AUGUST
1998

For a larger cover

CONTENTS:

7
Censorship:`When reporting the news was hazardous to your health`

8
Show Biz:`The day Xuxa had a baby`

9
Scandal:`Trying to catch fake labs and medicine`

15
COVER
STORY
`Brazilians go to the polls`

19
Elections:`Where to vote All the Brazilian consulates in the U.S.`

24
Language:`Tinkering with accents`

24
Economy:`Growing pains of four-year-old Real`

31
Short story:`"O Assassinato do Anão" by Plínio Marcos In Portuguese`

36
Travel:
`Recôncavo, Cachoeira São Félix, they are all Bahia`

44
Music:`A potpourri of rhythms called Brazilian sound`

54
Book Excerpt:`Cardoso and his perilous courtship with the Congress`

DEPARTMENTS:

`Rapidinhas`

`Letters`

`Best-seller books, plays & movies`

`Classifieds`

Display Ads

`U.S.A. Calendar`

`That's Brazilian, a directory of Brazilian businesses in the USA`