Volume 16 Τεύχος 5
A Brazilian In... Berlin & Copenhagen
In high school I had a French boyfriend, and after graduation I went to live with him in Paris. When that didn’t work out, I moved to Germany, where part of my family comes from.
These Assholes Won't Shut Up
In February 2008, Senator Mário Couto of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party came down from the podium and threw himself toward his rival, Gilvam Borges of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.
Sugarcoated Servitude
Brazil and the US are the world’s largest producers of biofuel, cranking out 72 percent of the global ethanol supply every year.
A Brazilian In... Barcelona & London
I’ve been here for nine months. I could’ve had a Spanish baby by now!
Household Highs
We asked some buddies of ours in Brazil to sate our curiosity. They gave us three simple recipes for frying up neurons that can be made with crap lying around the house.
A Pit Stop On The Cocaine Corridor
In 1982, Rio de Janeiro had a lower crime rate than New York City. This was the year that the Calabrian Mafia began using a South American smuggling route affectionately known as the Cocaine Corridor.
Coffin Joe’s Subterranean Secrets
Though he’s responsible for gems like 24 Hours of Explicit Sex and its sequel, 48 Hours of Hallucinatory Sex, the true lunacy started with a nightmare featuring a faceless undertaker that he transformed into his alter ego, Coffin Joe.
A Brazilian In... Milan & New Zealand
In São Paulo I took a course in styling while I worked on a social project at the university. After a while I’d had enough and decided to move here.
A Chat With Fernando Gabeira
Fernando Gabeira is one of Brazil’s best-known politicians, an author, and an activist revered as a former member of the far-left urban guerrilla group Movimento Revolucionário 8 de Outubro—aka the MR-8.
Hand Jobs
We called our pal in São Paulo and had her round up her cute friends to pantomime some of the most useful undercover Brazilian hand gestures—and explain the finer points of interpersonal Brazilian communication.
A Brazilian In... Paris & Melbourne
In São Paulo in 1978. My dad, who’s a British native, used to work in a slaughterhouse. He’s part of the dynasty that imported zebus into Brazil.
The Horny Humanitarian
While it’s true that Maroni publishes the Brazilian editions of Hustler and Penthouse, he also owns cattle ranches, a mixed-martial-arts fighting league, hotels, and some of the most notorious nightclubs in South America.