upon, by my clients, they look • Heightened self-confidence the food. -Heavy Equipment Salesman up to me!" •Improved business & personal relationships B. asked for bacalhau (codfish), • A strong feeling of acceptance "Since coming to this country, I have seen a lot of our friends chose a lombinho de porco Designed by The Ford Language Institute, a opportunity.. until going through this program and (pork tenderloin) and a moqueca de worldwide-recognized leader in speech enhancemaking a real effort to reduce my heavy accent, I ment and training, The American Accent Procouldn't take advantage of it. Now, I speak with peixe (fish simmered in oil and pepconfidence, and people seem to trust me more..." gram includes: eight audio cassettes—eight full per), and I decided to try a churrasco -Real Estate Salesperson hours of instruction and practice, an illustrated (barbecue beef). They didn't have Complete Set: Call Today! Toll-Free (800) 544-3055 juice, so I had water, the ladies drank diet Coke, and M. got a tap beer. $149® Ford Language Institute Or FAX orders directly to: When the food arrived we had water VISA • M/C .AMEX Campus Dr. STE.200-NFB 4199 Please add $6.00 S & H (714) 854-5106 in our eyes. The plates were very well Calif. residents add 81/47, sales tax Irvine, California 92715 USA
After a stormy beginning, Los Angeles' Zabumba restaurant, had closed its doors. We cried its demise and lamented that one more Brazilian spot had bitten the dust. But Zabumba has resurrected after a plastic surgery. Our critic went to check it out.
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PROFILE There's more to being an angel than having a good heart. It takes long hours, hard work, persistence, and a certain amount of street smarts. Los Angeles, the City of Angels, may be one of the best places to hone these skills. At least one of the city's angels has learned them well and is watching over Brazil. Mercedes Foster is the American spirit of Sister Dulce, Brazil's Mother Teresa. Foster is president of the Sister Dulce Charitable Foundation in Los Angeles. Through this foundaMrs. Foster receiving a medal from Brazilian Ambassador Rubens Ricupero tion, she is helping to ease some of the tragic conditions of Brazil's poor, a year. He only traveled first class, stayed in suites, took his primarily through deliveries to Sister family, all on March of Dimes." DuIce's Hospital Santo Antonio in Bahia. In 1964 Foster read an article about Sister Dulce in Reader's Foster's gift for charity is pragmatic and Digest. "And it told about her story," Foster recalls. "Very uncompromising. She has turned her home sweet. Very sad. So I tried to call and she had no phone in those into a virtual warehouse, where box after days. So I made it over there." Foster took a taxi to the Hospital box of medicines, hospital supplies, and Santo Antonio and asked the driver, " 'Is Sister Dulce still in clothing cover the floor of her living room, this hospital?' He said, 'She just took that bus with two boys. block the path to her kitchen, pack her She's going begging for food in the market.' So I told the taxi garage, hide in her spare room, and, after driver, 'Follow that bus.' The meeting that resulted was "love all that, still require a separate storage struc- at first sight." ture. "If my friends don't like it," she smiles, Through nonstop efforts, diligent mailing, and telephon" they don't have to come." ing, Foster has managed to develop important resources to Antibiotics, pain relievers, cough syr- further her work. In addition to yang and Vasp, there is Direct ups, vitamins, skin lotions, crutches, knee Relief International. "They help all over the world," says braces, latex gloves, nurses hats - all are Foster. "They send a lot of things to Bosnia, to Somalia. But squeezed in wherever there is extra space, they save me some." Other donors include St. Joseph's Hospiwhether on the porch or in the dining room. tal, an Anaheim troop of The Boy's Clubs of America, OperaAn X-ray machine sits covered in the yard, tion U.S.A., and Oakley Eyeglass Wear, which provides thouwaiting for transport. "yang gives me 150 sands of T-shirts and sweat shirts in mint condition. kilos a month," says Foster. "That's 330 For those who want to help, "They need toys for the pounds a month, freight free. Vasp does the children," says Foster. "But don't give me broken-down toys. same thing." But even with this generosity, A lot of Brazilians need clothes." Clothes. Shoes. And coats and an additional container from a steam and sweaters for winter. Is there anything she needs more of, that she never seems to get as much as she needs? "Money." Money isn't spent here, but is sent to Brazil where it buys essential equipment and supplies, even a tractor to help Sister Dulce's orphans produce their own food. In 1989, Foster received from FRANCINE ALEXANDER the Brazilian government the Orship line, some der of the Southern Cross for her equipment is too heavy and must wait. work, and a rosary given to Sister Dulce by the Pope was in Everything else is earmarked for a June trip to Brazil, turn a gift to Foster. But the reward she seeks most of all is coinciding with a tour group Foster has arranged through her assistance. "Mother Teresa was lucky to be in a country where travel company, Brazil Tours. Last year Foster went to Brazil they speak English," she says, "so they got help from all over five times, escorting on the most recent trip $150,000 worth of the world. Unfortunately, Sister Dulce, in Salvador, Bahia, is antibiotics to fight cholera. She arranges for the donations to very regional, very local. There's so much done for other travel with her groups so that she can ensure supplies go countries, but not Brazil. It makes me angry at times." where they're supposed to go. "I make customs open every Sister Dulce died last year, and her legacy is now in the single box," she says. "I don't want them to think I'm taking hands of her niece, Maria Rita Pontes. Here in the United things to sell." States, Foster continues as devoted as ever. "Mother's Day, my Foster has worked with Sister Dulce since 1964. "I used to birthday, or Christmas, I don't want any presents. I want be a travel agent for March of Dimes and City of Hope in the money. So my children give, my brother gives, in lieu of sixties," she says, explaining the beginning of her involve- Mother's Day, so much for Sister Dulce." Mercedes Foster has ment. "And every time they traveled, I used to give part of my certainly earned her wings. commission to them. Then I found out that the president of the Do you want to know more? Call Sister Dulce's March of Dimes - in those days, in 1960 - had a salary of $44,000 Charitable Foundation at (213) 738-6012 or (818) 767-1200 •
She doesn't wear a frock. Her convent are the streets of Los Angeles, Rio, and Salvador. But very few people do for the Brazilian poor what this woman has done and does. Meet
Sister Mercedes of Los Angeles
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TOURISM is considered by many better than Rio's festivities. June is time for bonfires, balloons, and traditional sweets and beverages, during the Festas Juninas, which celebrate St. John, St. Anthony and St. Peter. Founded in 1549, Salvador is the oldest Brazilian city, and was the first capital of Brazil up to 1763. It hasn't lost its majesty since then. Its population of about two million (65% of African descent) maintains the traditions, religions, celebrations, and dances that the Africans introduced during the time of the slave trade. Its colonial architecture contrasts with the modern buildings; and beautiful tropical beaches, framed by coconut palm trees, encircle Salvador. The capital of Brazil for more than andNowhere else in the world have blacks outside Africa preserved more their culture. Thanks to two centuries, Salvador was saved of that, Salvador is always creating an excuse to have when Rio took its place. But the Bahia a party. There is always some capoeira and afoxi music going on. Daniela Mercury, the hottest town never lost its grandeur. Brazilian singer nowadays, a Baiana, has brought a new visibility and spice to the city. The capital of Bahia also displays folk art proARIANE DALLA DEA duced all over the state. The artisans are varied I arrived in Salvador on February 2nd, the day dedicated to and abundant, working with a diversity of matethe goddess of the water, Yemanja. The celebration took place rials which include leather, wood, metal, fiber, silver, gold, and earth. at the Rio Vermelho beach, in an To learn about its archienormous street fair with counttecture you might start with less numbers of booths selling the Basilica Cathedral, built everything from food to souvein 1604. This temple served nirs. Each booth played a loud as a seminary. Don't skip and different style of music of Nossa Senhora da ConceiAfrican influence. cao Church, built in 1739, or Some booths had live music, tl the Bonfim Church, where but the majority played either It' there is a true combination reggae, lambada, samba, Afriof African and Christian can, or Caribbean music on huge 111 religions, and where the speakers, and each louder than Baianos (natives of Bahia) the next one, fusing the sounds express their devotion to Baianas, beautiinto one music. Oxala, syncretized as Jesus fully dressed in their traditional Christ. wide white dresses carried gifts, The Lavagem do Bonfim which thousands of devotees (the washing of that churhave offered to Yemanja. ch's stairs), held every JanuThey came from all over the ary, is the highest demoncountry to bring her flowers and stration of their faith. The perfumes, asking Yemanja to churches are very imporfulfill their wishes for money, tant tools for those interlove, success, and happiness. ested in studying the baSmall boats carried the presents roque architecture, the city in a procession to the ocean, and and the art of Salvador. Acthey were then thrown in the cording to popular belief, water for the queen of the sea. in Salvador there is one Salvador is a big party all church for every day of the year around. On New Year's Eve year. there is the procession of Senhor The museums complete Born Jesus dos Navegantes. In a the churches' lessons in more sober note, during the Holy Bahia's art and history. The Week, there are many procesAfro-Brazilian and City musions, Procissao do Encontro seums, at one of the most being the most famous. Its important colonial architecCarnaval, with trios eletricos and tural complexes in Brazil, plenty of popular participation, With Baianas traditions live on
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TOURISM the historic Pelourinho Square, are lessons on local traditions and culture. Pay special attention to the Bahia Art Museum, which harbors 9,000 art pieces. A slope 262 feet high and 12 miles of extension divides Salvador into two levels (the cidade baixa and cidade alta high town and low town), and the Lacerda elevator connects them. In the high city you will find the museums, the historical building, most of the churches, and the Castro Alves square (famous for its carnaval). In the low city you will find the business center, the port, and the Mercado Modelo where you can buy an enormous variety of souvenirs, crafts, and taste the local cuisine. In one of the entrances you may enjoy a Roda de Capoeira, the AfroBrazilian martial art that embraces music and dance. The beaches of Salvador are some of the most beautiful of Brazil. Start at the Itapod and go to Jardim de Ala (Garden of Allah) with its coconut and palm trees, or visit the islands of the Baia de Todos os Santos. Itaparica, the biggest one, is 45 minutes from Salvador by ferry boat, and hosts a great collection of historical sites. It offers good hotels and restaurants along with calm beaches. As for the food, Bahia's cuisine is out of this world, a mix of Brazilian, Portuguese and African that you will not find anywhere else. Here are some of the most common ingredients of the exquisite dishes: dende (an African palm) oil, coconut cream, ginger, coriander. Go easy on the spice at the beginning, until you have tested you own digestive tolerance. It doesn't take time to fall in love with this cuisine, but your stomach
might be a little lazy and take a little longer to get used to all these riches. There are direct flights from any major Brazilian city to Salvador. Check with your travel agent for schedules and prices. Driving is an option that you should consider. The road s to Salvador from Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro are in good shape and the scenery is something you can't get in any airplane. Add to that the wonderful experience that is driving cross country in the tropics.
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de urn Farsante - Pedro Collor Brother of ex-president washes Fernando Collor's dirty clothes. 2. 0 Sucesso Nilo OcorreporAcaso - Lair Ribeiro - Brazilian doctor living in the U.S. teaches how to improve mental capacity. (Rosa dos Tempos) 3.Prosperidade- Fazendo Amizade corn o Dinheiro - Lair Ribeiro Dealing with money. (Objetiva)
4. Comunicaccio Global - Lair Ribeiro - Persuasion techniques. (Objetiva) 5. Confissoes de Adolescente Maria Mariana - Diary about teenager conflicts.(Rlume Dumard)
Fiction
1. 0 Alquimista - Paulo Coelho An individual trying to find his destiny. 200 weeks on bestselling list. (Rocco) 2. As Valkirias - Paulo Coelho Mojave Desert's revelations, including meeting Guardian Angel. (Rocco) 3. Escrito as Estrelas - Sidney Sheldon - The author of sex and money is back. (Record) 4. 0 Didrio de um Mago - Paulo Coelho - A man in search of spiritual mysteries walks more than 400 miles. (Record) 5.Doze Contos Peregrinos - Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Short stories about Latin-Americans living in Europe. (Record)
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TASTE OF BRAZIL Dori Caymmi, Ivan Lins, and Ricardo Silveira will be some of the stars in the Ambassador Foundation's Third Annual Pasadena Jazz Festival. The celebration which will take place both in the Ambassador Auditorium and alfresco, will happen August 7 and 8. Other participants in the festival are Dave and Don Grusin, as well as Diane Schuur and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. The first night was reserved for a Brazil Spectacular, when Dori, Ivan, and Ricardo will be accompanied by a large ensemble. Tickets can be purchased by calling (800) CONCERT.
CAUSE TO SMILE Brazilian dentist Gilberto Henriques, has started a program to educate kindergarten children about the need of adequate dental care. In a visit to his office in Hollywood, the children from the Carroll Rees Academy, learned about the importance of the right food, and the value of proper brushing and flossing. June Carroll, the principal of the kindergarten said that she is convinced that the visit will help some children to keep up the preventive care for life. Dr. Henrique's phone number is (213) 464-0524.
With Dois Irnulos (Raphael Rabello &Paulo Moura), The Bonfa Magic (Luiz Bona), and Gosto do Brasil (Nonato Luiz, Djalma Correa, and Luiz Alves), Fantasy, Inc, a recording company from Berkeley, California, has just started what promises to be a long series of releases by Brazilian instrumental musicians. The
three CDs are the "Everything about the result of a licens- Caju product is first-rate: ing pact between the production, packaging, Fantasy and Caju the music itself. And we Music, a Rio re- feel confident there's a cording firm. market for it in the U.S." Under the terms of the agreement, at least six Caju titles will be released every year. They are being issued through the World Music series from Milestone label. Phil Jones, executive vice-president for Fantasy, is very enthusiastic with the new deal. He says:
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WEDNESDAY 2 7:30 pm - Live Musica Sertaneja at Brazilian Tropicana 9:30 pm - Miguel Cruzat Mango's
THURSDAY 3 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabe cao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 9:30 pm-Miguel Cruzat Mango's
FRIDAY 4 6:30 pm- Rita e Cassia e Ca . • cao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 7:30pm- Pagode at La Fiorentina 8:00 pm - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explosion band at Mango's 8:00 pm -Paulo Gualano Band at Bay Club 8:30pm - Lambada, capoeira and samba at Brazilian Tropicana 9:00 pm- Brazilian Jazz at Hotel Vila
SATURDAY 5 6:30 pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 8:00 pm - Live Brazilian Music at Brazil Delicious Restaurant 8:00 pm - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explos ion band at Mango's 8:30 pm - Lambada, capoeira and samba at Brazilian Tropicana 11:00 pm - Tonia Elizabeth sings Brazilian Jazz at Alcabaza
SUNDAY 6 4:30 pm-Miguel Cruzat Mango's 6:30 pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights
MONDAY 7 8:00 pm -Live Brazilian Music at Brazil Delicious Restaurant 9:30 pm - Miguel Cruz at Mango's
TUESDAY 8 7:30 pm - Charles & Rafael sing Milsica Sertaneja at Brazilian Tropicana
SITES 8z PHONES Alcabaza - at the Coral Gables Hyatt Bay Club - at the Four Ambassadors - 901 S. Bayshore Dr., Miami Brazil Delicious - 916, 71st St., Miami Beach - (305) 865466 Brazilian Delight - 154 SE 1st Ave., Miami Brazilian Tropicana - 410 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach - (305) 781-1113
THURSDAY 24 WEDNESDAY 9 9:30 pm - Miguel Cruz at Mango's 7:30 pm - Live Mnsica Sertaneja at Brazilian Tropicana
THURSDAY 10 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 9:30pm -Miguel Cruz at Mango's
FRIDAY 11
•: I pm- ta e asstae a ecao 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 Bay Club 8:30 pm - Lambada, capoeira and samba at Brazilian Tropicana 9:00 pm - Brazilian Jazz at Hotel Vila
SATURDAY 12
6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 8:00 pm - Live Brazilian Music at Brazil Delicious Restaurant 8:30 pm - Lambada, capoeira and samba at Brazilian Tropicana 11:00 pm - Tonia Elizabeth sings Brazilian Jazz at Alcabaza 8:00 pm - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explosion band at Mango's
SUNDAY 13
6:30pm- Rita e Cassia eCabecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 4:30 pm - Miguel Cruz at Mango's
THURSDAY 17 6:30pm-Rita Cassiae Ca ecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 9:30 pm - Miguel Cruz at Mango's
FRIDAY 18 .. pm- ita.e Issue ecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 7:30pm- Pagode at La Fiorentina 8:00 pm - Paulo Gualano Band at Bay Club 8:00 pm - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explosion band at Mango's 8:30 pm - Lainbada, capoeira and samba at Brazilian Tropicana 9:00 pm - Brazilian Jazz at Hotel Vila
SATURDAY 19 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecio sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 8:00 pm- Live Brazilian Music at Brazil Delicious Restaurant 8:00 pm - Erica Norirnar & 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
SUNDAY 20 4:30 pm - Miguel Cruz at Mango's 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e C_abeclo sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights
MONDAY 21
SATURDAY 26 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao 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
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WEDNESDAY 23
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FRIDAY 25 6:30pm- Rita de Cassia e Cabecao sing from samba to lambada at Copacabana Nights 7:30 pm - Pagode at La Fiorentina 8:00pm -Paulo Gualano Band at Bay Club 8:00 pm - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explosion band at Mango's 8:30pm - Lambada, capoeira and samba at Brazilian Tropicana 9:00 pm - Brazilian Jazz at Hotel Vila
9:30 pm -Miguel Cruz at Mango's 7:30 pm - Charles & Rafael sing Mnsica Sertaneja at Brazilian Tropicana
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9:30 pm - Miguel Cruz at Mango's 7:30 pm - Live Mtisica Sertaneja at Brazilian Tropicana
WEDNESDAY 30 9:30 pm -Miguel Cruzat Mango's 7:30 pm - Live Mtisica Sertaneja at Brazilian Tropicana
WEDNESDAY 16 9:30 pm -MiguelCruzat Mango's 7:30 pm - Live Mtisica Sertaneja at Brazilian Tropicana
anno s sca). Miami Copacabana Nights - 3430 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pont pa no Beach -(305) 941-2751 Fedora's - at Hotel Adrian - 1060 Ocean Dr., Miami Beach. Hotel Vila -5960 SW 70 St., Miami - (305) 667-6664 La Fiorentina - 196 SE 1st. Ave., Downtown Miami -(305)358-7482 Mango's Tropical. Cafe - 900 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach - (305) 673-4422
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calendar - june 93 - los angeles WEDNESDAY 23
TUESDAY 1 7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion Classes &Escola deSamba at Brazilian Music Center 8:30 pm - The Rio Thing at Le Cafe 9:00 pm - Brazilian Night with live music, dance and food at Fa is-Do-Do
WEDNESDAY 2 7:30pm- Brazilian Scenes -Channels 3,37, 52, 61 - Public Access
FRIDAY4 5:30 - 9:30 pm - Ana Robles at Grand Ave. Bar (Biltmore Hotel) 8:00pm- Brazilian jazz, samba & pop at Zaburnba
SATURDAY 5 11:00 am - Meia Noite & AfroBahia present Percussion Workshop at Stein on Vine 7:00 pm - Tomas Ss Katalina aka Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas Janson singing Bossa Nova at The Amazon Café 8:00 pm - Brazilian jazz, samba & pop at Zabumba 9:00 pin Ss 11:00 pm - Moqui & The El Super Blancos at Le Café
SUNDAY 6 8:00 pm - Hugo Jo-Jo at Nucleus Nuance
TUESDAY 8 7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion Classes &Escola de Samba at Brazilian Music Center 8:00 pm - Tomas Ss Katalina aka Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas Janson singing Bossa Nova at Alice's Restaurant 9:00 pm - Brazilian Night with music, dance, and food at FaisDo-Do
Alice's- 1043 Westwood Blvd. Westwood - (310) 208-3171 Amazon Café - 2301 Artesia B1.-Redondo B.- (310)371-2915 At My Place - 1026 Wilshire Bl. - S. Monica (310) 438-9241 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
RADIO & TV
Sounds of Brazil- Every Thursday, 9:30 am - 11 am, KPFK, 90.7 FM with Sergio Mielniczenko Brazilian Hour- Every Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 am -10 am, KXLI.J, 88.9 FM with Sergio Mielniczenko 0 Brasil no Ar - Every Saturday, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon. Cable System - San Fernando Valley - Ch. 48 Ch. 38 UHF, L.A. & Orange - Ch. 46 UHF, Hidden Hills Ch. 46 UHF: Calabasas, S.F. Valley, Simi Valley
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730 pm-Brazilian Scenes -Channels 3,37, 52, 61 - Public Access
FRIDAY 11 5:30 - 9:30 pm - Kl4ber Jorge at Grand Ave. Bar (Biltmore Hotel) 8:00 pm - Brazilian ja 7 /samba & pop at Zabumba
SATURDAY 12 11:00 am - Meia Noite & AfroBahia present Percussion Workshop at Stein on Vine 7:00 pm - Tomas & Katalina aka Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas Janson singing Bossa N,, \ a at The Amazon Café
SUNDAY 13 8:00 pm - Olodu.m from 5ahia at Fais-Do-Do. See ad. page 11.
TUESDAY 15 7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion Classes at Brazilian Music Ctr. 8:00 pm - Rique Pantoja at the Gallery Theatre, Bamsdall Art Park. Hot Summer Jazz program. - 4800 Hollywood Blvd. - Info: (310) 455-1958. 8:00 pm - Tomas Ss Katalina aka Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas Janson singing Bossa Nova at Alice's Restaurant 9:00 pm - Brazilian Night with live music, dance & food at FaisDo-Do
Catalina Bar & Grill- 1640 N Cahuenga Bl. (213) 466-2210 Fais-Do-Do - 5257 W. Adams L.A. - (213) 932-9034 Grand Ave. Bar - Biltmore 506 S. Grand Av(213) 612-1595 Kafe Kaflca - 6069W. Sunset BI-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
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730 pm- Brazilian Scenes -Channels 3,37, 52, 61 - Public Access
FRIDAY 25 8:00 pm - Ge6rgia Martello at Kafka 8:00pm- Brazilian jazz, samba & pop at Zabumba 9:00 pm & 11:00 pm - Laurindo Almeida at Le Café
SATURDAY 26
11:00 am - Meia Noite Ss AfroBahia present Percussion Workshop at Stein on Vine 8:00pm- Bra zilian jazz, samba & 7:00 pm - Tomas Ss Katalina aka pop at Zabumba Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas Janson singing Bossa Nova at The SATURDAY 19 Amazon Café 8:00 pm - Brazilian jazz, samba & 11:00 am - Meia Noite & Afro- pop at Zabumba Bahia present Percussion Work- 9:00 pm & 11:00 pm - Laurindo shop at Stein on Vine - Almeida at Le Café 6:00 pm - 2:00 am - Festa Junina (June Party) promoted by Clube SUNDAY 27 Brasileiro da California. 1442 W. Collins St. - Info: (714) 857-6764 - 8:00pm- Brazilian jazz, samba & (714) 744-1877 - See ad at page 41. pop at Zabumba 7:00 pm - Tomas & }Catalina aka Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas TUESDAY 29 Janson singing Bossa Nova at The Amazon Café 7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion 8:00 pm - Brazilian jazz, samba & Classes at Brazilian Music Ctr. pop at Zabumba 8:00 pm - Tomas & Katalina aka Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas SUNDAY 20 Janson singing Bossa Nova at Alice's Restaurant 8:00pm - Hugo Jo-Jo at Nucleus 9:00 pm - Brazilian Night with Nuance live music, dance & food at FaisDo-Do
FRIDAY 18
TUESDAY 22
7:00 pm - Brazilian Percussion Classes at Brazilian Music Ctr. 8:00pm - Tomas & Katalina aka Kathleen O'Connor & Tomas Janson singing Bossa Nova at Alice's Restaurant 9:00 pm - Brazilian Night with live music, dance & food at Fa isDo-Do
Le Cafe - 14633 Ventura Bl. Sh. Oaks - (818) 986-2662 Lula Dance Studio-5179 • W. Adams Bl -(310) 310-280-3467 Lu.naria -10351 Santa Monica Bl.. - W. L.A. -: (213) 282-8870 Moonlight Tango - 13730 Ventura - S.0.-(818) 788-2000 Nucleus Nuance - 7267 Melrose Ave. - (213) 939-8666 Pavarotti & Stein- 762 Pacific Ave. - 213 667-2894
WEDNESDAY 30 7:30pm - Brazilian Scenes -Channels 3,37, 52, 61 - Public Access
Shark Club - 1024 S. Grand Ave. - L.A. - (213) 747-0999 Stein on Vine - 848 N. Vine St. Hollywood - (213) 465-4762 Truly Yours - 18588 Ventura B1 - Tarzana - (818) 996-3131
Venice Bistro - 323 Ocean Ft Walk, Venice, (213) 392-3997 Vine Street - 1610 Vine St. Hollywood - (213) 463-4375 Waterfront Café - 205 Ocean F. Walk,Venice- 310 392-0322
calendar - june 93 - s. francisco WEDNESDAY 2 6:00 pm - Jack Gates with Bossa Nova at Chambord
THURSDAY 3 6:00 pm - Doug Gittins with Bossa Nova at Chambord 7:00 pm - Paulo Kamira interprets Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
FRIDAY 4 7:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Batucada at Aioli 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
SATURDAY 5 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Carlinhos Oliveira in Feijoada Musical 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 - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
SUNDAY 6 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 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
MONDAY 7 6:30 pm - Viva Brasil in Samba Dance Class at Yoshi's, followed by dancing at 8:30 pm 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
TUESDAY 8 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
WEDNESDAY 9 6:00 pm - Jack Gates with Bossa Nova at Chambord 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
FRIDAY 25
- RADIO Canta, Brasil - Every Sunday, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - KKUP, 91.5 FM, with Xuxu, Maria Jose and David Heyman A Hora Brasileira - Every Saturday, 3:00 pm, KPFA, 94.0 FM with Elvira Cola and Eric Taller Tropicana Brasiliana - Every Friday, 7:00 pm, KUSF, 90.3 with Raimundo Franco Brasileirinho - Every Wednesday, 9:30 pm, KZSC, 88.1 FM with Renato Frota
FRIDAY 11 pm- isa va & Batuca a at Aioli 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
SATURDAY 12 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Carlmhos Oliveira in Feijoada Musical at Brazilian Fruit Basket Restaurant 3:00 pm - A Hora Brasileira on KPFA, 94.0 FM 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
SUNDAY 13 10:00 am - Percussion and Samba with Mestre Beicola at Brazil Culture & Arts 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
TUESDAY 15
SATURDAY 19 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Carlmhos Oliveira in Feijoada Musical at Brazilian Fruit Basket Restaurant 3:00 pm - A Hora Brasileira on KPFA, 94.0 FM 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
SUNDAY 20 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 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tro cal
MONDAY 21 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Club Tropical
TUESDAY 22
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WEDNESDAY 16
WEDNESDAY 23
7:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Batucada at Aioli 7:00 pm - Tropicalia Brasiliana on KUSF, 90.3 FM 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
SATURDAY 26
: pm - II pm - ax os Oliveira in Feijoada Musical at Brazilian Fruit Basket Restaurant 3:00 pm - A Hora Brasileira on KPFA, 94.0 FM 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical 8:00 pm - Festa Junina/Ju.ne Party Traditional Brazilian festivity with bonfire, forro, quad rilha, and typical sweets, food, and drinks. At 11 Palm Ct. - Woodside. Call the Bay Area Brazilian Club at (415) 334-0146
SUNDAY 27 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 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
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THURSDAY 17 6:00 pm-Doug Gittins with Bossa Nova at Chambord 7:00 pm - Paulo Kamira interprets Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tro 'cal
THURSDAY 24 6:00 pm -Doug Gittins with Bossa Nova at Chambord 7:00 pm - Paulo Kamira interprets Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Brazilian Music at Bahia Tropical
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Brazil Cult. & Arts - 659 S. 22nd St. - (510) 215-8202 Brazilian Fruit Basket Rest. (415) 626-6434 Chambord - 152 Kearney St. S. Francisco (415) 434-3688 Sol y Luna - 475 Sacramento St.- S. Francisco (415) 296-8696 The Ramp -855 China Basin San Francisco (415) 621-2378 Yoshi's -6030 Claremont Ave. Oakland (510) 652-9200
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