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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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More Brazilian Girls In Bikinis Shot By A Brazilian Photographer
Photos by Marcelo Gomes Styling by Leticia Toniazzo
Marcelo Gomes
5.2.09
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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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A Brazilian In... Mexico City & Vienna
I’m from a very small town called Gravataí. It’s near Porto Alegre, which is a very beautiful place near the border of Uruguay and Argentina.
ZARATUSTRA VÁZQUEZ, KEMI SUSANNE FATOBA
5.2.09
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Bible Babies
Managed by their parents, on tour 365 days a year, and charging $900 for a two-hour sermon, child preachers are big business in Brazil. Each event is a finely tuned marketing maneuver promoted with posters, magazine coverage, and radio ads.
Martina Kix
5.2.09
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Torsos Of The Amazon
Hey, guess what? Not all Brazilian women are supermodels with perfectly taut bubble asses from which you can bounce a quarter two feet into the air! I know, right? Shocking.
Ilana Bessler
5.2.09
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