São Paulo Space Invaders
The São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MASP) is one of my favourite galleries in any country, but it’s certainly the best in Brazil and has a phenomenal collection of paintings and sculpture. One of the...
View ArticleMooning over Brazil
Howling mad? It’s not often we do a little bit of maths on the Buzz from Brazil, but my post today is going to take you, dear reader, into the murky world of lies, damn lies and statistics. It all...
View ArticleSting in the Tale
Got this buzzing in my ears, ref... Take notice, Ashley Young! Not one, not two, but twenty-two players and a referee dived for the turf in this weekend’s Bahia Championship game in Salvador between...
View ArticlePenguins in Rio!
There are many interesting and eye-catching sights to behold on Rio’s beaches, but few people expect to look out over Ipanema Beach and see penguins swimming in the sea! Three lost Magellan penguins...
View ArticleCoolest Blood Donor Campaign Ever?
Salvador – based Brazilian football club Vitoria, which was founded in 1899 and is one of Brazil’s oldest clubs, is famous for launching the careers of World Cup winners Bebeto and Vampeta, and...
View ArticlePele Slates Spanish Football
Pele, arguably one of the greatest footballers of all time, has shown his depesrate need for attention yet again, saying that Brazil’s 1970 World Cup winners contained more gifted players than Spain’s...
View ArticleMMA: Brazil’s Favourite New Sport?
Brazil is famous for many things; caipirinhas, samba, beaches, and football are just a few. There’s a new trend appearing all over Brazil however, and it may soon become an addition to that list. MMA,...
View ArticleRonaldo Approves World Cup Armadillo
After sporting mascot creations like Izzy, the blue…thing from the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, and the most recent London Games’ mascots Wenlock and Mandeville, it would be hard for anyone to argue that...
View ArticlePurrr-fect Brazil Jailbreak Foiled
Not being subject to the usual security checks required of human visitors to the jail in Arapiraca, a cat with jail-breaking tools strapped to its body was sent on a delivery mission straight through...
View ArticleGangnam Style Comes to Brazil
Now that Carnaval 2013 has come to a close in Brazil, here’s a look at some of the highlights from various cities around the country. Nationwide, the start of the Carnaval festivities were somewhat...
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