Brazil Unknown

The chlorine seller Adriano da Cunha, 38 years old, went to rock bottom after his wife left him. To make matters worse, his the three children were taken together. Devastated, dirty and tatterdemalion, went to live by the Campo Grande streets. The comeback came after he used the fantasy of The Flash, the superhero created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. The ragged Adriano could barely get close to people. He was shooed like a mangy dog. The heroic turning point came almost by accident. When passing in front of the appliance stores, he saw on TV the preparations for the International Race of São Silvestre, in São Paulo. In this moment, remembered what he liked doing since childhood: running in the streets, wildly. Then, dreamed to be running fantasized in marathons on TV. Despite the bad appearance, Adriano was able to convince a seamstress to make the fantasy. Making campaigning on the streets, raised enough money to pay for the clothes of the rac...

Until about 1960 Carnival in Brazil was a very different party from the party we know today: families went dressed to small balls and the fun was to throw confetti and dance marches. Today we have a totally different scenario: naked people on the street, on TV campaigns encouraging sex tourism, people defecating in public, assaults, fights and even deaths. Another interesting point to note is the feast of the division established by the media, which requires three different types of Carnival: the traditional parade with floats and closed avenue, street carnival blocks (formed in majority by drunk and drugged) and Carnival of Bahia (comprising the party of other cities in the Northeast of Brazil). An interesting question is due to cleaning costs, values generally passed discreetly via phone bill for local people.

Congressman Eduardo Cunha, author of the law Despite the economic crisis that Brazil is suffering, the Brazilian government insists on increasing public spending. Sunk in scandals, the country is experiencing its worst economic moment, with problems of corruption, lack of water, diplomatic tensions with Indonesia, support to the Islamic State and energy crisis. With the approval of the project, the wives of all Brazilian congressmen will receive a monthly batch of free airline tickets for domestic and international travel, which will be paid with public money. The author of feat was the president of the Chamber of Deputies, the radialist and economist Eduardo Cunha, who is known for his conservative and traditionalist view of Brazilian society. He's political disciple of Anthony Garotinho (former governor of Rio de Janeiro accused of corruption) and of the former President Fernando Collor (sole to be impeached in the history of Brazil). Eduardo Cunha is also suspec...