Word: brasilia
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...flora. He returned to Rio, attracted the attention of Le Corbusier, co-architect of the revolutionary Ministry of Education building. Roberto landscaped its gardens with all-Brazilian plants, flowers and grasses. Subsequently he laid out the gardens for most of the major parks in Brazil. The "Monumental Axis" in Brasilia and the immense Flamengo waterfront in Rio are alike adorned with the extravagant splendor of rain-forest verdure-all manicured no more than is strictly necessary to conform to the severity of Roberto's designs...
...increase the nation's power production in twelve years to 12 million kw. This is hardly startling by the standards of developed nations, but much of Brazil's huge area (3,290,000 square miles) will be affected. Most directly helped will be Säo Paulo, Brasilia and Rio, which now share power from the Cubatāo and Furnas dams. When Urubupungá turns on, a grid will assure an even flow of electricity from the three complexes...
Uncompleted, ambitious, yet troubled-as the already growing slums at its outskirts attest-Brasilia symbolizes all the hopes and visions of Brazil, and the distance yet to go. The tug of modernization is strong and compelling, but tradition and apathy are fighting hard rearguard actions. The economic indexes show that, broadly speaking, Brazil is falling behind many other advancing countries, including some of its neighbors in Latin America. But this is not the final judgment, for Brazil has reached a middle stage in its development at which the dynamics of modernization can work wonders if the country can only channel...
Such sobering facts require sobering words, and Arthur da Costa e Silva lost no time in applying them after he took office in the still unfinished and boldly modern capital of Brasilia last month. A lifetime professional soldier who headed Brazil's armed forces until he resigned to run for President, Costa is a pragmatic man whose army background has stiffened his spine and his resolve-and made him less dreamy than some of his predecessors. In a meeting with his Cabinet the day after his inauguration, he said: "Brazilian society is profoundly split. This cleavage is growing...
...colors that smells of dende oil, coconut milk and malagueta pepper and resounds to the throaty, metal-stringed strum of the African berimbau. To the north, once-sleepy Belem has turned into a throbbing mainstream of the Amazon's economic life, thanks to the highway linking it to Brasilia. In the remote Amazon city of Manaus, Brazil's fabled old turn-of-the-century rubber capital, life moves almost as languidly as the deep black waters of the nearby Rio Negro...