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As in the USA, Brazil
has a regional press rather than a national one. The best of Rio and
São Paulo compares well with anywhere in the world; elsewhere
newspapers are at best mediocre but are always valuable for listings
of local events. Brazil also boasts a lurid but enjoyable yellow
press, specializing in gruesome murders, political scandals and
football.
The best newspapers are the slightly left-of-centre Folha de São
Paulo and the Rio-based right-of-centre Jornal do Brasil, usually
available, a day late, in large cities throughout the country. Both
are independent and have extensive international news, cultural
coverage and entertainment listings. Stodgier but reasonable is the
right-wing Estado de São Paulo, while the Gazeta Mercantil is a
high-quality equivalent of the Financial Times or Wall Street
Journal. Also widely available is O Globo, the mouthpiece of Roberto
Marinho's Globo empire, right of centre, but with the advantage of
Caruso, the best of Brazil's political cartoonists. In Brazil, as in
Argentina and Chile, the political cartoon is a widely respected art
form and often screamingly funny. The most enjoyable of the yellow
press is Última Hora, especially good for beginners in Portuguese:
limited vocabulary and lots of pictures.
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There are also two very good weekly current affairs magazines, Veja
and Isto É. For most Brazilians, however, they are expensive, around
$3, since their readership is exclusively middle class. You will
find Brazilian editions of most major fashion and women's magazines.
The weekly Placar is essential for anyone wanting to get to serious
grips with Brazilian football. Vogue Brasil, edited in São Paulo and
published by Condé Nast, is a quality magazine offering great
insight into the style of the Brazilian elite.
Apart from in airports, five-star hotels, Rio and São Paulo, where
you can find the International Herald Tribune, the Economist and the
Brazil Times, an English-language Brazilian paper aimed largely at
the business community, English-language newspapers and magazines
are very difficult to find in Brazil.
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