J.B. Spins

He could be called the Bossa Nova Le Corbusier. Adapting the International Style to Brazil, he was innovator in the use of reinforced concre...

In Brazil, even the leftists are fun. At least, Rita Cadillac is. A one-time socialist candidate for local office, she is better known as Br...

Bezerra da Silva had serious street cred. The late Samba musician often recorded tunes penned by songwriters associated with Brazil’s underc...

With its sunny vistas and striking modernist architecture, it is hard to imagine much angst-filled brooding in Brasilia. Of course, there is...

WWII was a complicated period in Brazilian history. Though President Getúlio Vargas originally seemed to favor the Axis powers, FDR’s “Good ...

Their mayor is an oafish oligarch and their local newspaper editor is an avowed Marxist. Between the two of them, one small Brazilian resort...