MARCH
1999

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CONTENTS:

7
Energy:

Worst blackout ever
covers the country

8
Memory:

Dictionary-man
Antônio Houaiss is gone

11
Obituary:

Soprano extraordinaire
Bidu Sayão is silent

12
COVER
STORY

Chico Buarque,
musician of the century

21
Economy:

Recession, unemployment,
and fear of inflation

23
Indians:

The dark side of
Brazilian
indigenous peoples

29
Novel Excerpt:

"Esaú e Jacó"
by Machado de Assis
In Portuguese

35
Travel:

Pernambuco of Caruaru and
Fernando de Noronha

39
Impressions:

Rio, when Carnaval
is not around

41
Music:

Dil Fonseca,
recording his way

54
Special:

Thomas E. Skidmore
covers 500 years of Brazil

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