Marco Feliciano, a man accused of homophobia and racism, has bizarrely managed to take over as Brazil’s human rights commissioner. So the progressive movements coalescing on the streets of downtown São Paulo set up their own commission, above. By Claire Rigby ‘Life’s too short to live in São Paulo’. So says a piece of graffiti currently(…)
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Concrete and jungle: São Paulo’s Glass House
Claire Rigby visits the stunning Casa de Vidro, one of many modernist masterpieces hidden in our tropical concrete jungle. If you’re lucky enough to be in São Paulo, get there. Photo above © Claire Rigby By Claire Rigby There’s no vista quite like São Paulo’s, with its long swathes of grey-and-white apartment blocks, punctuated by a few,(…)
Cars in São Paulo – why so many?
Lots of people could save plenty of money, even if they take taxis everywhere. Above: São Paulo, a terrifyingly beautiful mega-metropolis. With too many cars. I live in São Paulo, and I can afford a car. Why don’t I buy one? Because it doesn’t make any sense. Personally, I enjoy the rare luxury of being(…)
Blue murder: São Paulo police accused of massacres
Death squads within São Paulo’s military police are widely suspected of mass killings and extra-judicial executions in poor neighborhoods on the city’s outskirts. Above, police inspect the scene of a bloodbath in Jardim Rosana that six of their colleagues are now accused of carrying out. By Claire Rigby With a grim tally of almost 100(…)
South America wins – Corinthians take world title
The ‘people’s team‘ from São Paulo upset Chelsea this morning in Japan and delivered Brazilian football a particularly delicious triumph. Above, Peruvian Paolo Guerrero knocks in the winning goal. By Dom Phillips It has been six years since a South American team won the FIFA Club World Cup. But today Corinthians deserved every centimetre of(…)
Last weekend’s municipal elections – win for Lula, and a messier party system
Fernando Haddad, Lula and Dilma’s man, will run São Paulo. But across the country, the sprawling multi-party system became even more complicated. By last Sunday every city in Brazil had selected a new mayor. This will affect everyone here differently, as they will be governed at the local level by one of the 19 –(…)
Municipal elections Sunday – a quick guide
Brazilians go to the polls on Sunday to elect their municipal representatives. These posts are quite important, as mayors have a great deal of power here. For those of us that live in Brazil, these campaigns can often drag on forever, but have turned out to be quite interesting this year. For those living abroad,(…)
São Paulo vs Rio – Dom Phillips on the eternal debate
Brazil’s two biggest cities are very, very, different. This is a an argument which never ends here, and one which I couldn’t help but jump into – Vincent By Dom Phillips Clichés abound in Brazil, and it’s not just we foreigners who throw them around. One is that life in Brazil, be that in terms(…)
Street life and the megacity
Public scenes of teeming life are harder to find than you might expect in São Paulo, and some of the best examples are under fire By Claire Rigby The streets of São Paulo, for a city of almost 20 million, are far from teeming. Quite the opposite. Where other Latin American cities are characterized by(…)
