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New York Times Travel: Once Colombia’s ‘Deadliest City,’ Buenaventura Is Coming Back
Love and tradition are key ingredients in the food — and drink and music — of Colombia’s rainy Pacific Coast region. This port city of 400,000 is at the center of it all. [Click headline to read full article.]
36 Hours in São Paulo
Chaotically refined, verdantly concrete, intimately gargantuan: The most populous metropolis in South America was but a middling coffee city until the mid-20th century, when an influx of northeastern migrants set off a growth spurt that shows no sign of stopping.
NYT: World Cup Revelry Overwhelms Beloved Neighborhood in São Paulo
Many revelers described the scene along Vila Madalena’s main drag as “Carnival in Salvador, ” as packed, wild and carnal as Brazil’s rowdiest street bacchanal.
NYT Sports: Spirits Dampened, Brazilians Show Waning Support for 4th-Place Team
As Brazil lost to the Netherlands in the World Cup’s third-place match, some people cared deeply about the game, and many called their national team’s performance a failure
NYT Sports: Stunned Brazilians Try to Move On After Their Exalted Team Falls
When Brazil’s national soccer team lost to Germany on Tuesday in a 7-1 rout, it lost something much larger than a game.
NYT Sports: FIFA Looking Into Possible Use of Gay Slur by Mexican Fans
FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Mexico team for what it has called the “improper conduct of spectators” at the World Cup.
NYT: Cuiabá Journal – To Prepare for the World Cup, a Host City Could Use Extra Time
When the World Cup begins next month, many of the $1.4 billion-worth of projects in Cuiabá, one of the 12 Brazilian host cities, will be far from completion.
Brazil’s Plan Isn’t What Doctors Would Order
After President Dilma Rousseff proposed recruiting foreigners, Brazilian physicians said a lack of infrastructure and supplies was the problem.
Brazil Leader Suffers Setback on Overhaul
Leaders of President Dilma Rousseff’s governing coalition agreed to pursue a plebiscite on political reforms but fell far shy of meeting her call to hold one right away.