JUNE
1998

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CONTENTS:

6
TV:

Xuxa: Brazil's
most famous pregnant
feuds with in-laws

8
Entertainment:

Scheila, Danielle,
and all the new icons

10
Politics:

President Cardoso
keeps making foes

13
COVER
STORY

Hunger and looting.
The Northeast
drought is back

18
Drought:

A historic headache
and the taming of the
São Francisco river

22
Nation:

Why are Brazilians
feeding less the poor

26
History:

American genocide
in the Amazon

31
Short stories:

"Frutas Artificiais"
plus one by
Adelaide Bouchardet Davis
In Portuguese

37 
Travel:

The Northeast starts
here in Bahia

41
Music:

Egberto Gismonti:
talent without concession

45
Pop Music:

Ivete Sangalo,
Banda Eva's
sultry voice

54
Book Excerpt:

It's so easy to fall
in love in Rio

DEPARTMENTS:

Rapidinhas

Letters

Best-seller books,
plays & movies

Press Releases
on shows & CDs
Gal Costa

Classifieds

Display Ads

U.S.A. Calendar

That's Brazilian,
a directory of
Brazilian businesses
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