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São Paulo: the 4th gay destination in the world

A survey conducted by the specialized site GayCities.com, in partnership with the airline American Airlines, during 2011, placed the city of São Paulo as the fourth best city for gays to live and visit. The site writes about the city starting with the famous parade: “It would be unfair to say that São Paul has [...]

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Udemy Free Course: Brazil for Beginners

Brazil emerges on the world stage by MARSHALL C. EAKIN Long described as the “country of the future”, Brazil has arrived. The fifth largest country in the world in land mass and population, the third largest democracy, and the sixth economy on the planet, Brazil has emerged as a power in the early twenty-first century. [...]

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Perfecting the Classic Brazilian Caipirinha

In our years of being semi-professional barflys, checking out bars purely in the name of research of course, we’ve developed a repertoire of favourite drinks that we always order to test out the skills of a barman. Mine is a martini, often ordered without specifying whether I want gin or vodka (which, according to the world’s [...]

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History, Culture and Ecology of Natal – Pipa Beach/Tibau do Sul

Ever since its colonization, the region of Tibau do Sul has sheltered a great cultural diversity. It is the region between the val/eys of Guarairas and Cunhau rivers, a setting where, historicaltv. intense contacts took place between the native people, enslaved Negros and European colonizers. From mid XVII century on, the region homed countless sugar [...]

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