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Business

Rivals for the crown

An oil boom is driving Santos’s remarkable transformation and, as the cash flows in, the port city’s coastal cache and ambitious regeneration means it’s giving drizzly São Paulo a run for its money.

  • Issue #50
  • 12 min read
Marcílio de Andrade of Estação Santos
Media

Expo 47: Press forward

From its base in Brazil’s finance capital, ‘Folha de S.Paulo’ is a newspaper success story. With a nose for exclusives, its dedicated journalists continue to set the country's news agenda.

  • Issue #47
  • 11 min read
Expo 47: Press forward
Affairs

Americas

We examine Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's image makeover, report on Qatar's investment in the US property market and bring you the view from Bogotá.

  • Issue #44
  • 7 min read
Modern residential building with glass balconies on a tree-lined urban street.
Affairs

Superpower player

Brazil is known for soccer and samba, but its superpower status is moving from hypothesis to reality. We investigate whether global politics will soon be moving to a Latin rhythm.

  • Issue #44
  • 10 min read
Superpower player
Business

Business

Sydney's business district's new waterfront development, why Brazilian biofuels make a good investment, and how sustainable engineering is benefiting Africa.

  • Issue #39
  • 5 min read
Business
Culture

Gone shooting

Inspired by a police killing, José Padilha’s ‘Elite Squad’ is Brazil’s most-viewed film. We met the Golden Bear-winning director as he was finishing the sequel, ‘Elite Squad II’.

  • Issue #38
  • 7 min read
Gone shooting
Architecture

Prime number

Nightclub mogul Marcos Campos wanted a more refined venue, asking architect Isay Weinfeld to help. With Numero, they have made an elegant lounge that is revolutionising nightlife for their fellow Paulistas.

  • Issue #37
  • 5 min read
The view through to the garden from the lounge
Affairs

Business

The Japanese prerfecture that leads the world that leads there world in LED making, the American company that keeps judges well-robed, and the Berlin coffee geeks on a cappuccino high.

  • Issue #37
  • 10 min read
Business
Affairs

Face Maker

Plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy earned legendary status in Brazil with his philosophy that good looks should be for all. His pioneering techniques are still admired by surgeons worldwide.

  • Issue #36
  • 6 min read
A decorative headdress with red and brown feathers displayed on a mannequin head, surrounded by framed certificates and awards on a clinic shelf.

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