The New York Times June 18, 2018 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil becomes an odd place during the World Cup. People are given time off from work when the national team is playing, so that they can go home and blow horns for three hours straight. Media coverage […]
Posts Tagged ‘2018 World Cup’
The Perils of Having a Brazilian World Cup Baby
Posted: 18th junho 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: 1982 World Cup, 2018 World Cup, Canarinho Pistola, FIFA World Cup, Sócrates
Brazil’s Respite from Reality
Posted: 17th junho 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York Review of BooksTags: 2018 World Cup, Canarinho Pistola, FIFA World Cup, Panini, soccer, sticker album, tantamount
The New York Review of Books (Daily) June 15, 2018 by Vanessa Barbara Every four years, Brazil is transformed by a sportive Midas touch that turns everything into apolitical emptiness. It sweeps our country with a force almost too strong to resist. We puff up our chests and recall that we are the only […]
