APRIL
2000

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CONTENTS:

6
Brazil 500:

Indians
sound off

10
Nation:

Men are
living less

11
Gringos:

Foreigners
just passing by

12
COVER
STORY

The Internet
rushes along

18
Politics:

Rooting
for the worse

21
Impressions:

Brazil,
how I see it

23
Ecology:

Rio's
dead bay

25
Behavior:

The art of paying
the food bill

27
Short Story:

"Queridas Primas"
by Nilza Amaral
In Portuguese

32
Travel:

All for all in
Rio Grande do Sul

36
Opinion:

Poor Americanized
Brazil

38
Book Review:

"Iracema" by
José de Alencar

39
Music:

When nationalism
goes too far

41
Music:

A label for
choros alone

54
Special:

Blackness
and nationalism

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