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Brazil's enormous northeast bulge has more people-25 million-than Argentina, more land-597,353 sq. mi.-than all of Central America. If the Northeast was a separate nation, it would rank second in population, third in area, in South America. Last week a governor of one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: The Hungry Land | 5/18/1962 | See Source »

The landlord generally disapproves of livestock (animals eat too much) and is anxious to hold down food crops because such industrial crops as sugar and cotton bring him a higher profit. A state such as Rio Grande do Norte therefore imports 70% of its food from southern Brazil at inflationary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: The Hungry Land | 5/18/1962 | See Source »

On a 12,000-acre cotton plantation in Rio Grande do Norte owned by a rich and powerful Northeast politician, a poster sets the rules: "All residents of this property are prohibited from 1) carrying arms of any type, 2) drinking aguardente or any other alcoholic beverage, 3) playing cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: The Hungry Land | 5/18/1962 | See Source »

They seem to be everywhere: from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande, six Democratic candidates for Governor spread-eagle Texas, taking dead aim on the May 5 primary election. But while the candidates are doing plenty of talking, the voters don't seem to be listening.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Talking in Texas | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

Old Grounds, New Look. With the vast expansion of Grace's operations, Latin America has produced a steadily shrinking share (39% last year) of the company's revenues. But Grace still has 23,487 employees (only 70 of them Americans) south of the Rio Grande, and West Coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: A Matter of Chemistry | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

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