Word: luiz
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...Despite technological progress and the benefits of the free market, here in Latin America unemployment, social injustice and organized crime are increasing. Druglords rule poor communities. The U.S. must pay serious attention to this troubling situation, or there will be Taliban-style organizations forming south of the Rio Grande. LUIZ FELIPE HADDAD Niteroi, Brazil...
...artist can develop for another's work. Gil also performed a high-spirited, melodious cover of Bob Marley's "Is This Love" finishing with a lusty cry of "Bob Marley!" After Gil's superb set, I wandered over to the Tenda Brasil to take in a performance by Luiz Melodia. He's something of a cult figure/ elder statesman in Brazilian music, effortlessly blending samba and the blues; imagine a middle-aged South American Robert Johnson and you've pretty much got it. He with two acoustic guitarists on either side. He started out with the song "Fadas" a graceful...
...with the chance to share his work and self-expression with the world, the do-it-yourself.com trend has come not only to stay but also to be a turning point. It will revolutionize the concept of creativity as simple and somewhat bizarre ideas will be raw materials for important creations. LUIZ CARVALHO Deerfield Beach...
...highest murder rates in the world? Protesters stormed Rio's legendary beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema. Women covered their breasts with placards that read DOWN WITH SEXISM, UP WITH PLEASURE, while men strutted along the shore wearing women's bikini tops. After three days of ridicule, Rio's Mayor Luiz Paulo Conde relented and declared that the immorality law would no longer be enforced. "This is going to be the summer of the topless bather," Conde promised, despite grumbles from Brazil's powerful Roman Catholic Church. "The human body is sacred," argued Eugenio Cardinal Sales, Archbishop of Rio. "We cannot...