Brazil Magazine: One more before the road
Today is the official release date for the jazzy Long Beach six-piece Delta Nove, which blends world music, jazz and Afro-Cuban styles with classic rock stylings and has been accused more than once of being a jam band. But for the band's members, their real turning point came last week. To woodwind player Rob Covacevich, it came June 19, to be exact. That was the day he left his full-time job as a teacher. "We" ve all retired from teaching,"...
Brazil Magazine: Newsmakers
A jolly good filmmaker George Lucas was presented the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts-Los Angeles. Lucas, the creator of Star Wars and the co-creator of the Indiana Jones trilogy, was honored at the 11th annual Britannia Awards ceremony Friday night in Beverly Hills. Since the mid-1970s, Lucas has directed and/or produced nine movies on location in the United Kingdom, including Willow and Labyrinth. More...
Brazil Magazine: FIU LAUNCHES SUMMIT CENTER
INTERNET AMONG TOOLS LEADERS ARE USING TO EDUCATE STATE BUSINESSES ABOUT THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA
Less than a year after the Summit of the Americas placed Miami in the global media spotlight, some in this city fear the memories are fading fast in Washington, D.C.With a presidential election looming and anti-immigrant and neo-isolationist sentiment building, the federal government seems much less inclined to push for the hemispheric free trade zone proposed during the summit. "Florida is the only state in the country that knows the summit took place," lamented...
Brazil Magazine: One more before the road
Today is the official release date for the jazzy Long Beach six-piece Delta Nove, which blends world music, jazz and Afro-Cuban styles with classic rock stylings and has been accused more than once of being a jam band. But for the band's members, their real turning point came last week. To woodwind player Rob Covacevich, it came June 19, to be exact. That was the day he left his full-time job as a teacher. "We" ve all retired from teaching,"...
Brazil Magazine: Land,
Points
Well done Zoe Heller for the article on the Guarani-Kaiowa of southern Brazil (Magazine, last week). Over the past few years a good deal of hogwash has been put forward about how best to help South American Indians: from purchasing fewer wooden loo seats to buying more hair lotion.Heller went to the heart of the is sue by focusing on the lack of land ownership rights. Letters of support have already encouraged local courts in Brazil to rule in favour of the Guarani-Kaiowa. An international...