LETTERS

Why is it when readers write decent letters to you asking specific questions or, more importantly, expressing a sincere desire to communicate with others interested in Brazil and its culture you never, ever, respond or print the writer's address?

Yet in the aforementioned piece publish names, addresses, phone numbers and, in at least one case, step-by-step directions on finding a popular place of "employment"? Shame on you.

PS: Ainda assim adoro sua revista. (In spite of that I still adore your magazine.)

Jim Graham
Box 831
Chewelah, Washington 99108

No, I don't live in some ghetto in the US. I have lived most of the time in rich folks' neighborhoods, but I prefer to associate myself with the simple people, which usually are nicer. A Ph.D. does not change a person. I do know some illiterate people in Brazil who are very knowledgeable and more pleasant to talk to than some Ph.Ds.

I don't know of any Brazilian who expects any privileges here. We, at least the ones I know, like to be treated as equal. Open boarders to immigrants? Ha, ha, ha! Maybe Ms. Morton does not watch the news. Do you want to enter the US legally? Go back to your country, apply, then wait forever.

I wonder what Ms. Morton is doing to help improve life for the people in Brazil? She probably will never return. But if she does, I bet she will join the very corrupt government in that country, which oppresses the people. My conclusion is that Ms. Morton is an "Americanized clown". I do know a few other like her. Not all are Brazilians.

Geoniora G. Oliveira
Fountain Valley, California

For me, the May '96's issue (on the military dictatorship and its far reaching and lasting effects on millions of people) helped deromanticize much of the information I had gotten so far about different well-known Brasileiros going into exile. I didn't have concrete facts about everyday people, `disappeared' people, torture, etc... I think it's all very important to understand and learn about. Please renew my subscription.

Cheryl Harrison
Seattle, Washington

I discovered your magazine in a Brazilian restaurant in Los Angeles where the food and the people were real, during the World Cup. Oh, what a fabulous time! What sweet love between people. I'll never forget! Keep up the good work.
PS: I think I will wear my soccer T-shirt today. This letter inspired me.

Dolores Del-Rio Davis
El Paso, Texas