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different political camps are betting that the real will cut Brazilian inflation to zero, at least initially. That's the problem. Brazilians have been so many times through this mill before , -- '-- '' - "-- • ------ -- that the majority seems to be skeptical The denials don't convince any- that this time the prescription is really more. Brazil has taken the Argentin- going to work, ian way to try to tame the inflation We've just commemorated the that's devouring its economy at a eighth anniversary of the Plano rate of 40% a month. Now we have Cnizado introduction, the father of all our dollar and it's called real. People post-dictatorship authoritarian ecoshould start using it anytime, prob- nomic packages to fix Brazil. The soably before June. For those used to called FHC2 (for Finance Minister the American dollar the conversion Fernando Henrique Cardoso) plan has between the two currencies couldn't better chances to work than its cousbe simpler. One real = one dollar. ins in the past and not only because of Most of the economists even from the lessons learned in some eight other
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failed plans in less than one decade. Our dollar reserves are solid and the country is again starting to grow. Moreover this time the reforms are not a jack-in-the-box jumping at an unsuspecting and unprepared citizen. The plan has been discussed exhaustively and corrections have been made and are still being made in concert with Congress. Our cover story tries to bring a little light to this last rescue mission to save the Brazilian economy. We even talk about some few and powerful oligopolies that would love to see the FHC2 fizzle and be thrown in the drain of good intentions gone sour. Ate breve. R.M.
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Clarice Lispector's short story
Jobim and the Constitution
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6 Rapidinhas 12 Letters 42 The Cultural Pulse 43 Por ai 45 Miami Calendar 46 Los Angeles Calendar 47 San Francisco Calendar 48 That's Brazilian
Boca Livre wooing the Yankees
Amazon: pastor or spy?
21 The Selecdo is training here
23 Immigration: the interview
32 National rock
38 Instrumental Music, the next wave
40 Santa Catarina: first class travel
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In launching his Campaign Against Unemployment famous Betinho painted a scary picture showing too many Brazilian children in the work force. The recently-released IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) report, 0
The mayor of Ibitirama in Espirito Santo didn't expect the voters to be so upset after he was accused of stuffing his own pocket with public money. Jose Matavelho Neto and his aides, however, weren't able to get to their offices when they showed up for work. About 1,000 people armed with shotguns, axes and sickles surrounded City Hall and couldn't be dissuaded troll' their intent: lynch the, mayor. Matavelho and hisli; people asked for asylum in Alegre, a neighboring town.
Trap de Desigualdade Social no Brasil (The Social Unequal Sign in Brazil), is
even scarier. According to the study, only Paraguay and Haiti are in worse shape. Among 62.1 million workers in the country, 14.2% are between the ages of 10 and 13.
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Porno model Lilian Ramos, 27, who was shown all over the world, pantiless and wearing only a T-shirt, at the side of President Itamar Franco during Rio's Carnaval, continues to abuse her I5-minutes of fame. Invited by Playboy Argentina to pose for the magazine, she arrived in Buenos Aires, saying that she was in love with Hamar and guaranteeing: "I'm very sensitive to social problems." She even tried to meet notorious Don Juan Argentinean President Carlos Menen. He followed his "no" by saying: "I don't know what this girl wants. What she did (with Itamar) was in very bad taste." People
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How are Paulistas and Cariacas using the miracle of communication? Teletrim, a digital-message service just started in Brazil, has the answer. In Sao Paulo, 80% of the messages deal with orders to buy or sell stocks. In Rio, 80% of the users are saying things like: "Darling, I'm hot and I can't wait." Criminals have their own reserved space now in the cemetery of Sapucaia do Sul in the Greater Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Mayor Luiz Francisco Barbosa ordered the preparation of 10 graves that have been isolated by a wood fence and the sign: : "Bandits' Retreat". "This is to discourage crime," says Barbosa. 6
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Off the hook Brazil was taken off the black list of countries that disrespect patents for pharmaceutical products and intellectual property on February 25. The White House had given the country, until the last day of February to comply with a resolution dealing with the matter. In case of noncompliance Brazilian products would be subject to stiff sane- tions. Such a retaliation would be a hard blow for exporters who sell every year close to $8 billion in goods to the U.S.. They've been sleeping better.
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NEWS from BRAZIL -APRIL 1994
Not everyone is interested in the success of the plan of Brasilia to fix the economy and end inflation. While the vast majority of the population see the so-called FHC (for Minister Fernando Hen rique Cardoso) Plan as the last chance to save the country's finances, some oligopolies are betting against it. These recent weeks they have been in a frenetic run to raise their prices, as they have profitably been doing with mastery for the last two decades. Brazil is a champion of inflation: 5.500% a year. The FHC Plan in its initial phase is not an inflation-slayer but only the janitor who came to straighten up the big mess. Since 1986, illustrious and not so illustrious ministers have been freezing prices to eradicate the uncontrolled hike of prices. Cardoso didn't do this and his plan didn't even come as a surprise. He started the fight with the introduction of the URV (oorvee, as they say in Brazil), an index to end all other indexes Brazilians have been using to fix prices and survive inflation. Representative Delfim Netto, the Planning Minister during the so-called miracle years of Brazilian economy, has called Minister Cardoso NEWS from BRAZIL - APRIL 1994
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he URV a "bashful dollarization". The new unit will work as a stable reference the same way the dollar is already been used in the country. This index is not a currency however and will be calculated daily, mimicking the dollar's oscillation. If the inflation is to fall this will happen in another stage of the plan: when the new currency, the real, takes the place of the cruzeiro real.
tion rates down to a manageable level. In the initial stages the cruzeiro Real would continue to be the accepted currency, but gradually salaries, contracts and prices would begin to use the URV standard. The adjustment period could take anywhere between two to six months. As to the name of the new currency, it will be called the real. SHOW ME THE WAY...One of the government's main concerns has always been how inflation eats-up the average worker's salary, even before his pay-check is signed and delivered. It is a game of cat and mouse, in which salaried employees at the lower end of the earning ladder never seem to go beyond the first step. But the second step of the FHC-URV plan will attempt to wrestle the problem head-on. Three local indicators will be combined and used to come up with the proper indexing: IGPM (by Fundacao Getulio Vargas; IPC (from FIPE, Sao Paulo's Economic Research Institute) and IPCA(done by the IBGE, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). However, it will still be impossible•to control thousands of prices on a dayto-day basis; therefore, the option would be to let most prices continue to "float" for a reasonable period, but under very strict governmental scrutiny. Rent costs, financial market values and other prices would continue to be expressed in cruzeiros, but constantly progressing towards an overhaul through the URV. The first battle, of course. will be dealing with salaries. Drawing on the experience of the 1986 Cruzado Plan, the virtues - but not the vices - of that plan are supposed to be taken into account. "We have learned our lesson," stated Minister Cardoso. According to him, the Plano Cruzado did not succeed due to a lack of monetary reserves (which now total $36 billion), and to a prolonged period of price fixing, which in turn led to depletion of staple items, excess consumption and hoarding. Already many a Brazilian is wondering what the URVwill mean to him or her in practical terms. Here are some of the highlights:
If there is one name that seems to be mentioned more than President Itamar Franco in Brazil these days, it's that of Minister Fernando Henrique Cardoso. The strange thing about it is that he wishes to keep as far away from the Brazil's political limelight as possible. The reason: URV or Unidade Real de Valor (Unit of Real Value), the government's newest anti-inflation measure. If it smells like smoke., than something must be burning! So the old saying goes. And many smoke signals are already on the economic horizon, pointing towards possible "flashpoints". But, how will the URV work? As an indicator of the daily inflation rate - to be calculated by Brazil's Central Bank - a day-to-day quote will be issued in cruzeiros reais, placing that day's value of the URVs. Although some economists indicate that the readjustments should take dollar exchange rates into account, others espouse a theory that several economic indicators should be grouped together, and jointly self-correct the index accordingly. The main idea is to try to, gradually but definitely, bring inflaIn Sao Paulo, a shop shows price in URV. 8
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isto 8 cover pointing out businessmen, politicians and unions as villains.
MINIMUM WAGE - The criteria for minimum wages and for pensions is almost identical; both will be indexed at $63 per month. However, sonic experts state that said sum could be somewhat higher, and the minimum wage threshold could eventually be set higher yet. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & OFFICIALS - Salaries for governmental employees will be indexed as well. thereby placing them in the same standing as private employees. PRICES - Unlike salaries, the URV will not be over imposed upon the pricing structure. Industry and commerce will be able to increase prices - albeit accordingly and certain consumer goods would be allowed to come into the country to substitute for those which are exageratedly expensive or non-competitive with foreign items. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION & UTILITIES -This is probably the only area which has already been pre-indexed, by averaging it with inflation rates during the last four months. Water and electric power, although calculated in IJRVs, will still be billed in cruzeiros reais. RENTS -New contracts will only be expressed in URVs, and their value will go up on a month-to-month basis in cruzeiros. Old rental agreements would remain as they are, at least until there is a change in currency after monetary reform takes place, changing the cruzeiro real to real. In any case, parties that wish to re-negotiate old contracts for new ones in URV could do so. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS -Financial Ira nsactions NEWS from BRAZIL - APRIL 1994
will remain as they are. Banks will continue to pay interest rates more or less as they please.However, the government would like to be able to handle interest rates, and adapt them according to the needs of the stabilization program. For example, if it is verified that consumer spending has gone up swiftly, leading to an increase in prices, then the government could increase interest rates accordingly. HAND IN HAND -Although the government team has worked hard to develop the URV economic package, there is still resistance in Congress. No one there is awe-struck enough by it to even begin to think that the plan will reduce inflation rates from one day to the next; the intention is rather to have inflation and salaries walk hand in hand. This would give the Brazilian economy, chaotic as it is, some sort of structural balance. It is in its third stage. however,that inflation can actually be controlled. Many businesses might be tempted to try and change their prices frequently since consumer prices will not be subject to initial control, but they will be forced to display item prices in cruzeiros reais. If a big supermarket chain, for example, wished to change their prices, it would be almost impossible. Why? Because with an average of 30,000 articles per store, it would be insane to try to stamp each and every article, each and every day. Although the Cruzeiro Plan seems airtight to government economic experts, the Departamento Intersindical de Estatistica e Estudos Socio-Econamicos (the Social-Economic and Statistical Interunion Department) known as DIEESE, has carried out its own research into the government's allegations as to the benefits of the URV plan. According to DIEESE, the average worker would lose anywhere between 28% and 34% of their actual salaries once the plan is implemented. During the last four years alone, workers have lost nearly 60% of their purchasing power through runaway inflation. JUST ANOTHER PLAN? - Pianos Cruzado I & IL Bresser, Feijao corn Arroz (Beans and Rice),Venio (Summer) and Collor I & II. All bring bad memories to many a Brazilian. Most failed by not taking a simple item into account: that as long as government spends more than it is able to recoup, inflation will continue its course. To counter this, countries like the U.S. and Japan. which also have an extremely high public sector deficit but very little infla9
tion, follow a very different course. In Brazil, one of two things is done. Printing paper money, or sales of government bonds or titles. When the government issues worthless paper currency, the economy becomes stagnated, and this devaluates the currency in a vicious catch-22-like circle. That is what has traditionally happened in Brazil. Prices are constantly being increased to prevent any possible loss. Brasilia also stimulates inflation through bond sales. Since the government lacks sufficiently high ratings, they offer high interest rates on short-term bonds.This high interest is then passed on to the financial market, from there to industrial firms which borrow from the banks, and it is then passed on to the consumers through increased prices on consumer goods. Countries that do have low inflation rates, tend to issue low-interest type bonds; in the U. S. 5% is an average. Japan, is also known for long-term bond issuance, sometimes with 40 year-long yield periods. Those bonds gain acceptance because the purchaser knows that their money and interests will be there on the agreed maturity date. In Brazil, where governments are distrusted, the Central Bank is unable to offer bonds with a recovery date of more than one year. In fact, bonds with 28 day return rates are not uncommon. Although the deficit is one of the most visible sources of inflation in Brazil, it is not the only one. The other is the habit of fast-tracking prices, which by now is almost an endemic illness in Brazil. However, 10
once people are convinced that the new real is a stable type of currency, then pricetracking will become less and less of a necessity, thus bringing down inflation. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Most old-timers have already forgotten, and the younger crowd doesn't even know what a low-inflation economy is all about. The last time that inflation remained below 2% per month was in December of 1978. As of now however, people can focus their hope upon a new and different Brazil postURV. With a controlled public deficit, stable prices, lower interest rates, and an increase of GNP into the 4%-5% bracket per year, the economy can then begin to expand
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Laying down the law For Nelson Jobim, the relator for the revision of the '88 Brazilian Constitution, the present climate of cleaning-up in Brasilia is a boost for the reforms he would like to have introduced into the law of the nation. ISABEL BRAGA
Despite all the diversions to which the Brazilian Congress has been subjected recently, including an investigation of two dozen legislators accused of corruption, the House of Representatives started the revision of the Constitution in January. This job should have ended in midMarch, but nobody expects now that this will happen before the end of this month. Our Constitution was written in '88 with the proviso for these adjustments being made right now. Among the most significant proposals, there is one dealing with the end of parliamentary immunity, another one extinguishing the compulsory vote and still another that would allow presidents, governors and mayors to be reelected for a second term of four years. Leading all this work is Nelson Jobim, a representative from thegaiicho(from Rio Grande do Sul state) PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement). Talking recently to Correio Braziliense, the federal deputy didn't spare those members of Congress who are against any change in the present Constitution. NEWS from BRAZIL - APRIL 1994
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In 1988, while the new Constitution was being written, there were several charges that lobbyists were buying the votes of some legislators. Do you believe that the recent Budget CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry), which has found several representatives guilty of corruption, can inhibit the repetition of such acts during the present constitutional revision? Has the revision gained support with the Congressional clean-up? It has. But we have to make it clear that in 1988 the majority of lobbyists were from corporations and this is going to continue. They are already here. This is part of a normal democratic process. You cannot forbid the interested sectors from discussing their interests. The curious thing is that when somebody badmouths the lobbies - this became too evident to me as the relator - it is because that person believes that only its group can lobby. For example, the workers' lobby accuses the company's lobby, but it's always here. On the issue of monopolies, the business sector talks, argues, defends the monopolies' destruction. You hear accusations from the state companies' unions, pointing their finger at the lobbyist, but they are lobbying too. How about the representative vote being bought? Can the CPI inhibit this? I can't say that it would inhibit this since I've never seen any deputy selling his vote. Neither have I received a visit from anybody offering me anything: advantages, trips or tickets. I have no knowledge of this happening. Have you discussed the suggestion of doing away with the Budget Commission after the scandal that smeared so many of its members? Our interest is not only to avoid similar scandals in the future, but also to discover if we need a constitutional change dealing with the work of the CPIs. One of the suggestions is to leave the Budget Commission out of the Constitution since this is a regimental matter and not to get rid of the Commission altogether. Your early opinions stirred a major controversy in Congress. Some of them, as your views on reelection and the end of the non incompatibility already in 1994 were said to be casuistic and retrograde. How did you face those criticisms? My early opinions were able to reach their objective, which was to provoke discussion. If I had been in favor, for example, of maintaining the obligatory vote. I wouldn't be proposing anything and the matter wouldn't be discussed. Since I advocated the non-obligatory vote, this has touched both sides, those in favor and those against the compulsory vote. And how about the amendment that ends the ineligibility of relatives of people in executive posts? Do you think it will pass? It's all a question of consequences. If you adopt the proposal allowing reelection, you have to decide 14
My early opinions were able to reach their objective, which was to provoke discussion. If I had been in favor, for example, of maintaining the obligatory vote, I wouldn't be proposing anything and the matter wouldn't be discussed. Since I advocated the nonobligatory vote, this has touched both sides, those in favor and those against the compulsory vote.
whether the occupant of the post has to abandon it a certain time or not. It seems to me nonsense to require an individual to leave the same post he is going to be running for. The reelection plan should respect administrative continuity. If a candidate doesn't have to quit to run for the same office, why force him to resign when running for another office? If he doesn't have to resign, how can you justify the need for non incompatibilization of relatives if he already isn't incompatible? This is a logical question and shows that when you change the paradigm of the electoral system, allowing reelection, you have to examine the whole set of non incompatibilizations and inelegibilities of the person and his relatives. When you change above you have to see what changes below. This is the meaning of the proposal. What do you think about the use of the government machine for reelections? This is a possibility. But I have a question: who is interested in the incompatibilization? The public power or the actors in the political process? I wanted to provoke this discussion. To forbid reelection and to require resignation exacerbates the public administration situation because this destabilizes it. If we decide that an eight-year administration is able to make medium and long-term projects and not very short-term ones since it can be reelected, if this is true we are benefitting public administration. As long as we forbid reelection and we require non incompatibilization, we are condemning the best cadres, who normally run for the executive posts in the presidentialist system, to a four-year ostracism. Who is interested in that? We have to have the public interest as foundation. What do you say to those who have criticized the centralized way in which the initial opinions were presented, that this would have led to the discussion of political topics only and not their merits? You intend to change the way the process is conducted? The problem is not of conception. The initial opinion is not the end of the process but its beginning. The reporting committee doesn't report its ideas NEWS from BRAZIL -APRIL 1994
but makes compatible the ideas contained in the amendments. The opinion is a formulation of all the options stated in the amendments and the selection of an option among them or of another one produced by the reporting committee. It is the raw material to be worked with in the deciding process. Without the raw material we wouldn't have a discussion. The proposals of the facultative vote have been in Congress since the beginning of December of last year. Has anybody discussed it? No. The debate is possible only when the raw material is taken to the political parties and legislators by the reporting committee. This work has two fundamental moments. First comes the political negotiation about the raw material, the relator's opinion. When the time to vote comes I myself might change my opinion, according to the negotiations. If I decided to avert this, presenting the report as the end of the process, I would never get anywhere. How about the lack of quorum in the revision sessions? When the opinions go to the full house, the way they were proposed, I believe the congressmen will participate. Because we are going to discuss the reelection. Those in favor will want to approve it, those against will try to prevent it's approved. The same thing will happen with the facultative vote. And how are you going to deal with obstructionists who intend to gain time so the proposals they are against cannot be discussed? There are procedural methods for dealing with this. The big problem is that the contras will have difficulty participating in the negotiations if they keep this position. Political negotiation is a two-way road. It's born from the presumption that all want to participate in the process. One of the items in the process is the political negotiation. With the end of the CPI, the beginning of the recall, the hunger strike and all the tension in Congress is there any climate to vote the Constitution's amendments? If this worry was genuine we should also ask: can you deal with the Budget, the fiscal readjustment? The contras have said that Congress wouldn't be able to vote on the revision because of the CPI. But I didn't hear the same discourse when time came to vote on the amnesty for those workers fired by Collor. Was there any speech to verify if any congressman present was named in the CPI? Nobody has asked that. These are justifications dealing with certain interests, they are not based in reality. With so many things to vote for, Budget, fiscal adjustment, isn't the revision being NEWS from BRAZIL-APRIL 1994
Where did the 17,246 amendments come from? All from the congressmen's heads? There are popular amendments. The unions are mobilizing themselves. We don't have the same engagement as in 1987 and 1988 because we are not writing a new constitution.
placed in the background? No, we are complying with the regimental deadlines. The only delay happened with the amendments. How about the criticism that society is not interested in the revision? Where did the 17,2=16 amendments come from? All from the congressmen's heads? There are popular amendments. The unions are mobilizing themselves. We don't have the same engagement as in 1987 and 1988 because we are not writing a new constitution. If the tendency is to simplify the text of the law, what we should expect? There are some useless rules such as the one that says that tourism will be privileged. There are several amendments that want this suppressed. It's all the same whether the rule stays or not in the Constitution. This without mentioning the fact that every time you place something in the Constitution you limit the Legislature's choices, because judiciary control becomes part of law creation. The Congress's tendency is to retake its legislative power. And the 3,400 amendments dealing with the Judiciary Power? Is there a tendency to create an external control? There is an amendment for everything: corporate, non corporate, and doctrinally correct or incorrect. The tentative plan is to have a Council (of the Bench). We have to find something for the Judiciary Power that the other powers already have, that is, social responsibility. It's not the policing over the judicial power of judges but a mechanism through which society can see transparently how they are meeting their administrative obligations. The revision starts with the political reforms. Will you have time to talk about economic reforms? Yes. because this is not a question of time but of vote. There isn't a lot to be discussed concerning the monopoly. You have solution A, B, C and D. The way to solve this is voting. Don't think we are going to have a political negotiation between the neo-liberals who want a minimum state and the ultra-left that today depends on the state and lives under the state's umbrella. There are no negotiations between the two extremes. We can have sonic negotiation in the middle, we can reach sonic kind of consensus and then we vote. Which themes will consume more time in the revision? Tributary system and Social Security system. The discussion is ample and the alternatives are plenty. I feel that we will have changes in these areas. but I still don't know what the tendency will be. 15
took 100 years to rehabilitate the image of Ant6nio ()rise!heir°, a man who has en called everything from saint to murderer, from right leader to lunatic. He founded Can udos deep inside the sertao with an army of pariahs who had been deserted by the vernment and by society. He was their Moses.
It was 1893. Brazil was beginning lopeek the approaching century. With an agrarian .f- ,"$10ty managed by tenants and farmers, Bra. 4'il:vas ill prepared to confront a simple man 1a)))c,c1„.,• Antonio Conselheiro (Antonio the Counselor), and to face thousands of his followers in a place as inhospitable and barren as , the northeastern .vertao. Religious fanatic, -Sadileian, socialist visionary. Which one was 1147:: -91],:was . he really all of them rolled into • into
:Ah(eirtiti- Vicente Mendes Maciel. the .cf,..mis.:Obeiro, drew a huge following and changed :• • • • the history of the serteio as well as the outlook of its people, some of which remem„ ber and venerate his name even today. Canudos and Vale das Mortes (Valley of Death) are two itait:ics that now do not mean much to the avemge Brazilian but in the sertao, where - • 'o - raht,4tory is still alive, the names convey -In9uk)Oes of much spilled blood and many • • • • • :-• • •••,•••••• .'shattered •• : Thegarth at Vale das Mortes still holds the bones and memories of many of the ancestors of the locals The old folks have not forgotten
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POO*has it that his body lay abandoned i. viii0.;:'*10.01,0 es,1440410 eat his flesh. Although he had an nsive ring• on, no one dirert.-- until much later caa. tinga,, the , .06..inOti-toiks.c.Orti'ti$04,*aeiholi4000-404' .4'•.:14**.-!.:401.0t:',4 •by indparcnts were not so lucky . . Nunes :.,„Colonel Pedro ctims of the unend- lost his life in the battlefield. • In fact, Conseiheiro himself did not ever partolerance, and a isplayed by the ticipate in or know about the results of the last ,goyorni40.144tinthO1i;.6:$4410:.:04ch took place on October.5th of 1897. military, He had 'died two weeks earlier, on September he serläo during those tragic years. .onio Conselheiro attracted many people 22nd, a victim of ;'"'4YslitP11".•....404Xdelov...0000'; tt*.k e ideal of an egalitarian society and op- nans attribute the fanatical resistance of lus men 01;41401ca.044:1$40,01004nkaii*...:.;141ii their inbieclitelit:niassieretOthaCfaCt.T..: On that fateful day, Volley after volley of 410.4i5Oin4a*T*10W11[OrCanudos .0 become a thorn in the side woo*. collo-fire:OS directed:'.it the rebel troops. *0.440.40.'an4i:.'#..,.r.oca.1.-:potot„:,,ior.,itooiki,fr,...:.....•;.rear,liadbeen Circled in, and no onc.culd go into tWatis.0.2 .00(40)* *4 arrogant, the Army, orout Of the confined area':Atiant at Alto-d(r*riOthihert death,- . cannon: siitio'ne.4.. * the wealthy and the church, p rodding nd of Luiz Viana, Governor of Bahia upon the jOiimp°s. Afterwards, , liand4O:thand .,ceintiai at close quarters Wasthe'rule, e time.• , there were orders to -take no ,'prisoners... '. ce n fairly tolerant of Antonio :,:e-OrdingtoitorieShanded down throughthe. „.„ 1g#.0thim ,sed to be a stroll in the park” for 40400. were knifed into *0444* On?* defuz1l as pauxturned Out to be three and a half years the locals called the weapon; CatilidOabeeaine.:a. iii*ii,40. 0040,0iO4..*.i*iitiolse:dioie will killing field, and 'within a few days more than 004.18.01,. 30;000 lay dead., Most were never properly burs neditinnc sent in to subdue C.OfiSelhairszi. ied.. The current Canudos (the original one was But this Was supporters failed deviito.:4'eSiSta0ce by the rebels since covered by the waters of a dam) lies on Brazilian 00.- 0000/040dlo push back iheitivad State Road 'BR-415, called the Transniirdestina, and is located some 420 kilometers (260 miles): ininwthOfirat two :military campaigns into from the state capital. Our story has to be told for Otiii0..ser,prieje4, a Powerful force of sol- the city's own sense of honor. We had the vita to . hers headed by Major Febrotno de Brit° was face a struggle of that type," says Manole Adrian°, iiing*ClEtecirei were injured, and hundreds Jr., the mayor. One of the major contributors .towards andoned their yiroaponS and backpacks and deThe infernal heat of the sertao and the dating the true facts behind the niassacre has been blade-like cuts inflicted upon them by a local Jose Calazans, now 78, who has been researching , did their dastardly deed, the subject during the last 40 years Referring to cactus called .cutting into tiftii feet and legs and incapacitating Conselheiro he writes, "He was anti-republican, dozens of foot.' soldiers Who were totally unpre- however, he never promoted any sort of revolition or reforme. Calazans's work prompted BaPateiffor this hostile environment , . TO0t-'040ditioris were necessary . before the hia to open its heart towards Canudos. In celebrating last year's 100th anniversary of ,.1.tepuhlican--1Orcei were able to reduce rebel op, Conselheirtstas. A :tempera- the event; the Universidade Federal de Bahia position from nientaF,andepileptic. sniicJi° Colonel named placed on exhibit carefully preserved. documents • An tinie. And to prevent future misconcepCdsar- was66 Signed' the task of taking from about Conselheiro, the State University lions " ateirat' inudos tveli. ... 4164 ‘..C°tt4 CabeCas •• hetho d usands of docUmariti?' Bahia has micro tei ('utter) riVfarcondes, great- for posterity Nonetheless, even to this day the into rtOri t- note was: Army deifies that there ever was anything close to* ' ahis iew ° of P Ood'Ond 'a massacre of thousands of innocent civilians,2.' °.CP1P°1-su ec Aciiei:tr00 1 cha . nges Pttn • , ehafactek. claiming that it was abattle. :41(4fit as also known to have a -
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The white menace For the Amazon Indians the enemy has been the white man in the form of gold miners and forest destroyers. But for the Brazilian military, the white danger is the rich nations from the north, with their covetous eyes on our natural wealth. EMERSON LUIS
Many of the pastors and priests who are ministering to the Indians in the Brazilian Amazon are also very skilled geologists with an expertise in prospecting for subsoil regburces. They have at their disposal not only modern planes, fast boats and high tech communication gear, but also sophisticated weapons. This is not information circulated by a left wing rag or a ultranationalistic party, but material contained in the files of the SAE (Secretaria de Assuntos Estrategicos - Department of Strategic Affairs) a federal organ linked to the presidency and the heir of the Army's Center of Intelligence (CIE) and the infamous and extinct National Service of Information (SNI). According to an ex-military commander in the Amazon, the majority of the missionaries now working now in that area are in the service of those First 18
World countries that arc in favor of transforming the Amazon into a Patrimony of Humankind, thus being able to control the use of the land in the region. In recent talks with legislators. the military ministers have expressed their fear of the Amazon losing its sovereignty in case the U.N. approves the Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People in 1995. This document prepared behind closed doors by the U.N. Security Council talks about the creation of indigenous nations in Brazil and in other countries.The documents of the Department of Strategic Affairs have been collected for the last 10 years. They used to be off limits to non-military personnel, but now the representatives will be able to consult them without having to get special permission from the Federal Police. The papers describe in detail the activities of various groups that have been working in the Amazon for many years, and they also show what the military considers to be errors in the demarcation of the Yanomami lands. Generals Euclides de Oliveira Figueiredo (brother of exNEWS from BRAZIL - APRIL 1994
President General Joao Figueiredo), Leonidas Pires Goncalves, and Antenor Santa ,Cruz Abreu, the three of them ex-commanders of the CMA (Amazon Military Command), were always very interested in the missionaries' activities in the Amazon. Pires Gongalves has crisscrossed the country talking about the Indians and the preservation of the environment. Oliveira Figueiredo has criticized the amount of land that was given to the Yanomamis, arguing that their population is less than 5,000. The military has been contending that the Yanomami demarcations, in addition to taking 40% from Roraima's state territory, they contain the best natural deposits of gold, cassiterite, diamonds and strategic minerals such as monazitic sand and uranium in the region. "This potential," says a military officer asking for anonymity, "stirs the covetousness of the big powers, which want to establish their
dominion in the region through the submission of the Indians." The Escola Superior de Guerra (ESG), a school for political and social studies, has concluded in its study 'Structure ofthe National Power, that there's an excess of areas allotted to the Indians in the Amazon. According to the ESG, the independence of the Indians is an assault to Brazil's national sovereignty and an open door to the advance of foreign powers into Brazilian territory. The ESG preaches a strong hand and even war to preserve the area. In response to these worries, President Itamar Franco has recently sent Congress a proposal establishing procedures on parceling, exploring and giving permission to missionaries to enter the territory. Congressmen from the Amazon states have been very vocal about their disagreement regarding how the land has been distributed to the Indians. Joao Fagundes, a PMDB (Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement) representative from Roraima, for example, is in favor of a security land strip on the border that would measure at least 12 miles, but no more than 62 miles. This strip, vigorously defended by the military, who would like it to be 93 miles, would be reserved and sometimes occupied by security forces as a shield against foreign interests in the area. Fagundes suggests that the Indians be indemni-
fled when these security strips encroach on their land. The executive branch of the government has already talked about its intention of ruling by decree over the use of the territorial buffer zone. A proposal sent by SAE to Congress establishes that any activity on these zones will depend on a previous consultation with the Executive Department of the National Defense Council. Fagundes is also proposing that the Indians receive assistance from the State but they should not receive more than 5% of the exploration of any natural resource in the area they live in. Not everybody agrees with these positions. The CIMI (Conselho Indigenista - Indigenous Council) has criticized the Escola Superior de Guerra, saying that the school doesn't have any credibility since it has always been at the service of the dictatorship. The Brazilian Congress right now is examining a proposal for creating 164 new reservations close to the border. •
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interviewer really ask you and your spouse after closing the door of his or her office and before he or she gives you an answer about your chances of staying in the U.S.? You've heard the rumors. Now listen to an expert. ARON HASSON "What side of the bed does your spouse sleep on?" "What color toothbrush does your spouse have?" These are the questions believed to be the normal inquiries at a marriage interview at the Immigration Office. But that is not what really happens. There are so many ruinors about the encounter with the Immigration Officer that people end up memorizing useless trivial facts in order to obtain their goal: "to have the temporary green card stamped in their passport." The mystery begins when you try to understand and fill out the one dozen immigration forms. You then get photographed and fingerprinted, spend hours in different lines at the immigration office to pay $255 for filing the case, wait months for an interview, take a medical exam which stays in a sealed envelope containing the results as to whether or not you have a contagious disease or AIDS, and then finally after gathering any and all documents and photos together, you get to the most difficult part: the interview. I have sat with approximately two hundred married couples at the Immigration Office, mostly in Los Angeles, over my fourteen years of experience as NEWS from BRAZIL - APRIL 1994
....• • an immigration attorney, and found • it to be, nerve-racking for many clients, and the mystery to be as high as the one that involves Saci-' Perere, the one-legged mythical creature that haunts Brazilian forests. People are expecting the most exceptional questions and situations. There are many different types of experiences in enduring the green card interview. Some are routine, some are heart throbbing, some are rigid, some are fun. Some last five minutes, some last 45 minutes. Some of the immigration officers act like Nazi agents, while others make you feel as if they are your old friend. The big question is how can you get the fun interview which lasts five minutes with your old friend? In reality, there are no payoffs, there are no shortcuts, and/or no matter . how "well connected" and "well liked" your attorney is to the immigration officers, the officer will make his . or her own decision on the case. The most common questions at these marriage interviews are: "Where did you meet?" "Did you have a wedding ceremony attended by your family and friends or just the two of you?" "Did you go anywhere for your honeymoon?" Some of the questions are so incidental to normal living habits that it would be very difficult to "memorize" the right answers to hundreds of different possible questions like: "What was the last movie you went to?" "What was the last video you rented?" "Where and when was the last time you went out to dinner?" The immigration officers are thoroughly trained to have instinctive feelings about any case they have doubts about. For example, when excuses or complex answers are given to simple questions, it gives reason for the immigration , officer to have suspicions that the couple may be trying to cover up something. Such cases often result in several more minutes of detailed and sometimes hostile questions. The best approach to have your case go smooth is to have all of the documents in order and ready to present at the interview so that more detailed questions are not raised. This will make the immigration officer'sjob easier and it will help shorten the time in the interview so that there is less opportunity to have extra questions asked of the couple. To be specific, a couple should have in their possession all original documents with transla-
tions, have letter(s) from employers Verifying income and tax returns, and of course documents showing that the couple is living together, like joint bank accounts, joint auto or health insurance, and photos together (preferably with family members). It may turn out that these documents will not even be asked for, but it is better to be over prepared than under prepared. Secondly, remain calm and collected, and try not be intimidated by sonic of the curt mannerisms of the immigration officer. I have seen many couples answer simple questions wrongly just because they were intimidated by the whole, atmosphere. For those able to afford an attorney's service, one of the most important contributions of the lawyer after making sure the documentation is complete, is the ability to help the clients feel as comfortable and as confident as possible (in addition to keeping you company during the additional hours of waiting at the Immigration office for the interview). After all of the formalities have been concluded you are given the good news: "your green card lids been approved, BUT this approval is conditional and only valid for two years, •at which time your U.S. Citizen spouse must file another petition for you.?' "Thank you. Can I travel now?" "Yes.." "Puxa, que legal!" There is such huge feeling of relief when the couple get out of that anxiety-filled office. Finally, four months later you receive an envelope from Texas ?! and it has a plastic pink card with your photo on it. Is this the green card? Yes, several years ago the Immigration office changed the color of the card. So now you know some solutions to the mystery. Aron Hasson is an attorney in Los Angeles and has been practicing only immigration law for the past 14 years. His office is at 10850 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 750; Los Angeles, California 90024 - (310) 475-4779.
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...fertain time of the day was more dangerous. fertain time of the afternoon the trees she planted laughed at her. Wien nothing else needed her strength, she grew restless. -However, she was feeling stronger than ever... CLARICE LISPECTOR Um pouco cansada, corn as compras deformando o novo saco de trico, Ana subiu no bonde. Depositou o volume no cob o e o bonde comecou a andar. Recostou-se entdo no banco, pro curando conforto, num suspiro de meia satisfacdo. Os filhos de Ana eram bons, tuna coisa verdadeira e sumarenta. Cresciam, tomavam banho, exigiam para si, malcriados, instantes cada vez mais completos. A cozinha era enfim espacosa, o foga() enguicado dava estouros. 0 calor era forte no apartamento que estavam aos poucos pagando. Mas o vento batendo nas cortinas que ela mesma cortara lembrava-lhe que se quisesse podia parar e enxugar a testa, olhando o calmo horizonte. Como um lavrador. Ela plantara as sementes que tinha na mao, tido outras, Inas essas apenas. E cresciam arvores. Crescia sua rapida conversa corn o cobrador de luz, crescia a agua enchendo o tanque, cresciam seus filhos, crescia a mesa corn comidas, o marido chegando coin os jornais e sorrindo de fome, o canto importuno das empregadas do edificio. Ana dava a tudo, tranqUilamente, sua mdo pequena e forte, sua corrente de vida. Certa hora da tarde era mats perigosa. Certa hora da tarde as arvores que plantara riam dela. NEWS from BRAZIL-APRIL 1994
Quando nada mais precisava de sua forca, inquietava-se. No entanto sentia-se mais solida do que nunca, seu corpo engrossara urn pottco e era de se ver o modo como cortava blusas para os meninos, a grande tesoura dando estalidos na fazenda. Todo o sett desejo vagamente artistico encaminhara-se ha muito no sentido de tornar os dias realizados e belos; corn o tempo seu gosto pelo decorativo se desenvolvera e suplantara a intima desordem. Parecia ter descoberto que tudo era passive] de aperfeicoamento, a cada coisa se emprestaria uma aparencia harmoniosa; a vida podia ser feita pela indo do homern. No fundo, Ana senipre tivera necessidade de sentir a raiz finite das coisas. E isso urn far perplexamente lhe dera. Por caminhos tortos, viera a cair num destino de mulher, corn a surpresa de nele caber como se o tivesse inventado. 0 homem corn quem casara era urn homem verdadeiro, os filhos que tivera eram filhos verdadeiros. Sua juventude anterior parecia-lhe estranha como uma doenca de vida. Dela havia aos poucos emergido para descobrir que tambem sem a felicidade se vivia: abolindo-a, encontrara uma legiao de pessoas, antes invisiveis, que viviam como quem trabalha corn persistencia, continuidade, alegria. 0 que sucedera a Ana antes de ter o lar estava para sempre fora de seu alcance: uma exaltacdo perturbada que tantas vezes se confundira corn felicidade insuportavel. Criara em troca algo enfim compreensivel, uma vida de adult°. Assim ela o quisera e escolhera Sua precaucdo reduzia-se a tomar cuidado na hora perigosa da tarde, quando a casa estava vazia sem precisar mats dela, o sol alto, cada membro da familia distribttido nas suas funcdes. Olhando os moveis limpos, seu coracilo se apertava urn ponco
em espanto. Mas na sua vida nao havia lugar para que sentisse ternura pelo sett espanto - ela o abafava corn a mesma habilidade que as fides em casa lhe hay iam transmitido. Saia entdo para fazer compras on levar objetos para consertar, cuidando do lar e da familia a revelia deles. Quando voltasse era o Inn da tarde e as criancas vindas do colegio exigiam-na. Assiut chegaria a noite, coin , sua tranquila vibracdo. De manila acordaria aureolada pelos calms deveres. Encontrava os nuiveis de novo empoeirados e sujos, como se voltassem arrependidos. Quanto a ela mesma, fazia obscuramente parte das raizes negras e suaves do mundo. E alimentava anonimamente a vida. Estava born assim. Assiut ela o quiiera e escolhera. 0 boucle vaeilava nos trilhos, entrava em ruas largas. Logo urn vento mais innido soprava anunciando, mats que o fim da tarde, o him da flora instavel. Ana respirou pro fundamente e tuna grande aceitacdo deli a seu rosto um ar de mulher. 0 bonde se arrastava, em seguida estacava. Ate Humaita tinha tempo de descansar. Foi entdo que olhou para o homem parado no ponto. A diferenca entre ele e os outros que ele estava realmente parado. De pe, suas milos se mantinham avancadas. Era um cego. 0 que havia mais que fizesse Ana 27
tentando inutilmente pegar o que acontecia. 0 embrulho dos ovos foi jogado fora da rede e, entre os sorrisos dos passageiros e o sinal do condutor, o bonde deu a nova arrancada de partida. Poucos instantes depois ja no a olhavam mais. 0 bonde se sacudia nos trilhos e o cego mascando goma ficara atras para sempre. Mas o mal estava feito. A rede de trice era aspera entre os dedos, no intima como quando a tricotara. A rede perdera o sentido e estar num bonde era um fio partido; no sabia o que fazer corn as compras no cob. E como uma estranha mnsica, o mundo recomecava ao redor. 0 mal estava feito. Por que? Teria esquecido de que havia cegos? A piedade a sufocava, Ana respirava pesadamente. Mesmo as coisas que existiam antes do acontecimento estavam agora de sobreaviso, tinham urn ar mais hostil, perecivel... 0 mundo se tomara de novo urn mal-estar. Varios anos ruiam, as gemas amarelas escorriam. Expulsa de seus prOprios dias, parecia-lhe que as pessoas na rua cram periclitantes, que se mantinham por urn minim° equilibrio a tona da escuridao - e por urn moment° a falta de sentido deixava-as to livres que alas nao sabiam para onde ir. Perceber uma ausencia de lei foi tio sabito que Ana se aoarrou ao banco da frente, como se pudesse cair do bonde, como se as coisas pudessem ser revertidas coin a mesma calma corn que nao o eram. 0 que chamara de crise viera afinal. E sua marca era o prazer intenso corn que °Maya agora as coisas, sofrendo espantada. 0 calor se tomara mais abafado, se aprumar em desconfianca? tudo tinha ganho uma forca e vozes mais altas. Na ma Alguma coisa intranqfiila estava Voluntarios da Patria parecia prestes a rebentar uma sucedendo. Ent5o ela viii: o cego revolucao, as grades dos esgotos estavam secas, o ar mascava chides... Urn homem cego empoeirado. Urn cego mascando chides mergulhara o mascava chides. mundo em escura sofreguidao. Em cada pessoa forte Ana ainda teve tempo de pensar havia a ausencia de piedade pelo cego e as pessoas por um segundo que os irmaos assustavam-na corn o vigor que possuiam. Junto dela viriam jantar - o coracao batia-lhe havia uma senhora de azul, corn um rosto. Desviou o violent°, espayado. Inclinada, °filar, depressa. Na calcada, uma mulher deli um olhava o cego profundamente, comb empurrao no litho! Dois namorados entrelacavam os se olha o que nao nos ye. Ele• dedos sorrindo... E o cego? Ana caira numa bondade mastigava goma na escuridao. Sem extremamente dolorosa. sofrimento, corn os olhos abertos. Ela apaziguara tao bem a vida, cuidara tanto para 0 movimento da mastigacao fazia-o que esta nao explodisse. Mantinha tudo em serena parecer sorrir e de repente deixar de compreensao, separava uma pessoa das outras, as roupas sorrir, sorrir e deixar de sorrir - cram claramente feitas para serem usadas e podia-se como se ele a tivesse insultado. escolher pelo .jomal o filine da noite - tudo feito de Ana olhava-o. E quern a visse teria modo a que urn din se seguise ao outro. E um cego a impressao de uma mulher corn mascando goma despedacava tudo isso. E atraves da Odio. Mas continuava a olha-lo, cada piedade aparecia a Ana uma vida cheia de nausea doce, vez mais inclinada - o bonde deu ate a boca. uma arrancada sitbita jogando-a desS6 entao percebeu que ha muito passara do sett prevenida para tras, o pesado saco ponto de descida. Na fraqueza em que estava tudo a de tric6 despencou-se do cob, mitt atingia corn urn susto; desceu do bonde corn pemas no ch5o - Ana deu um grito, o debeis, olhou em tomO de si, segurando a condutor deu ordem de parada anrede suja de ovo. Por urn moment° nab conseguia tes de saber do que se tratava - o orientar-se. Parecia ter saltado no meio da noite. bonde estacou, os passageiros Era uma rua comprida, corn muros altos, amarelos. olharam assustados. Seu coracao batia de medo, ela procurava inutilmente Incapaz de se mover para reconhecer os arredores, enquanto a vida que descobrira apanhar suns cornpras, Ana se continuava a pulsar e um vento mais momo e mais aprumava palida. Ulna expressao misterioso rodeava-lhe o rosto. Ficou parada olhando de rosto, ha muito nao usada, O muro. Enfim pode localizar-se. Andando um pouco ressurgira-lhe corn dificuldade, mais ao bongo de uma sebe, atravessou os portoes do ainda incerta, incompreensivel. 0 ,Tardim Botanic°. moleque dos jomais na entreganAndava apressadamente pela alameda central, entre do-the o volume. Mas os ovos se os coqueiros. NOo havia ninguem no Jardim. Depositou haviam quebrado no embrulho de os embrulhos na terra, sentou-se no banco de urn atalho jomal. Gernas amarelas e viscosas e ali ficou muito tempo. pingavam entre os fios da rede. 0 A vastidao parecia acalma-la, o silencio regulava cego interrompera a mastigay5o e sua respiracao. Ela adormecia dentro de Si. avanyava as nos inseguras, De longe via a alea onde a tarde era clara e redonda.
As for herself, she was obscurely a part of the black and soft root of the world. And she anonymously fed life. It was good like that. That's the way she wanted, that's what she had chosen.
Mas a penumbra dos ramos cobria o atalho. Ao seu redor havia ruidos serenos, chair° de arvores, pequena s surpresas entre os cipos. Todo o Jardim triturado pelos instantes ja mais apressados da tarde. De onde vinha o meio sonho pelo qua! estava rodeada? Como por um zunido de abelhas e ayes. Tudo era estranho, suave demais, grande demais. Urn movimento leve e intimo a sobressaltou - voltou-se rapida. Nada parecia se ter movido. Mas na alea central estava imovel urn poderoso gato. Seus pelos cram macios. Em novo andar silencioso, desapareceu. Inquieta, olhou em tomb. Os ramos se balancavam, as sombras vacilavam no chao. Urn pardal ciscava na terra. E de repente, corn mal-estar, pareceu-lhe ter caido numa emboscada. Fazia-se no Jardim urn trabalho secreto do qual eta comeyava a se aperceber. Nas arvores as frutas cram pretas, doces comb me!. Havia no Chao caroyos secos cheios de circunvolucoes, corno pequenos cerebros apodrecidos. 0 banco estava manchado de sucos roxos. Corn suavidade intensa rumorejavam as aguas. No tronco da arvore pregavam-se as luxuosas patas de uma aranha. A crueza do mundo era trailqiiila. 0 assassinato era profundo. En mortenao era o que pensavamos. Ao mesmo tempo que imaginario - era urn mundo de se comer corn os dentes, urn mundo de volumosas dalias e tulipas. Os troncos cram percorridos por parasitas folhudas, o abraco era macio, colado. Como a repulsa que precedesse uma entrega - era fascinante, a mulher tinha nojo, e era fascinante. As arvores estavam carregadas, o mundo era tao rico que apodrecia. Quando Ana pensou que havia criancas e homens grandes corn fome, a nausea subin-lhe garganta, como se cla estivesse gravida e abandonada. A moral do Jardim era outra. Agora que o cego a guiara ate ele, estremecia nos primeiros passos de urn mundo faiscante, sombrio, onde vitorias-regias boiavam monstruosas. As pequenas floras espalhadas na relva nao lhe pareciam amarelas ou rosadas, mas con de man ouro e escarlates. A decomposicao era profunda, perfumada... Mas todas as pesadas coisas, ela via coin a cabeca rodeada por urn enxame de insetos, enviados pela vida mats fina do mind°. A brisa se insinuava entre as flores. Ana mais adivinhava que sentia o sett cheiro adocicado... 0 Jardim era t5o bonito que ela teve medo do Inferno. NEWS from BRAZIL - APRIL 1994
Era quase noite agora e tudo parecia cheio, pesado, um esquilo voou na sombra. Sob os pes a terra estava fofa, Ana aspirava-a corn delicia. Era fascinante, e eta sentia nojo. Mas quando se lembrou das criancas, diante das quais se tornara culpada, ergueu-se corn uma exclamacAo de dor. Agarrou o embrulho, avancou pelo atalho obscuro, atingiu a alameda. Quase corria - e via o Jardirn em tomb de si, corn sua impersonalidade soberba. Sacudiu OS port5es fechados, sacudia-os segurando a madeira aspera. 0 vigia apareceu espantado de nao a ter visto. Enquanto nao chegou a porta do edificio, parecia a beira de um desastre. Correu corn a rede ate o elevador, sua alma batia-lhe no peito - o que sucedia? A piedade pelo cego era trio violenta como uma ansia, mas o mundo lhe parecia seu, sujo, perecivel, seu. Abriu a porta de casa. A sala era grande, quadrada; as macanetas ,brilhavam limpaa, os vidros (la janela brilhavim,, a lampada brilhava - que nova terra era essa? E por um instante a vida iadia que levara ate agora pareceuthe urn modo moralmente louco de viver. 0 me,nino que se aproximou conendo era urn ser de pernas compridas e rosto iguai ao seu, que corria e a abracava. Apertou-o corn forca, ,espanto. Protegia-se tremula. Porque a, vida era peridlitante. Eta amava o mundo, amava o que fora. criado - antava corn nojo. Do mesmo modo como sempre fora fascinada pelas ,ostras, corn aquele vago sentiment° de asco que a aproximacao da verdade the prot?ocava, avisando-a. Abracou o filho, quase a ponto de machuca-lo. Como se soubesse de urn mat - o cego ou o belo Jardim Botanico? - agarrava-se a ele, a quem queria acima de tudo. Fora atingida pelo demonio da fe. A vida é horrivel, disse-lhe baixo, faminta. 0 que faria se seguisse o chamado do cego? Iria sozinha... Havia lugares pobres e ricos que precisavam dela. Eta precisava deles... Tenho medo, disse. Sentia as costelas delicadas da crianca entre os bracos, ouviu o seu choro assustado. Mamae, chamou o menino. Afastou-o, olhou aquele rosto, seu coracao crispouse. Nao deixe mamae te esquecer, disse-lhe. A crianca mal sentiu o abraco se afrouxar, escapou e correu ate a porta do quarto, de oxide olhou-a mais segura. Era o pior olhar que jamais recebera. 0 sangue subin-lhe ap rosto, ,esquentando-o. Deixotf-se cair nurna cadeira, corn os dedos ainda preso,s na rede. De que tinha vergonha? NEWS from BRAZIL - APRIL 1994
Nao havia como fugir. Os dias que eta forjara haviam-se rompido na crosta e a agua escapava. Estava diante da ostra. E nao havia como nao olha-la. De que tinha vergonha? E que já nil° era mais piedade, nao era s6 piedade: seu coracao Sc enchera corn a pior vontade de viver. Já nao sabia se estava do lado do cego ou das espessas plantas. 0 homem pouco a pouco se distanciara e em tortura ela parecia ter passado para o lado dos que the haviam ferido os olhos. 0 Jardim Botanic°, tranqailo e alto, lhe revelava. Corn horror descobria que pertencia a pane forte do mundo - e que nome se deveria dar a sua miseric6rdia violenta? Seria obrigada a beijar o leproso, pois nunca seria apenas sua irma. Um cego me levou ao pior de mint mesma, pensou espantada. Sentia-se banida porque nenhum pobre beberia agua nas suas maos ardentes. Ahl era mais facil ser urn santo que uma pessoa! Por Deus, pods nao fora verdadeira a piedade que sondara no seu coracao as Aguas mais profundas? Mas era tuna piedadede leao. Humilhada, sabia que o cego preferiria um amor mais pobre. E, estremecendo, tambem sabia por qua. A vida do Jardim Botanic° chamava-a como um lobisomem é chamado pelo mar. Oh! mas ela amava o cego! pensou corn os olhos molhados. No entanto nao era corn este sentimento que se iria a uma igreja. Estou corn medo, disse sozinha na sala. Levantou-se e foi para a cozinha ajudar a empregada a preparar o jantar. Mas a vida arrepiava-a, como um frio. Ouvia o sino da escola, longe e constante. 0 pequeno horror da poeira ligando em fibs a pane inferior do foga°, onde descobriu a pequena aranha. Carregando a jarra para mudar a agua - havia o horror da for se entregando languida e asquerosa as suas maos. 0 mesmo trabalho secret° se tazia all na cozinha. Perto da lata de lixo, esmagou corn o pe, a formiga. 0 Oequeno assassinato da fonniga. 0 minimo corpo tremia. As gotas d'agua caiam na agua parada do tanque. Os besouros de verb:). horror dos besouros inexpressivos. Ao redor havia uma vida silenciosa, lenta, insistente. Horror, horror. Andava de um lado para outro na cozinha, cortando os bifes, mexendo o creme. Em tomb da cabeca, em ronda, em tomb da luz, os mosquitos de tune none calida. Umit noite em que a piedade era tao crua como o amor mint Entre os dois seios escorria o suor. A fe a quebrantava, o calor do forno ardia nos seus olhos. Depois o marido veio, vierrun os irmaos e suas mulheres, vieram os filhos dos innaos. Jantaram corn as jartelas todas abertas, no nono andar. Um avid° estremecia, ameacando no calor do ceu. Apesar de ter usado poucos ovos, o jantar estava born. Tambem suas criancas ficararn acordadas, brincando no tapete corn as outras. Era verao, sena Minil obriga-las a dormir. Ana estava um pouco !Aida e na suavemente corn os outros. Depois do jantar, enfim, a primeira brisa mais fresca entrou pelas janelas. Eles rodeavam a mesa, a familia. Cansados do dia, felizes em nab discordar, tao dispostos a ndo ver defeitos. Riam de tudo, corn o coracao born e human°. As criancas cresciam admiravelmente em tomb deles. E como a tuna borboleta, Ana prendeu o instante entre os dedos antes que etc mmca mais fosse seu. Depois, quando todos foram embora e as criancas ja estavam deitadas, eta era ma mulher bruta que olhava pela janela. A cidade estava adormecida e quente. 0 que o cego desencadeara caberia no seus dias? Quantos anos levaria ate envelhecer de novo? Qualquer movimento seu e pisaria.numa das criancas. Mas corn uma maldacle de amante, parecia aceitar que da for. seisse o mosquito, que as vitorias-regias
The room was big, square, the door knobs were shining clean, the window panes were shining, the lamp was shining - what new land was that? And for a moment the sane life she had until now seemed to her a morally crazy way to live. boiassern xb eicuro do lago. OPego pendia entre os frutos do Jardim BotAnico. Se fora um estouro do fogao, o fogo ja teria pegado em toda a caw! pensou correndo para a cozinha e deparando corn o seu marido diante do café derramado. - Que foi?! gritou vibrando Mda. Etc se assustou corn o medo da mulher. E de repente mm entendendo: - Nao foi nada, disse, sou um desajeitado. Ele parecia cansado, corn olheiras. Mas diante do estranho rosto de Ana, espiou-a corn major atencao. Depois atraiu-a a si, em rapid° afago. - Nao quer° que lhe aconteca nada, nunca! disse eta. - Deixe que pelo menos me aconteca o foga° dam urn estouro, respondeu etc sorrindo. Ela continuou sem for-gas nos seus bracos. Hoje de tarde alguma coisa tranqUila se rebentara, e na casa toda havia urn torn humoristico, triste. E hora de donnir, disse ele, tarde. Num gest° que nao era seu, mas que pareceu natural, segurou a mao da mulher, levando-a consigo sem olhar para ti-as, afastando-a do perigo de viver. Acabara-se a vertigem de bondade. E, se atravessara o amor e o seu inferno, penteava-se agora diante do espelho, por urn instante sem nenhtun mundo no coracao. Antes de se deitar, como se apagasse uma vela, soprou a pequena flama do dia. • 29
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critics seemed divided about Sanths's latest effort. A all the expectations he raised after a silent hiatus of e .hunger of BrazWis for a great movie that would in *PiAhe nationdOinema from the chasm into which "itended to..1*•,less kind, while in Sao Paulo the d t)100, 10,40g0
which Nhinhinha refuses to cure someone with AIDS. "All of this has given the film an unsettling and intense absence of Rosa's poetry. In the rural sequence, the filmmaker came very close to Guimanies. In the sequence in which the cow is chased, you can even visualize description such as "aquelas quilas aguas trans - to those quil waters trans. It was a river and its beyond. It was, already, on the other side." But when Liojorge and the ones with him arrive igAbg. city, unfortunately, everything falls down... "Despite all that, Nelson Pereira dos Sartedttl% still able to show his qualities as a great director. And, even without accepting the burden of the post, he starts the year as the one who reconducts the train of the national cinema that, we should say passing, has been .off.tbe tracks for years."
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Chewing gum and eating a banana at the same time is not a new phenomenon in Brazilian Music. The band Sepultura, for instance, has been chewing a lot of gum their lyrics are in English - and thanks to that has built up a vast following, mainly in the United States and Europe. Other successful Brazilian rock groups, including Legido Urbana and Paralamas do Sucesso have also tried to translate their Latin sensibility into English, but with very little resonance outside Brazil. Paradoxically, a new breed of Brazilian roq.tteiros is doing rock in Portuguese without giving up their claim to international fame. These are some of the names people are starting to listen to and talk about in Brazil: Chico Science & Nacab Zumbi, Mundo Livre S/A, Naga° Pernambuco, Gangrena Gasosa, Raimundos, Jambendola, and So Preto sem Preconceito. Strictly speaking the new rhythm is not rock, and critics have been looking for labels that would define the movement. Gangrena Gasosa, for example, is pointed out as the leader of the sarava metal line, while Mundo Livre and Chico Science & Naga° Ziimbi are 32
considered the creators of manguebeat or movimento mangue. Many o these groups and much of the present Brazilian musical fervescence comes from the capital of Pemambu , Recife, a city that has been called the Brazilian Venic in the past but whose musical voice has been more or lets silent until recently. Chico Science & Nac5o Zumbi released Cidade, their first album, in March. but they've been a big hit in Recife for some time now. Nac5o Pernambuco so charmed Los Angeles-based Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes that he is going to use their all harmonious batuque (drumming) in his next CD, which might mean instantaneous international recognition, as has happened before with the Baiano band Olodum. t at least 100 other bands playing right now in Therei re Recife. i ey don't care if the radio stations continue ignoring them. The public, mainly people who are tired of axe music and the so-called brega sertanejo, have been showing yp in droves to cheer their heroes in small bars, clubs, s ares, public market and in the big five music NEWS from BRAZIL-APRIL 1994
festivals that happened in Recife in 1993. Some recording companies are also very attentive ever so eager to be able to pinpoint the new trend. The Rio label Rock It! released the first album of Gangrena Gasosa in January. Chaos, a branch of Sony, was the responsible for Cidade, Chico Science's debut release. Warner, through its Banguela label, has signed Mundo Livre S/A and Raimundos, a band from Brasilia. All this movement is a big change from a stillprevailing idea that Portuguese is not an appropriate language for rock. This attitude had infiltrated the rock industry in such a sneaky way that even instruments such as the harmonica and the tambourine had been banned as being campy or careta, as they say in young slang. The shame of being Brazilian seems to have disappeared. The group Jambendola has adopted the jegue (donkey) as its mascot. It's a smiling and flying donkey that has been named Jegasus. The Pernainbucano bands have extreme respect for maracatu, a traditional regional rhythm that has already inspired some famous MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) composers such as Dorival Caymmi, in Dora and Jorge Ben Jor in Mas que nada. "We want to show maracatu as an authentic musical product of Pernambuco, but dressing it in new clothes," says Felipe Santiago, 41, the producer of the group Nacao Pernambuco. An economist from Rio, Santiago went to Olinda for a training course 14 years ago and has never left Pernambuco since. In an interview to weekly magazine Veja, Jorge Davidson, Sony's artistic director, stated, "The lyrics of the new bands are intelligent, they deal with social questions in a direct way, linking to their music messages that represent a youthful vision of the country. It will be no surprise if they end the year with a golden record." The new bands seem to be reediting the anthropophagic spirit preached by the Semana da Arte Moderna in the 20's, which taught how to devour all foreign culture and regurgigate it as a national product. While lyrics had lost their meaning in the deafening noise of many a hard rock tune, the new roqueiros are giving a preeminent place to the words of the songs. When we say the new crop of musicians likes to write political tunes this does not mean we are seeing a return of the 60's when songs inspired by Lenin and Marx were the rage. Nowadays the inspiration comes mainly from the media, and especially from TV. Cidade, from Chico Science, for example, talks about a sewer problem in Recife: Nina dia de so! Recife acordou/Com a mesma fedentina do dia anterior (On a sunny day Recife woke,up/With the same
stench as the day before). SO Preto sem Preconceito is a Carioca band that has already made a name playing what some call samba-metal. For them the use of Portuguese in the lyrics and a lot of percussion have been essential to their successful career, with six albums already recorded. Nine years ago, when they started, the idea was to create a Jackson Five type of group. They ended up playing samba because the money wasn't enough for them to buy guitars and drums and percussion instruments. •
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A vida da gente s6 trabalhar 0. 6, 6, 6... E o dinheiro contado mal da pra viver Ai, al. ai, ai... Mais um dcscamisado Sonhando acordado Qucrendo veneer... Sonhando algum dia sair por ai Cantar e dancar, comer e beber Entrar num motel, se esbaldar de prazer Esquecer a tristcza
This life of ours is only work o, o, o... The little money is barely enough to live Alas, alas. alas. Another shirtless Dreaming awake Willing to win Dreaming of going away some day To dance and to sing. to eat and to drink Get in a motel, get sick with pleasure And forget sadness
Tern genie que vai Pra Paris, Paqueta Parati, Parana, Sao Luiz, Saint Tropez
There are those who go To Paris, Paqueta Parati, Parana, Sao Luiz, Saint Tropez
A Cidade: (Chico Science) • O sol nasce c iluri i as pedras evoltidas Que cresceram corn a forca de pedreires suicidas Cavalciros circum vigiando as pessoaa; Nab importa Sc sao rums. ncm importa Sc sao boas A cidade nao para, a cidade so cresce Ode cima sobe es) de baixo desce The Tow, n The sun rises and brightens the developed stones That were born .vith the strength or suicidal masons Horsemen are around patrolling the people It doesn't matter whether they are bad. it doesn't matter whether they are 3ood The town does not stop, the town only grows Whoever is up rises, whoever is downfalls
Those who have no money, darling Pray that it will rain Todo fim de semana passamos na cama Fazendo amor. ass istindo a TV
Every weekend we spend in bed Making love, watching TV
Entra ano, sai ano e é so desengano A vida continua nesse misere
Year after year there is only disillusion Life goes on in this misery
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I'm buying on credit. I'm owing like crazy And I'm being indexed by the TRD
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PROFILE
Fernando, Ze Renato, Lourenco, Mauricio
Boca Livre means Free Mouth. The group is looking to the U.S. for new audiences and new fans. If they can get a foot in the door, the welcome should be warm. FRANCINE ALEXANDER
Tapping into the U.S.market is the latest dream of some very talented singer-composer-arranger-instrumentalists already well established in Brazil. Four men with melodic voices, razorsharp precision, and a knack for subtle instrumentation recently ventured outside of Brazil for the first time in hopes of finding new fans. Mauricio Maestro, Ze Renato, Lourenco Baeta, and Fernando Gama are Boca Livre, a hard-work36
ing foursome hoping to make itself a part of American culture. The group's first visit to the States recently brought with it flawless a capella singing, sometimes racing along like a blizzard, sometimes mellow and languid like a sunset. with instrumentation as soothing as the lap of waves on the ocean. Boca Livre brings us music that is part jazz, part folk, part sweet. part brash, always interesting, a challenge to the wit, a pleasure to the ear. Americans don't know much about the group. but introductions arc being made, and so far the climate seems encouraging. There are signs of dedicated (if not droves of) fans willing to join the ranks of their counterparts in Brazil. Last year Boca Livre recorded their latest album, Dan condo pelas S'onihras (Dancing by the Shadows), an independent release financed and produced by the members of the group. Boca Livre had already made one successful journey on the independent road, having financed and produced their first album in 1979. "In the beginning the companies were vety skeptical.- says Maestro, the group's founder. "They didn't believe it was possible for vocal groups to do popular work and sell records. They didn't believe, so we paid all the recording expenses and did all the marketing. We are the reason the album happened." The record sold an impressive
150,000 copies.
Maestro, who does all the carcatching, mind-boggling vocal arrangements for the group, candidly admits that the latest recording has put new pressures on the group to build a stronger following. "The times are odd in Brazil," he says, comparing the group's second independent production experience with their first. "It's not the same as it was in the beginning. Now. inflation is very bad and it is very difficult to see the return of your money." The financial challenge is compounded by an aesthetic one. what Maestro calls the lowest common denominator kind of recording: -Radio stations aren't playing much Brazilian popular music now. They play a lot of rock and roll produced for the broad audience. I think the stations should play all kinds of music and let the audience make their own selection. But they don't think like that." It's a common complaint from performers whose music dares to eschew the proscribed sounds of NEWS from BRAZIL-APRIL 1994
modern commercial radio. The question is, will the group Danca do Ouro cGold liattee find the U.S. market any less proscriptive? After all, we Ze Renato - Lourenco have our commercial problems, too. For years, American Bacta jazz musicians have complained about dwindling audiences and slipping sales. The best of the best still see only Eu vi o sol nascendo I saw the sun rising a fraction of top pop and rock star sales. Brilhando o so! em Cuzco Shining the sun in Cuzco The land and the light Given this environment, a few factors might give Boca A terra e a luz Livre an edge. The group's sound will not be a wholly unfamiliar experience for American listeners, an advan- 0 sol que nasce ern Cuzco The sun that rises in Cuzco Shines also in the sky tage in this market. Legitimate comparisons could be made Brilha tambem no au of "Brcjo da Cruz" to Manhattan Transfer, Bobby McFerrin, and Take Six - de -Brcjo da Cruz' the Los Angeles Times even adds Crosby, Stills, Nash, and N o é por acaso ,it's not by chance Young (or possibly the Grateful Dead?) - all well respected and successful. Add the fact that vocal harmony is a Quc o atraso mora ao lado That backwardness lives E n5o se foi ainda close by popular vehicle in the United States, and Boca Livre's And still hasn't gone Nada do que foi sera precision delivery of traditional and nontraditional BrazilAo sul dcssa America tao Nothing that was will be ian sound could ensure the group its own special niche. linda South of such a pretty To improve their chances, the band is planning an America -album in English. "We will be working a lot in 1994 and we intend to return once again to America, probably visiting vi o sol morrendo I saw the sun dying other cities and trying to conquer the Americad public. iEDancando pelas sombras Dancing by the shadows This is a project into which we are putting a lot of effort," C0111.9s urubus With the buzzards says Baeta. The American market is a wellspring of potential, Manchas de um ocaso Spots or•a sundown according to Baeta and Renato, who describe with enthu- Marcas do atraso Signs of backwardness siasm the vast Latino audience waiting to be conquered O ouro, o po, sangria. Gold, dust, bloodshed. Rage and the marshes... here. "This is very interesting for us. If we are able to Calera e os pantanais. Dos Andes as Gerais From the Andes to please these people that would be very good for us." Gerais Most important, Boca Livre is smart about its reper- 0 que sera um dia? What will it be one day? toire. A recent performance at Le Café, an intimate club in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, featured a mix of And to sing. melodic and mischievous music, the cap of which was a E cantan., And to cry... rendition of Roxanne, the venerable Police/Sting standard, E chorar... wailed from the heart by Ze Renato. The selection was a smash from the first few notes, not only thanks to audience Paulo recognition, but also from eager anticipation of what Boca Livre would do with the well-loved tune. Renato's pleas to Roxanne would have made Sting envious. Roxanne is not among the tracks on Dan condo pc/as Serenata Sombras. Still, I've played the all-Portuguese album for "There was a time, on several English-only friends. I get a startled look followed moonlit nights, when by an exclamation, "Those guys are good!" Followed by, troubadours passed below "Is there somewhere I can get this album?" windows to serenade the ladies Which raises two key questions: Will Boca Livre's of their heartfelt devotion. potential consumers in the U.S. get to hear the group? Tom It is in the spirit of this Schnobel of KCRW, NPR's member station in Los Angeserenade that the present work GSP I 005C D ' Chews Walt:es of Brazil" was inspired. It brings together les, can be counted among the conquered and has featured the finest of Brazilian musk . the group on his weekly Café L.A. program. But will written by some of the most 'Brazilian' of Brazilian composers responsible yet all-too-few programmers such as Schnobel It is a joyous experience to hear Bellinati's superb interpretations as he be enough to build a meaningful following? performs the works of Garoto, Gnattali, myself... With fantastic, precise And will there be a distribution channel to meet detechnique, Paulo is a master of the guitar. His arrangements are mand? According to Maestro, this element is not yet in transparent and his compositions clearly show him to be a mature place. "This is the first time we've been outside of Brazil," musician he says. "We have some friends who know our work and Simply stated, Serenata is a very beautiful recording, and a very send records to other people. And some people outside of Brazilian happening." Brazil are interested in our work." But for this trip, the — Antonio Carlos Jobim (from the CD liner notes) group acted as its own distribution network. Happily, all .the best guitar recording! have ever heard. It's awesomely good." the CDs disappeared. — David Heymann, KKUP 'Canla Brazil' If the group does get a footing here, it could add to the "Very fine guitarist . I am playing this all the time" momentum Brazilian music has been slowly regaining in — Sergio Mielniczenko, 'The Brazilian Hour' the U.S. Aside from Boca Livre's own compositions, their spirited interpretations of other musicians give U.S. audiand 'The Sounds of Brazil' ences the opportunity to hear some of Brazil's best. available at your local CD store or directly from GSP "Inspiration is a small part of the process," says Mae1411 Clement St, San Francisco, CA, 94118 Tel 14151 668-3540 stro. "The big part is work, work, work."
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Next attraction BIM, Brazilian Instrumental Music, fresh and innovative, has everything to be the next Brazilian wave in the U.S.. There is a bounty of talent in a new crop of world-class musicians. Here we drop a few names. SCOTT ADAMS
The rising international popularity of contemporary jazz has come to provide a launching pad for Brazilian Instrumental music, and subsequently it's been targeted as "the next Brazilian wave." You need look no further than Windham Hill's Instrumental Music from Brazil sampler to see how this musical trend has begun to take hold. It features 13 tracks and nine artists from the highly stocked Visom Records talent pool. Visom's elegant collection of acoustic and electric selections centers around Windham Hill's traditional sound, but with a delicate tropical flavor. Visom owner Carlos de Andrade talked about the growing phenomenon of Brazilian Instrumental music from his office in Rio de Janeiro. "Many factors have shaped its direction, but most important is our desire to show the rest of the world our own cultural growth. Brazil's economic and social problems get so much attention that its sometimes difficult to remind people of the richness that exists here." Windham Hill's sampler was designed to test the market and gauge reaction to several Visom artists. This was essential because of the great diversity of Brazilian musical style and form. Quite a different situation from American instrumental music. "Take guitarists," said de Andrade. In America you have, say, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton and Ray Obiedo. Each with a different musical personality, but still within the same musical style." He continued. "In Brazil, you have contemporary fusion with Torcuato Mariano, the modern interpretations of traditional regional music with Alem5o and the unvarnished enDols Irmaos
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thusiasm of Ulisses Rocha on yet another side. Our musical variety is virtually unmatched in the world." The success of Windham Hill's Visom sampler was such that a series of single artist releases has been planned for 1994. And that's only the tip of the uh, iceberg. Groups: Aquarela Carioca, NO em Pingo d'Agua, Gabo Preto, Uakti, La Vem a Tribo, Opus 5, Zonazul. Artists: Mario Cimbelli, Nando Cordeiro, Edgar Duvivier, Paulo Brasil, Mauro Senise, Serginho Trombone, Marcos Resende, Rildo Flora, Junior Homrich, Gilson Peranzzetta. Want a few more? Andre Geraissati, Victor Biglione, Pascoal Meirelles, Roberto Sion, Tomas, Paulinho Trompete, William Magalhaes, Zezo Ribeiro. Each of these is developing its career along with the expanding Brazilian instrumental music base. Many have already established themselves as highly rated studio musicians, but until now have lacked the opportunity to record their own music. Now that market demand has increased, new outlets for these talented musicians are appearing. Echoing Visom's involvement with Windham Hill is Rio-based Caju Music and its relationship with Fantasy Inc. British co-owner Barry Powely paints an enthusiastic picture for Brazilian instrumental music with a clear understanding of his labels objectives. "When we started Caju four years ago, our idea was to provide high quality recordings of unknown musicians and give them a shot at establishing themselves," said Powely. "Then we found that many other small labels began popping up with the same approach. Now these musicians from Rio's club scene are more in the public's eye, not only here in Rio but all over Brazil and now in the U.S.. There's been an incredible increase over the last few years." Through Milestone World Music, Caju's releases have included Gosto de Brasil; a sparkling jazz interpretation of music from the Brazilian Northeast. including a special tribute to Luiz Gonzaga. The Bonfa Magic chronicles the long career of guitarist Luis Bonfa by having the artist revisit his most famous compositions. Dois Irindos by clarinetist Paulo Moura and guitarist Raphael Rabello won the Sharp Premium. Award for Best Instrumental Recording of 1993. Its the highest honor in Brazil's recording industry. "We're working to become the Deutsche Gramophone of Brazil," said Powely. -And its something we feel the North American buyer will continue to appreciate. I expect success will occur as new marketing techniques help the U.S. buyer to be more aware of what he is purchasing." Others, including Hermeto Pascoal, pianist Antonio Adolfo, Olmir Stocker and percussionist Joao Parahyba enjoy the innovative marketing aspects of Happy Hour Music. This small California based label uses direct mail and an 800 number (571-DISC) to provide its catalog of high quality recordings with superior musical content to buyers nationwide. Much as with Bossa Nova's rise to world-wide popularity in the 1960s, Brazilian Instrumental Music is now poised to achieve similar success as the "next Brazilian wave" for many of the smile reasons. The new BIM has a fresh, vibrant quality and provides a genuine alternative to much of the ovenvorked and NEWS from BRAZIL -APRIL 1994
clichĂŠ-ridden music that poses as contemporary jazz here. Additionally, melodic, rhythmic and harmonic development are all Brazilian strong suits and creativity with instrumental music in Brazil is on the rise, just as many pop composers decry the lack of true vocal talent to replace the current generation. Scott Adams is the editor of The Brazilian Music Review, and long time columnist and features' writer for Jazz!: magazine, where this article originally was published. You may contact him at (708) 298-8019.
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Santa Catarina is not just anotherstatq..:::itS.4:::.5.. : . million residents, influenced by Spani$1.1Portuguese. Italian, and especially by GermarC,imittir,. grants and their children, have developed.:.IMpt*:!„. than just a place to live. They've created an ialartcl?1: that is economically and sociallY'l'IabOad of any other state in the rest of Brazil. SantkOatarina"affil small size, 95,318 km2 (59,240 mi%I;taI.:00..ttilistacle::'. for its 25,000 industries, mainly'Orlegtiles, to produce five percent of Brazil's total export protl• .. ucts. But Santa Catarina's maintitiSititatis.Abtir.' ism. In 1993 Santa Catarina :Ito.sfedl.:CIOse. to .400, thousand tourists, and thia....iaiiilie.:State's officials expect an additional 100 thnusand; Coming mainly from Argentina, these visitors.explore the variety of the state's 60 beaches, with Caribbeanlike bays and experience cultural cOntrasts as the one between Blumenau and Joiiwille in the Itajai Valley. Even Santa Catarina's rainy days - an average of 16 days per month;:the highest annual index of rain in the country. - don't stop people from enjoying this progressive state. In the summer. the airport of Florianopolis. the capital, is the third busiest of Braiii;•,Santa Catalina is more visited than Rio de Janeiro. according to a recent article in reja magazine. Your first stop is, Florianopolis island, the cultural and administrative center of Santa Catarina, and the most important tOurist point of he Brazilian south coast. The city's best feature .areithe be iches md the most sought amongthem . 'are Jurere, Canasvieiras,'Ingleses With its beauti- , ful dunes. Mocambique. and if you surf go to the 'clear waters of Mole bcach or to the famous Joaquina beach, NV here some of' the most important national and international surf competition takes place. beach; If you like archaeolngy,Nisit Armacao I. is one of the most important sites of archaeological studies of the state.for a relaxing evening .go to the Lagoa (Lagoon) Oa Conceiego one of the Itiost visited attractions Of the island. There you ,van. enjo•ya giant shrimp prepared on garlic and olive oil, or in coconut milk, while sitting by the Ni a te r N‘ a t c i ng the fishermen catching more shrimp. 40
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A scene of Quendo Mundo, being shown in Rio. Como Encher um Biquini Selvagem - American films just released: PharrThe premiere was on 62 but this play delphia (Filadelfia), Judgement Night written and directed by Miguel (Ulna logada do Des//no). National' Falabella in its last revival continues Lampoon's Loaded ireapon I ()frigidna Ouase Mortifera), II here the Ileartl to pack houses in Rio. Claudia Jimenez Te//f Onde Estri o Coractio), Is (plays several characters adopting dif- Mom, the Baby-sitter is Dead (Viva! A • ferent accents in this monologue about Baba Morreu) life and psychotherapy. Farewell to my Concubine (A dens Os Degenerudos Amigos - An adapta- Minha Concubina) - China - Directed. tion of Maxim Gorki, directed by Ivana by Chen Kaige. Two Pekin opera acLeblon. With Eleonora Fabiao and tors and their changes an the changes of society along 50 years together. Oscar Marques Saraiva. Desejo - Eugene O'Neil play trans- Les Nuits Fauves (Noites Felina.0 lated by Renato Beninatto, with Vera France - Directed and starred by Cyril Collard. Jean, 30. with AIDS falls in Fisher and Juca de Oliveira. love with Laura. 17. after a life on the M30 - Confissries das Mulheres de 30 fast lane. Created and directed by Domingos de L'Odeur de la Papa ye Verte(0 Cheiro Oliveira with Maite Proenca and da Papala Verde) - Vietnam/France. Priscila Rozenbaum. Women in their Mui, 12, leaves her home in the interior of Vietnam in search of love and 30s have a 30% discount. Ouerido Mundo - Written by Miguel finds it. Falabella and Maria Carmen Barbosa. 0 Sorgo Vermelho - China - Directed Directed by Miguel Falabella with by Zhang Yimou with Gong Li and Jiang Wen. Winner of the Golden Bear Joana Foinm and Otavio Augusto. at the '88 Berlin Festival. Story hapOs Sete Brotinhos - Written and dipens in China of the 30's. when Japarected by Flavio Marinho with Cininha nese and Chinese are in a war against de Paula, Fernando Eiras, Anderson each other. A girl is swapped by her Muller and Marcelo Saback. parents for a mule. Trriia - An adaptation of Euripides' A Terceira Margem do Rio - Brazil The Trojans by Eduardo Wotzik and Nelson Pereira dos Santos' four-yearsFernand Schnoor. With Camila Amado on-the making film. Based in five short stbries by great Guimanies Rosa. A and Clarice Niskier. Valsa N° 6 - Written by Nelson story of miracles used as an allegory Rodrigues, directed by Cristina Ribas, of present Brazil. Trois Couleurs: Bleu (A Liberdade starring Maria Luiza Mendonca. Azul) - France/Poland - By Krzysztof Vestido de Noiva - Classic Nelson Kieslowski with Juliette Ilinoche. InRodrigues play directed by Luiz Arthur spired by the colors of the French flag Nunes with Malu Mader and Luciana and the French Revolution ideas. A Braga. . woman trying to forget her past. 42
Fiction 1. A Era da InocCatcia Edith Wharton 2. A'amil Noah Gordon 3 0 Fisico Noah Gordon 4. lima Fortuna Perigosa Ken Follet 5. A Firma John Grishman 6. ('onto Agua para Chocolate Laura Esquivel 7. Dossie Pelican° John Grisham 8. A Coroa de Orquideas Nelson Rodrigues 9. 0 Amante do Vulcao Susan Sontag 10. Histriria do Ladreio... Anne Rice
Non-fiction 1. Manuscritos do Mar Mort° Edmund Wilson 2. A Menina sem Estrela Nelson Rodrigues 3.0 Santo GraaL.. Beigent, Liegh and Lincoln 4. As Jan elas do Paratii Amy r Klink 5. Reengenharia M. Hammer and J. Champy 6. A Sombra das Chuteiras Imortais Nelson Rodrigues 7. Toujours Provence Peter Mayle 8. Paratii: Entre Dois Prilos Amyr Klink 9. Para Compreender os Man uscritos do Mar Mort° - Hershel Shanks 10. Como enlouquecer uma mulher Y. I. Hatem NEWS from BRAZIL-APRIL 1994
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There's a dearth of bilingual (Portuguese/ English) literature in the U.S.. Bilingual books for children are all but unheard of. It's very encouraging news, then, that New York resident Brazilian-born writer Beti Rozen has just published 0 Coraceio sent Dono no Pais das Trevas /A Heart Alone in the Land ofDarkness. The little book, in English and Portuguese, was written for the little ones, but adults should also appreciate the work for their own enjoyment or for reading to the small fry. More information? Call (212) 633-8557. ,..tor
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SUNDAY SATURDAY
' 7:00 pm - 10 pm - Jesse Pessoa, Brazilian harpist at La Petit Maison 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm - Musical Menu at Hotel Vila 7:30 pm - 12:00 am - Banda "R" at Ipanema Grill 8:00 pm - 1:00 am - Brazilian Band and Dance Show at Copacabana 8:30 pm &11:30 pm -Samba, Lambada, Capoeira, Malandro Show at Brazilian Tropicana 9:00 pm - 1:00 am - Cesar Sant'Ana with Popular Brazilian Music at Miami Beach Pizza 9:00 pm -2:00 am- Pagoda at Brazilian Delight 10:30 pm - Rio Ecstasy! at Scala
FaxyourCalendar infoto(213)257-3487, mail to P.O. Box 42536 L.A., CA 90050 orcall(213) 255-8062. Deadline: the20th.
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1:30 pm -5:30 pm -Live Brazilian Music at Marina Stage
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7:00 pm & 9:00 pm - Musical -^A Menu at Hotel Vila Y. 7:30 pm - 12:00 am - Banda "R" and Samba Brazil Dance Show at lpanema Bar and Grill 8:00 pm - 1:00 am - Brazilian Dance Show at Copacabana 8:30 pm &11:30 pm -Samba, Lambada, Capoeira, Malandro Show at Brazilian Tropicana 9:00 pm-1:00 am -Pagode at Miami Beach Pizza 10:30 pm - Rio Ecstasy! at Scala
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Jesse Pessoa, Brazilian harpist at La Petit Maison 7:30 pm - 12:00 am - Banda "R" at lpanema Grill 8:00 pm - 1:00 am - Brazilian Band & Dance Show at Copacabana 9:00 pm-Samba Brazil Dance Show at lpanema Grill 8:30 pm - Samba, Lambada, Capoeira, Malandro Show at Brazilian Tropicana 9:00 pm - 1:00 am - Pedro Paulo sings Popular Brazilian
Music at Miami Beach Pizza
EVERY MONDAY
TV & RADIO BIN (Brazilian TV Network) - Daily news from Brazil, talk shows and sports-11:0O pm -1:00am, DCI ch. 40, S South ch 51, Adelphia ch. 52, Gold Coast ch. 99 Luqui Corporation -Jornal Bandeirantes, interviews, sports, Brazilian musical clips- 11.00 pm - 1:00 am, Dynamic ch. 20, S. South ch 41, Gold Coast ch. 44, DCI ch. 45 Brazilians Love Jazz -Every Sunday, 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm withGina Martelli- 93.4 - Love 94
NEWS from BRAZIL -APRIL 1994
7:00 pm & 9:00 pm -Musical Menu at Hotel Vila
7:30 pm -12:00 am -Banda "R"at lpanema Grill
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TUESDAY 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Jesse Pessoa,the Brazilian harpist at La Petit Maison
7:00 pm & 9:00 pm -Musical Menu at Hotel Vila
7:30 pm - 12:00 am - Banda "R"at lpanema Grill
9:30 pm - 1:30 am - Erica Norimar & Brazilian Explosion at Mango's
SITES & PHONES Brazilian Delight - 154 SE 1st Ave. - Downtown Miami (305) 374-0032 Brazilian Tropicana Restaurant - 410 N. Federal Hwy - Pompano Beach- (305) 781-1113 Copacabana - 3430 E. Atlantic B1.- Pompano Beach (305) 941-2751 Hotel Vila - 5959 SW 71st St. Miami Ipanema Grill - 1771 Coral Way - Coral Gables - (305) 285-4777
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La Petit Maison - 366 E. Palmetto Pk. Rd.- Boca Raton (407) 750-7483 Lombardi's Restaurant - Bayside Marketplace - Downtown Miami - (305) 381-9580 Mango's Tropical Cafe - 900 Ocean Dr. - Miami Beach (305) 673-4422 Miami Beach Pizza - 6954 Collins Ave. - Miami Beach (305) 866-8661 Scala Miami - 905 S. Bayshore Dr. - Miami - (305) 371-5604
7:00 pm & 9:00 pm - Musical Menu at Hotel Vila 730 pm -1200 am - Banda "R" at lpanema Grill 8:00 pm -1:00 am - Brazilian Band and Dance Show at Copacabana 8:30 pm - Samba, Lambada, Capoeira, Malandro • Show at Brazilian Tropicana •8:30 pm - Rio Ecstasy! at Scala
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calendar - april 94 - los angeles FRIDAY 1 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Brazilian jazz at Grand Avenue Bar 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 1:00 - Georgia Martello, Mayuto Correa, Marcelo Ciribelli, Marilia Assad at Zabumba 9:00 pm - Banda Constelacao & Mila at Cafe Danssa
SATURDAY 2 4:00 pm - Ballet Folclorico do Brasilat Natural History Museum - Free - (213) 972-8013 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 2:00 am - Banda Constelacaoat Zabumba 8:00 pm - Mayuto Correa Jazz Band at Vine St.
SUNDAY 3 5:00 pm - Banda Constelacao at Zabumba
WEDNESDAY 6 8:00 pm -Georgia Martellowith Marcelo Ciribelli& Band at Vine St.
THURSDAY 7 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Zabumba 10:00 pm- Kleber Jorge & Trio at Bokaos - 8689 Wilshire Blvd
FRIDAY 8 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Brazilian Jazz at Grand Avenue Bar 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 1:00 - Georgia Martello, Mayuto Correa, Marcelo Ciribelli, Marilia Assad at Zabumba
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RADIO & TV Sounds of Brazil - Every Thursday, 9.30 am - 11 am, KPFK, 90.7 FM with Sergio Mielniczenko Brazilian Houi -Every Saturday and Sunday, 9.00 am -10 am, KXLU, 88.9 FM with Sergio Mielniczenko Brazilian Scenes -Every Wednesday, 7.30 pm - Channels 3, 37, 52, 61 - Public Access
WEDNESDAY 13 8:00 pm - Ballet Folclorico do Brasil at Univ. of Calif., Riverside -(909) 787-3626 8:00 pm -Georgia Martellowith Marcelo Ciribelli& Band at Vine Str.
THURSDAY 14 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Zabumba 10:00 pm- Kleber Jorge & Trio at Bokaos - 8689 Wilshire Blvd
FRIDAY 15 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Brazilian Jazz at Grand Avenue Bar 8:00 pm 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 1:00 - Georgia Martello, Mayuto Correa, Marcelo Ciribelli, Marilia Assad at Zabumba 9:00 - Banda Constelacao & MILA at Cafe Danssa
SATURDAY 16 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 2:00 am - Banda Constelagaoat Zabumba
8:00 pm - Mayuto Correa Jazz Band at Vine St.
SUNDAY 17 5:00 pm - Banda Constelacao
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WEDNESDAY 20 8:00 pm -Georgia Martellowith Marcelo Ciribelli& Band at Vine St. .
THURSDAY 21 8:00 pm - Ballet Folclorico do Brasil at Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara -(310)840-2794 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Zabumba 10:00 pm- Kleber Jorge & Trio at Bokaos - 8689 Wilshire Blvd
FRIDAY 22 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Brazilian jazz at Grand Avenue Bar 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 1:00 - Georgia Martello, Mayuto Correa, Marcelo Ciribelli, Manila Assad at Zabumba 9:00 pm -Brazilian Spring Party - Baile da Primavera with Lula
Auditorium - 13506 Sherman Way, Van Nuys- (818)760-4600 (See ad on page 20)
SATURDAY 23 UCLA's XVII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia) at Sunset Recreation Center. For info call (310) 825-1036 1:00 pm -5:00 pm -Candomble Workshop by Maria Junqueira at Brasil Brasil Cultural Center 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:00 pm - Mayuto Correa Jazz Band at Vine St. 8:30 pm - 2:00 am - Banda Constelacaoat ZabUrnba
SUNDAY 24 UCLA's XVII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (See Saturday 23) 1:00 pm -5:00 pm - Candomble Workshop by Maria Junquetra at Brasil Brasil Cultural Center 5:00 pm - Banda Constelacdo at Zabumba
WEDNESDAY 27 8:00 pm -Georgia Martellowith Marcelo Ciribelli& Band at Vine St.
THURSDAY 28 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Zabumba 10:00 pm- Kleber Jorge & Trio at Bokaos - 8689 Wilshire Blvd
FRIDAY 29 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Brazilian jazz at Grand Avenue Bar 8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 1:00 - Georgia Martelloand Friends atZabumba
SATURDAY 9
SATURDAY 30
8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:30 pm - 2:00 am - Banda ConstelagaoatZabumba 8:00 pm - Mayuto Correa Jazz Band at Vine St.
8:00 pm - 11:00 am - Axe, the Brazilian Jazz Ensemble at Nyala 8:00 pm - Mayuto Correa Jazz Band at Vine St. 8:30 pm - 2:00 am - Banda Constelagaoat Zabumba 10:00 pm - Full Moon Party Festa da Lua Cheia at Bakari Art Studio. Call (213)938-0523
SUNDAY 10 5:00 pm - Banda Constelacao at Zabumba Kleber Jorge at Bokaos.
SITES AND PHONES Alice's - 1043 Westwood Blvd. Westwood - (310) 208-3171 Amazon - 14649 Ventura BI. Sh. Oaks - (818) 986-7502 Atlas -3760 Wilshire Blvd.- Los Angeles - (213) 380-8400 Baked Potato - 3787 Calmenga N. Hollywood -(818) 980-1615 Brazilian Music Center - 6226 Sta Monica BI. (213) 467-5715 46
Cafe Danssa -11533 W. Pico131 West L.A.- (310) 305-8387 Catalina Bar & Grill - 1640 N. Cahuenga BI. (213) 466-2210 Coffee Era porium -4325 Glen-
con .-Marina-(310) 823-4446 Fais-Do-Do - 5257 W. Adams L.A. - (213) 932-9034 Grand Ave. Bar -Biltmore -506 S. Grand Av(213) 612-1595 Kafe Kafka - 6069 W. Sunset B1 -Hollywood - (213) 464-3938
La Ve Lee- 12514 Ventura Ill. Studio City - (818) 980-8158 Le Cafe - 14633 Ventura BI. Sh. Oaks - (818) 986-2662 Lunaria - 10351 Santa Monica BI.. - W. L.A. - : (213) 282-8870 Nucleus Nuance- 7267 Melrose Ave. - (213) 939-8666 Nyala - 1076 S. Faifax Ave. -
L.A. - (213) 936-5918 Pedro's Gri*1739 N. Vermont, L.A. - (213) 660-9472
Tampico - Wilshire at 11th St. Santa Monica - (310) 451-1769 Truly Yours -18588 Ventura 131
- Tarzana - (818) 996-3131 Venice Bistro - 323 Ocean Ft Walk. Venice, (213) 392-3997 Vine Street - 1610 Vine St. Hollywood - (213) 463-4375 Waterfront Cafe -205 Ocean F. Walk,Venice-(310) 392-0322 Zabum ba -10717 Venice Blvd Culver City - (310) 841-6525 NEWS from BRAZIL-APRIL 1994
6:00 pm -Carlinhos de Oliveira & guitar at Chambord 8:00 pm - Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Renata Souza at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Ginga Brasil in Carnaval rehearsals at International House. (510) 428-0698 9:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Voz do Brasil at Club De Luxe
RADIO Canta, Brasil -Every Sunday, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - KKUP, 91.5 FM, with Xuxu, Maria Jose and David Heyman Agora Brasil - Every Saturday, 3.00 pm - 4:00 pm, KPFA, 94.0 FM with Elvira Cola and Eric Taller Tropicana Brasiliana - Every Friday, 8:00 - 9:00 pm, KUSF, 90.3 with Raimundo Franco, in English & Portug. Brasileirinho - Every Wednesday, 9:30 pm, KZSC, 88.1 FM with Renato Frota
SATURDAY 2 8:00 pm - Marcos Silva at Bahia Restaurant 9:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Voz do Brasil with Samba Swuing & Suor at Bahia Tropical
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THURSDAY 28 6:00 pm - Jonathan Stone at Chambord 8:00 pm - Doug Gittins playing Bossa Nova at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Renata & Dulce at Nino's-
THURSDAY 7 6:00 pm - Jonathan Stone at Chambord 8:00 pm - Doug Gittins playing Bossa Nova at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Renata & Dulce at Nino's
FRIDAY 29
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SATURDAY 9 8:00 pm -Carnaval Monterey '94 featuringViva Brasil, Orixa-BaBa with Samba, Swing & Suor, and Fogona Roupaat Monterey Conference Center. For info call (408) 373-4559 8:00 pm - Marcos Silva at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Viva Brasil at Bahia Tropical
WEDNESDAY 13 6:00 pm - Doug Gittins, playing Bossa Nova at Chambord
THURSDAY 14 6:00 pm - Jonathan Stone at Chambord
SITES & PHONES Alberto's - 736 W. Dana St., Mtn View, (415) 968-3007 Aioli - 469 Bush Street San Francisco- (415)2490900 Ashkenaz - 1317 San Pablo Ave.-Berkeley (510)525-5054 Bahia - 41 Franklin St. - S. Francisco (415) 626-3306 Bahia Trop. -1600 Market St.-S.Franc. (415)861-8657 NEWS from BRAZIL -APRIL 1994
SATURDAY 23 8:00 pm - Marcos Silva at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm -Viva BrasilwithGinga Brasil at Bahia Tropical
6:00 pm - Doug Gittins, playing Bossa Nova at Chambord
6:00 pm -Doug Gittins, playing Bossa Nova at Chambord
6:00 pm -Carlinhos de Oliveira & guitar at Chambord 8:00 pm - Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Renata Souza at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Ginga Brasil in Carnaval rehearsals at International House. (510) 428-0698 9:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Voz do Brasil with Aquarela Show at Arkenaz
at Caribbean Garden, 1306 Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, (415)347-9007 8:00 pm - Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Renata Souza at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Ginga Brasil in Carnaval rehearsals at International House. (510) 428-0698
8:00 pm - Doug Gittins playing Bossa Nova at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Renata & Dulce at Nino's
WEDNESDAY 20 6:00 pm -Doug Gittins, playing Bossa Nova at Chambord
FRIDAY 15
THURSDAY 21
6:00 pm -Carlinhos de Oliveira & guitar at Chambord 8:00 pm - Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Renata Souza at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Ginga Brasil in Carnaval rehearsals at International House. (510) 428-0698
6:00 pm - Jonathan Stone at Chambord 8:00 pm - Doug Gittins playing Bossa Nova at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm - Renata & Dulce at Nino's
SATURDAY 16
6:00 pm -Carlinhos de Oliveira & guitar at Chambord 7:00 pm -Lisa Silvawith Marcos Silva at Aioli 8:00 pm -King of CarnavalJaime Martinez presents Samba Show
8:00 pm - Marcos Silva at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm -Viva BrasilwithGinga Brasil at Askenaz 9:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Voz do Brasil at Alberto's
FRIDAY 22
6:00 pm -Carlinhos de Oliveira & guitar at Chambord 7:00 pm -Lisa Silvawith Marcos Silva at Aioli 8:00 pm - Bossa Nova at Aioli 8:00 pm - Renata Souza at Bahia Restaurant 8:30 pm -Samba do Coracaoat Bahia Tropical 8:00 pm - Ginga Brasil in Carnaval rehearsals at International House. (510) 428-0698
SATURDAY 30 8:00 pm - Marcos Silva at Bahia Restaurant 8:00 pm -Viva BrasilwithGinga Brasil at Bahia Tropical 3:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Voz do Brasil at The Ramp 9:00 pm - Lisa Silva & Voz do Brasil with Aquarela Show at Bahia Tropical
SUNDAY 17 8:00 pm -Ginga Brasil at Bahia Tropical
Brazil Cult. & Arts - 659 S. 22nd St. - (510) 215-8202 Cafe do Brasil . - 104 7th St S. Francisco(415) 626-6432 Chambord - 152 Kearney St. S. Francisco (415) 434-3688 Nino's - 1916 Martin L. King Jr., Berkeley (510) 845-9303 The Ramp - 855 China Basin San Francisco (415) 621-2378 Yoshi's -6030 Claremont A ve. Oakland (510) 652-9200
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