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...They exist as naysayers, who would dare contend that BAWLS is nothing but a minor energy drink, too sweet for enjoyment, with guarana extract too mundane to have an effect.But do you know what guarana even is? Some will tell you that it is the seed found in small Brazilian trees, which contains a thermogenic stimulant for the central nervous system.That is a bald-faced lie. Guarana is G-d’s glory juice.Guarana is life.One time, guarana took on Chuck Norris. The result: draw.So the next time someone comes up to you and says, “BAWLS...
...Almost all my Brazilian friends have been carjacked or held up at gunpoint - my own car has been broken into 16 times and the day before Christmas police arrested three men trying to force their way into my apartment - but even I was surprised by the scope and barbarity of the attacks. Rio is famous for its casual and carefree attitude to advance planning, and I'd always joked that Sao Paulo's bandits were better organized than their Rio counterparts. When drug gangs brought Sao Paulo, a city of 19 million that is Brazil's business and industrial capital...
...world of finance, that was one happy Old Year. Whether they were buying Indian real estate or Brazilian commodities, traders and investors made serious money. Profits at Goldman Sachs exceeded the gross domestic product of Bolivia...
...American pilots of the private jet whose wings clipped a Brazilian airliner at 37,000 feet last September, causing the death of all 154 people on board, have finally been charged by Brazilian authorities. They are the only people to face formal accusations in the case. But the Federal Police's decision to charge them with "endangering a vessel or aircraft," a crime roughly equivalent to involuntary manslaughter, wasn't serious enough to keep them in the country, and many see it as much an indictment of their nationality as of their role in the crash. Moreover, critics argue that...
Most of these traditional festivities were religious, as Christmas still faintly is. But the line between religion and recreation can be a fuzzy one, since in so many religions--from ancient Dionysian worship to modern-day Brazilian Candomble and storefront Pentecostalism--the best way to contact the deity or deities is to get up and dance and sing and shout. The climax of the ritual celebration was not a drunken stupor but ecstatic union with the gods...