The Southbank Centre in London will be hosting a summer-long Brazilian arts festival featuring musical icons
such as Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia, Os Mutantes and Tom Zé; Brazilian visual arts in the Hayward Gallery;
design from the Campana brothers; and talks with writer Milton Hatoum and ex-footballer Socrates.
For further information visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk/brazil

It is not a joke. Brazil is part of the XXI Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Historically they have never won any medals in the competition. So far, a total lack of medals is a fact for the Brazilian team.

Brazil first took part in the Winter Olympics in 1992.

The delegation has five athletes in Vancouver 2010: Isabel Clark, Jaqueline Mourão, Jhonathan Longhi, Leandro Ribela and Maya Harrisson. Mourão and Ribela are competing in cross-country skiing, while Longhi and Harrisson are competing
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