AUGUST
1998

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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:

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plays & movies

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U.S.A. Calendar

That's Brazilian,
a directory of
Brazilian businesses
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