Somos São Paulo
Usually, I vet things I post before I post them, but seeing as how I currently don’t have sound on my computer and Youtube doesn’t like me (videos only play 5 seconds at a time), I’m going to post this...
View ArticleThe Sarau – Brazil’s Open Mic Night
(Source, Fábio Braga) When I lived in San Diego almost a decade ago, in my college years, I frequented open-mic nights throughout the city and they remain some of the best memories I have of that...
View ArticleExposé on the culture of fear
Revista Trip has a good article out (O Medo Mora Dentro) about the culture of fear and how it reflects on Brazilian society. “A obsessão por segurança, um fenômeno global, encontra sua expressão mais...
View ArticleSão Paulo exports weekly biking events
“The Ciclofaixas de Lazer (Leisure Cycle lanes), which are famous for turning the avenues of São Paulo into bicycle lanes on Sundays and national holidays such as Good Friday, are spreading throughout...
View ArticleSão Paulo to launch “bolsa crack”
To aid families suffering financially with a member who uses illegal drugs, the São Paulo state government will launch a program to help fund the treatment of addicts. The amount of R$ 1,350 per month...
View ArticleCarriage vs Car – São Paulo
Last year, artist Eduardo Srur set up a stunt for a horse-drawn carriage to race a professional driver on the freeway in São Paulo rush-hour traffic. The result was a tie due to technicalities. The...
View ArticleSão Paulo had its most violent Virada Cultural
Looting, stealing, fights, drug use, the closing of metro stations and more serious incidences: two deaths (one by gun and the other by overdose), five shot and at least two stabbed. Over the weekend,...
View ArticlePolice violence at São Paulo protests
The following is an article from Folha which I translated (and added photos, videos and links to). On Thursday (13th), the police detained at least 235 people on the fourth day of protests against the...
View ArticleThe 1958 São Paulo Protests
In addition to my São Paulo protests post, I translated this article from Estadão’s archives. “At the end of November 1958, residents of São Paulo went to sleep with one bus fare and woke up with...
View ArticleSão Paulo and Rio have the highest bus fares
Continuing my coverage of the São Paulo protests, here’s a piece by Folha on research regarding bus fares across 12 cities. The infographic relates to how many minutes the citizen of each of the 12...
View ArticleNovos Paulistanos
“According to IBGE, the number of foreigners living in Brazil almost doubled between 2000 and 2010. São Paulo is the Brazilian state that receives the most immigrants. They’re executives imported by...
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