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FRIDAY FICTION - THE LAUNDROMAT

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5.4.09
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DICKHEADZ #5 - CHAVVY MCSPAZZ AND KING BISCUIT PART 2

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5.4.09
The Brazilian Issue

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.
JULIEN BÉCOURT, BRIONY WRIGHT
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

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.
BRIAN MIER, DOUGLAS ENGLE
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

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.
Laura Wrona
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

Plowboys And Indians

Rita, an indigenous Piripkura Indian, speaks only rudimentary Portuguese, and I can’t understand her native language, Tupi-kawahib, any better than I can pronounce its name.
FELIPE MILANEZ, ARAQUEM ALCANTARA
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

Bloody Memories

Better known as Carandiru, it was once the largest prison on the continent. On October 2, 1992, a massive fight broke out between prisoners that ultimately resulted in 111 inmate deaths.
Colevito Garapa
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

The Sapo Diaries

In the Amazon rain forest, there lives a very special frog called the Phyllomedusa bicolor, otherwise known as the Sapo. Traditionally, the Mayoruna tribe uses this frog’s gooey secretions to gain superpowers.
Hamilton Morris, SANTIAGO FERNANDEZ-STELLEY
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

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.
MARIANA METRI, FERNANDA NEGRINI
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

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.
Serena Pezzato, Royce Akers
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

More Brazilian Girls In Bikinis Shot By A Brazilian Photographer

Photos by Marcelo Gomes Styling by Leticia Toniazzo
Marcelo Gomes
5.2.09
The Brazilian Issue

The Glamorous Life

In order to find said frog and subsequently get high on its venom, we had to travel for three days on a boat through the rain forest.
Thiago Da Costa
5.2.09
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