A private university in Brazil said Tuesday that because of negative public reaction, it reversed a decision to expel a student who wore a short dress to class, but the...

Recently, my house was hit by lightning. To be more precise, this occurred February 10 and this fact (or bad luck or divine punishment or whatever...) will remain in my...

Sao Paulo City, scene of the country’s biggest electoral dispute It is time for analysis and reflection on the year that is ending. However, just draw a line...

I know very well that we are undergoing a financial crisis. Some countries are suffering more, others less, but in any event, is a pessimistic time. That’s...

Walking into Brazil’s new soccer museum is like entering a hall filled with busts of Greek gods. Suspended on glass screens some eight feet tall in the darkened...

The best Brazilian footballer of all time, Edison Arantes do Nasimento Pele, has opened the first football museum in Sao Paulo, where exhibits from Brazil’s...

In the 70’s, the problems caused by pollution, traffic and violence reached an unbearable level in Sao Paulo. Many wanted to leave the city, but could not because...

Some time ago, I wrote about the relationship between the massacre of Carandiru and the rising of the PCC (First Command of the Capital). Briefly, after a Sao...

Probably if you are not from Brazil or South American, maybe you don’t know the reputation of Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo. This avenue is the main financial...

In the previous article, I mentioned the massacre of Carandiru as the apex of a police strategy that is still followed by many states in Brazil (first kill, them ask...

One important warning: This article contains photos taken after a massacre. If you have a strong stomach, go ahead, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. In the...

Can you imagine yourself living in hell? Can you imagine you, your family and your friends having to work and study in a place that was completely taken by violence and...

Contrary to stereotype, the murder rate is falling

The biggest rivalry that exists between the Brazilians is between paulistas (born in the state of Sao Paulo) and cariocas (born in the state of Rio de Janeiro). When...

Some time ago, I read an article in a certain publication that if the United States to raise the import Brazilian ethanol, in fact would be changing the oil dependency...

This article is not mine, I translate if from http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u427459.shtml The infant mortality rate of Sao Paulo in 2007 reached...

Paulista Avenue Sao Paulo is one of the favorite cities to me. I lived there for thirteen years and always has grasped what the best that the city offered. But due to...

Ten years ago, the south-central Brazil has experienced a blackout in the electrical system and, in some places, the energy came back 24 hours later. The government...

Do you like trucks? Learn that the residents of Sao Paulo do not. And not only are the residents, politicians seem don’t as well, that is why a law was created,...

Revising one week of parades, it is confirmed some trends already seen at Fashion Rio in the summer edition of 2009. Sao Paulo confirms things and have shown new ideas...