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Brazil's Historically Poor Northeast Finally Gets Its Boom
latimes.com 4 days, 11 hours agoThe area around Recife in particular has benefited from government and business investment, and the northeast's growth has far outpaced that of richer states.RECIFE, Brazil , The Brazilian state of Pernambuco was once known for its vast plains of parched dirt and roving bandits called cangacos, who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.
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Brazil: Famous Singer Pays Homage To Her Iconic Mother
globalvoicesonline.org 6 days, 15 hours agoThirty years after the death of Elis Regina , one of the most iconic performers within the Brazilian music scene, her daughter Maria Rita , a successful singer in her own right, took to the stage to sing her mother's songs for the first time in her career. Maria Rita already has a ten year long singing career behind her, selling more than one millon copies of her first album. The ‘Viva Elis’ or ‘Long Live Elis’ tour of free concerts covered the Brazilian cities of Porto Alegre, Recife, Belo Horizonte, São P












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