JULY 97 

CONTENTS: 

12 
 
COVER STORY 
How biopirates are
plundering the Amazon

17 Health: Brazil's natural medicine boom   22 Brainteaser: UFOs and ETs get top billing   26 Sports: Guga, Brazil's own tennis-court prince   30 Short story: Júlio César Monteiro Martins's "República" In Portuguese   35 Travel: National parks. One for every 
day of the year   40 Music: Cidade Negra joins Brazilian pop's
closed club   54 Special Profile: Ary Barroso, a multi-talented 
professional chameleon

DEPARTMENTS:

 
Rapidinhas

 
Letters

 
Best-seller books, 
plays & movies

 
Por aí

 
Classifieds

 
U.S.A. Calendar

 
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