NOVEMBER
1999

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CONTENTS:

8
Words:

There is a new
Aurélio dictionary

9
Obituary:

Zé Kéti,
Mr. Samba himself

10
Memory:

No more censorship
for Plínio Marcos

12
COVER
STORY

Brazil
500 years of history

20
Politics:

Who's afraid
of tax reform

21
Nation:

Too many
personal interests

23
Blacks:

Again, the racial
democracy myth

25
Emigration:

Brazilians
no one sees

27
Short Story:

"Leme Memories"
by Willer de Oliveira
In Portuguese

32
Travel:

Brazil's wild
Mato Grosso

39
Music:

Sambaguru, a Brazil
of many flavors

43
Impressions:

Surviving and
thriving in Rio

46
Art:

Flávio de Carvalho,
born to provoke

54
Special:

Roughing up
in the streets

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