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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...
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...
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...
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.
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...