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100 unusual facts about São Paulo


1975 Pan American Games

The Brazilian city of São Paulo was then awarded the games, but was forced to withdraw on October 17, 1974 due to financial problems and a meningitis outbreak.

1998 Saint Silvester Road Race

The 74th Saint Silvester Marathon, or Race (in Portuguese: 74ª Corrida de São Silvestre), was held in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 31, 1998.

2008 Clube Atlético Juventus season

The following is a summary of the campaign of Clube Atlético Juventus in 2008, a football club based in São Paulo, São Paulo state, Brazil.

2009 flu pandemic in Brazil

9 more deaths were of confirmed in that day, 2 of them in São Paulo, 6 in Rio Grande do Sul and the first in Rio de Janeiro.

On July 3, more 19 cases were confirmed: 7 of them in São Paulo, 6 in Minas Gerais, 2 in Rio de Janeiro, 2 in Rio Grande do Sul, 1 in Paraná and the first in Mato Grosso do Sul.

On June 2, another 3 cases were confirmed, two in Rio de Janeiro and one in São Paulo, the case from São Paulo is by a person who contracted the flu inside the country.

On June 28, 36 more new cases were confirmed by the Minister of Health: 14 of them in São Paulo, 6 in Rio de Janeiro, 5 in Rio Grande do Sul, 5 in Distrito Federal, 3 in Pernambuco, 2 in Goiás and 1 in Tocantins.

On June 11, after the WHO elevate a pandemic the swine flu outbreak, the Minister of Health confirmed more 9 cases in the country: 2 in São Paulo, 1 in Rio de Janeiro, 2 in Santa Catarina, 3 in Minas Gerais and 1 in Tocantins.

On June 13, 3 new cases were confirmed by the Minister of Health, the 3 are in São Paulo.

On June 27, 69 more cases were confirmed: 34 of them in São Paulo, 8 in Rio de Janeiro, 7 in Rio Grande do Sul, 7 in Paraná, 4 in Minas Gerais, 2 in Distrito Federal, 2 in Santa Catarina, 2 in Espírito Santo, 1 in Pará, 1 in Maranhão and the first in Amazonas.

Alejandra Fuentes

She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.

Antônio de Barros Carvalho

A landowner in Palmares, he was an Inspector of consumption tax in Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and later a Superintendent Inspector of federal taxation.

Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense

Associação Esportiva Velo Clube Rioclarense, commonly known as Velo Clube, is a Brazilian football club based in Rio Claro, São Paulo state.

Asunto

In the summer of 2003, Asunto played in São Paulo at The South American Hardcore Fest (Verdurada), with some auxiliary band members because some of their original could not travel to Brazil.

Athina Onassis Roussel

She began dating Brazilian professional showjumper (and two-time Olympic medalist) Álvaro de Miranda Neto, more commonly known as "Doda", in March 2003, and moved to São Paulo, where the couple now live.

Batushansky

Due to mass Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe, this surname and its variations occur in many parts in the world, including USA, Israel, France, Portugal and Brazil (Pernambuco and São Paulo).

Beto Furquim

In 1993, he won the Editora Abril/USP (Nascente Project) prize on the category Popular Music - Songwriter.

Big Brother Brasil 1

The winner was 24-year-old dancer Kléber de Paula, from Campinas, São Paulo.

Bráulio Mantovani

Graduating in Portuguese Language and Literature from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, he began his career writing professionally for theatre groups in 1987.

Brazilian Rubber Technology Association

ABTB will issue the IRC2011 in São Paulo, Brazil, this will be the first IRC conference on Latin America.

Buddhism in Brazil

It maintains affiliated groups in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo and Curitiba, and has invited a large number of international teachers through the years.

Cleiton Januário Franco

Cleiton Januário Franco or simply Kanu (born 17 May 1985 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian forward.

Current Swell

The Internet has contributed significantly to the Canadian west coast band's large following in South America, particularly Brazil, where it headlined in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in 2012.

Diana Pineda

She claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.

Eduardo Falaschi

His mother decided to move back to São Paulo, and then São Vicente, influenced by factors including the death of Falaschi's father.

Esporte Clube Noroeste

Named after a now-defunct railway, Noroeste is a very traditional team within São Paulo state.

Before that year, it won the Campeonato do Interior, then-most prestigious tournament among São Paulo countryside teams, in 1943.

Esporte Clube Santo André

Esporte Clube Santo André, also known as Santo André, is a Brazilian football team from Santo André, São Paulo state.

Esporte Clube São Martinho

In 2008 won the runner-up in the Amateur Championship Football (LITAFU), earning the right to participate in the Amateur Championship of the State of São Paulo.

Esporte Clube Taubaté

Esporte Clube Taubaté, also known as Taubaté, is a Brazilian football team in Taubaté, São Paulo.

FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

The 2011 Race of Brazil had originally been scheduled to be held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo but reverted to Curitiba a month before the event owing to renovation works being carried out at the Interlagos circuit.

Franco Fabbri

Born in São Paulo in 1949, from 1965 Fabbri was guitarist, vocalist and composer for Stormy Six, regarded as one of the most interesting Italian progressive bands, and one much admired by the specialist press: in 1980 the group received an award for best rock album of the year from the West German record critics, coming ahead of Police.

Frederick Noronha

Frederick Noronha (born on 23 December 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil) is an independent journalist based in Saligão in the Bardez taluka of Goa.

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo, or FAPESP) is a public foundation located in São Paulo, Brazil, with the aim of providing grants, funds and programs to support research, education and innovation of private and public institutions and companies in the state of São Paulo.

Geisa Arcanjo

Geisa Rafaela Arcanjo (born 19 September 1991, in São Roque, São Paulo) is a Brazilian athlete.

Gerardo Galeote Quecedo

Gerardo Galeote Quecedo (born January 27, 1957 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a lawyer and former Spanish Member of the European Parliament from 2001-09.

Gilberto Righi

During more than 40 highly productive years as professor and researcher at the University of São Paulo, Righi published over 100 scientific papers, 85 of which treat earthworm taxonomy, 5 treat earthworm physiology, 5 treat earthworm ecology, and 3 treat earthworm biogeography.

Grêmio Esportivo Novorizontino

Grêmio Esportivo Novorizontino, usually known simply as Novorizontino was a Brazilian football club from Novo Horizonte, São Paulo state.

Gustavo Mendonca

One year after starting his professional career as a commercial artist, Gustavo entered and won an talent search competition held by a São Paulo-based agency that was looking for local talent to work for international markets in United States, Canada, and Europe.

Heilind Electronics

The company further expanded internationally in 2012, first purchasing distributor Kotek Eletro Eletronica Ltda, based in São Paulo City, São Paulo, Brazil, and then later that same year opening offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Suzhou and Dongguan, China.

Homem Primata

Then, in now colorful shots, the band starts tagging a 1950s truck with graffiti (illustrations include the anarchist symbol) before they start performing the song on board of it while someone drives it through the center of São Paulo.

House of Sanguszko

By the later 20th century, the family was represented by a single person, Prince Paul (born 1973), who resides in São Paulo.

ImageMagica

The photographer searched stories from all over Brazil, from big cities, such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, to small isolated villages in the Amazon.

Insper

The school previously occupied a rented 12-storey building in the São Paulo suburb of Paraíso and in 2006 opened a new campus in the São Paulo neighborhood of Vila Olímpia.

Integrated Biodiesel Industries

With its corporate headquarters in São Paulo, IBI's production is located in Argentina, where one 25,000 mt / yr plant is operating, another 50,000 mt / yr plant is under construction and a third 50,000 mt / yr is being planned.

International Association of Visual Semiotics

Ana Claudia de Oliveira, from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, was elected president during the congress held in Sao Paulo in 1996, and Paolo Fabbri, from the University of Bologna, was elected president in Siena in 1998.

Iran do Espirito Santo

Iran do Espirito Santo (born 1963) is a prominent Brazilian artist, based in São Paulo.

Israel Silva Matos de Souza

Israel Silva Matos de Souza (born 24 June 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Guatemalan football player who plays for Xelajú MC.

Jerry Shipp

At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, the U.S. swept the competition en route to a perfect 6–0 record.

Jonathan Scott-Taylor

He was born in São Paulo, Brazil to English parents; his father was a consultant for the fishery industry in Brazil at the time.

Juan Urán

He claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.

Jung So-ra

As the official representative of her country to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant, broadcast live from São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011, Jung vied to succeed the then Miss Universe titleholder, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico, she was however unplaced in the title holders.

Keston Bledman

On 7 July 2007, at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, he upset the Jamaican Yohan Blake in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.32 seconds (−1.1 m/s wind).

Lamberto Bergamini

Bergamini also sang in a tour abroad in Brazil in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), at the Teatro Colysée of Buenos Aires, and at the Teatro Solis in Montevideo in 1914.

Lasar Segall

Later that year, he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where three of his siblings were already living.

Law of Brazil

Some states, as São Paulo and Minas Gerais, used to have Court of Appeals (Tribunal de Alçada in Portuguese) which had different jurisdiction.

Legal status of polygamy

One of them, in Tupã, São Paulo, was registered as including a man and two women, as reported in August 2012.

Lucas Piazon

Piazon was born in São Paulo, to Antonio Carlos Piazon, a commercial representative, and Marizabel Domingues, a lawyer.

Luciana Morales Mendoza

In September 2003 she was the champion of the Zonal Tournament 2.4 in São Paulo with 9 points in 10 games, qualifying to the Women World Chess Championship that was held in 2004 in Elista.

Luiza Possi

In 1999, Luiza was invited to go on stage and sing a song with a band that was opening a show by Skank at Credicard Hall in São Paulo.

Luzitano Futebol Clube

Luzitano Futebol Clube, commonly known as Luzitano, was a Brazilian football club from São Paulo, São Paulo state.

Maria Zamboni

She toured South America frequently during the 1920s appearing in operas in Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, São Paulo and Santiago.

Matheus Nachtergaele

Matheus Nachtergaele (born 3 January 1969, in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor and director.

Melophobia

"Come a Little Closer" was inspired by a morning in which Shultz woke up in a São Paulo hotel and opened his window to watch the sunrise over the villas.

Minga Guazú

Guaraní International Airport, located in the west side of the district, offers regular flights to Asunción, São Paulo, and connections with other flights.

Missão Artística Francesa

In the 20th century, the French Artistic Mission had continued in São Paulo to the foundation of the University of São Paulo, with the support of the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, in 1934.

Morpho thamyris

The Thamyris Morpho, Morpho thamyris, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Paraguay and Brazil (Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul).

Música sertaneja

It was born from recordings made by journalist and writer Cornélio Pires of "tales" and fragments of traditional songs in the interior of rural São Paulo, north and west of Paraná, south Minas Gerais and Triângulo Mineiro, Goiás and Mato Grosso southeast.

My Country, My Name

On November 27, 2010 another beta version with some graphics and gameplay improvements was presented in UniAnime at Colégio Universitário Morumbi festival in São Paulo, Brazil.

Nepheline syenite

Rocks of this class also occur in Brazil (Serra de Tingua) containing sodalite and often much augite, in the western Sahara and Cape Verde Islands; also at Zwarte Koppies in the Transvaal, Madagascar, São Paulo in Brazil, Paisano Pass in West Texas and Montreal, Canada.

Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo

The Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo (USP), also known as IO-USP, due to its name in Portuguese, was founded in 1946.

Oduvaldo Vianna Filho

Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, known as Vianinha (São Paulo, 4 July 1936 — Rio de Janeiro, 16 July 1974) was a Brazilian playwright.

Paul Capital

Paul Capital has offices in Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, São Paulo and San Francisco, as well as a network of regional representatives with local expertise in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, Asia and Australia.

Paulista School

The Paulista School (Escola Paulista, São Paulo School) was an informal group of Brazilian architects who formed in the 1950s.

Pedreira

Pedreira, São Paulo, a city and municipality in São Paulo state, Brazil

Peter Adolph Gad

Peter Adolph Gad was a Danish ophthalmologist who founded the first eye infirmary of São Paulo city, Brazil, at the "Santa Casa de Sao Paulo" hospital, in 1885.

Politics of Brazil

The most important Brazilian states (in terms of population and economic power) are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, Bahia, Pernambuco and Santa Catarina.

Prado River

The Prado River is a small river near Jaborandi in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Prince Eugenio, Duke of Genoa

::*Maria Cristina Frioli (born and died in 1973 in São Paulo)

Pró-Vida

After beginning activities in the city of São Paulo, at present PRO-VIDA has participating nuclei in various other Brazilian towns and in other countries, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Portugal, Spain and the United States of America, besides four country clubs: three in Brazil and one in Argentina.

Public transport in Sydney

Sydney was ranked as the fourth-worst public train system, beating only Los Angeles, São Paulo and Johannesburg for operation efficiency and coverage, while being proven to have the most expensive tickets of any major city public transport system.

Red Bull Brasil

Red Bull Brasil is a Brazilian football club located in Campinas, São Paulo founded on November 19, 2007.

Rede Manchete

It first aired on June 5, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro and simultaneously in other 5 Brazilian cities, like São Paulo on Rede Exclesior's old channel 9 frequency.

Reformed Baptists

In Brazil there is a modest association, the Comunhão reformada batista do Brasil, sprung mostly from the work of US missionary Richard Denham at São José dos Campos, SP.

Rio Branco Esporte Clube

Rio Branco Esporte Clube, usually known simply as Rio Branco or as Rio Branco-SP, is a Brazilian football (soccer) club based in the city of Americana in the São Paulo state of Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2007 Pan American Games

Rio de Janeiro got another boost from succeeding in preparing to host the 2002 South American Games, with competitions held in four different capital cities—Curitiba, Belém, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo—in as little as three months in advance.

Robert DeCourcy Ward

He spent part of 1910 in São Paulo, Brazil, studying the economic climatology of the region's coffee district.

Robson Toledo

Robson Toledo Machado (born 18 July 1981 in São Paulo), commonly known as Toledo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for A.C. Pistoiese.

São Paulo Challenger de Tênis

It is one of the four Challengers that are held in São Paulo.

Sin Mirar Atrás

Sin Mirar Atrás was recorded in studios from cities as Madrid, Miami, Los Angeles, Mexico, Bratislava, London, Stockholm and São Paulo.

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista B

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista B, commonly known as Corinthians B, is a Brazilian football club based in São Paulo, São Paulo state.

TeleKommando

TeleKommando Scherz is actually formed by Nacho Durán (Oviedo, Spain), Mariana Rillo (Bahía Blanca, Argentina), George Queiroz (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Dirk Böll (Essen, Germany), Alessandra Cestac (São Paulo, Brazil) and Camilla Ribas (Sao Paulo, Brazil), working with video, design, photography, programming, vjing, djing, performance and urban intervention.

Teodoro Sampaio

Teodoro Sampaio, São Paulo, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Thiago Cruz Reggiani

Thiago Cruz Reggiani, known as Thiago Cruz (born 15 July 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a football manager and a former striker.

Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony

Another version of the central panel is found in MASP in São Paulo, Brazil, while a copy by a follower of Bosch can be found in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, and another version in the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Truco

The same with Truco Paulista which is mainly played in the state of São Paulo and Truco Gaúcho which is mainly played in the south and west of Brazil.

Vilém Flusser

During that decade he published and taught at several schools in São Paulo, being Lecturer for Philosophy of Science at the Escola Politécnica of the University of São Paulo and Professor of Philosophy of Communication at the Escola Dramática and the Escola Superior de Cinema in São Paulo.

The next year, he emigrated to Brazil, living both in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

He also participated actively in the arts, collaborating with the Bienal de São Paulo, among other cultural events.

Yara Yavelberg

University of São Paulo's Psychology Institute paid a homage to Yara, an alumnus of their Psychology School, by naming its academic center the Yara Yavelberg Academic Center.


2009 flu pandemic in Brazil

Two people who had arrived in Brazil from Mexico with symptoms of an undefined illness were hospitalized in São Paulo on April 25.

Agnaldo Nunes

Agnaldo Nunes Magalhães (born March 7, 1976 in Piracicaba, São Paulo) is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country twice in the lightweight division at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.

Barrio 19

Barrio 19 is a television program shown on MTV showcasing a diversity of street talents and urban underground pursuits in cities such as Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, London, Osaka, Hamburg, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo.

Big Brother Brasil 2

The winner was 32 year-old cowboy Rodrigo Leonel from Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.

Brazilians of Spanish descent

In his genealogical account of the settling of São Paulo, Pedro Taques de Almeida Paes Leme, also mentions the three Rendon brothers, Juan Matheus Rendon, Francisco Rendon de Quebedo and Pedro Matheus Rendon Cabeza de Vaca, as well as Diogo Lara, form Zamora.

Bruno Candido Farias

Bruno Candido Farias, commonly known as Bruno Farias (born 20 November 1987 in Panorama, São Paulo) is a Brazilian football player at the position of midfielder.

Cairo Santos

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Santos was unfamiliar with the American brand of football until he moved to St. Augustine, Florida, as a foreign exchange student.

Chevrolet S-10 Blazer

The S-series SUVs, so named because they were based on the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC S-15 pickup trucks, were produced in Pontiac, Michigan; Linden, New Jersey; Moraine, Ohio; Shreveport, Louisiana; and São Paulo, Brazil (the Brazilian version is based on the second-generation S-series; even though production ceased in the U.S., new Blazers are locally produced in Brazil with their own sheetmetal stampings).

Crioulo Lageano

It is similar to the Franqueira breed (just 500 individuals, eight to ten farmers in Rio Grande do Sul), with the same origin, which coming from Franca, São Paulo, spread through the Brazilian territory.

Danièle Dupré

She turned to interior design, where her most notable work is in the terminal of the São Paulo airport.

Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos

Domitila (or Domitília) de Castro do Canto e Melo (São Paulo, December 27, 1797 — São Paulo, November 3, 1867), 1st Viscountess with designation as a Grandee, then 1st Marchioness of Santos, was a Brazilian noblewoman and the long-term mistress and favorite of Emperor Dom Pedro I.

Edgar Bruno da Silva

Edgar Bruno da Silva, simply known as Edgar (born 3 January 1987 in São Carlos, São Paulo), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Al Shabab Al Arabi Club in the UAE Pro-League, as a striker.

Enéas Carneiro

Surprising political experts, he finished ahead of various established politicians, such as the then-governor of Rio de Janeiro (Leonel Brizola), the former governor of São Paulo (Orestes Quércia), and the then-governor of Santa Catarina (Esperidião Amin), with more than 1.5 million votes.

Esporte Clube Paraguaçuense

Esporte Clube Paraguaçuense, commonly known as Paraguaçuense, is a Brazilian football club based in Paraguaçu Paulista, São Paulo.

Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco

The Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco, is a Brazilian private institution of higher education, nestled at São Paulo's neighborhood of Lapa, it's appeared as an initiative from the Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo - a non-profitable entity that promotes the sponsoring of education, created in 1946 by associates of the São Paulo's Rotary Club.

Felipe França Silva

Felipe Alves França da Silva (born May 14, 1987 in Suzano, São Paulo) is a breaststroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed for his country at the 2008 Olympics.

Fernando de Moraes

Fernando Jorge Lima de Moraes, commonly referred to as Fernando, (born 21 January 1980 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian-Australian, footballer who plays for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League.

Ivo Perelman

Ivo Perelman (born January 12, 1961) is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in São Paulo.

Jayme Garfinkel

Garfinkel was a member of CNSP from 1987 until 1991, and was President of the Syndicate of Private Insurance and Capitalization Companies of the State of São Paulo from 1989 to 1990.

José Leite Lopes

In 1937, while presenting a paper to a scientific conference in Rio de Janeiro, the young student met Brazilian physicist Mário Schenberg and was introduced by him in São Paulo to Italian physicists Luigi Fantappiè and Gleb Wataghin.

Juvenal Gomes da Silva

Juvenal Gomes da Silva (born 5 June 1979 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian footballer, who plays in Lithuanian A Lyga, for FK Šiauliai.

Níquel Náusea

It first appeared in 1985 in the São Paulo newspaper Folha, when its creator won a contest for new comic artists.

Olé Brasil Futebol Clube

Olé Brasil Futebol Clube, usually known as Olé Brasil, are a Brazilian football club based in Ribeirão Preto, a city in the state of São Paulo.

Oreco

Valdemar Rodrigues Martíns, best known as Oreco, (born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, June 13, 1932 – April 3, 1985 in Ituverava, São Paulo) was an association footballer who was on the winning team of the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Principles for Responsible Investment

The PRI Initiative has a Secretariat of around 50 staff based mostly in London, with staff based in New York, as well regional offices in Seoul, Sao Paulo, Amsterdam, Tokyo and Cape Town.

Santos Dumont Airport

8 November 1940: a VASP Junkers Ju-52/3mg3e registration PP-SPF taking-off from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to São Paulo-Congonhas collided on mid-air with the de Havilland Dragonfly registration LV-KAB belonging to the Anglo Mexican Petroleum Company (Shell-Mex), which was preparing for a water-land in front of Fluminense Yacht Club, today Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club in Botafogo.

Sara El-Khouly

As an experienced beauty pageant contestant, Sara was therefore handpicked as the official Egyptian representative to the 2011 Miss Universe pageant to be held on September 12, 2011 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Sarnath Banerjee

According to him, he came across the idea in São Paulo, Brazil, where he met 1984 Olympics silver medalist Douglas Vierra who almost won the judo gold that year.

State football leagues in Brazil

Some examples are Fla-Flu, in Rio de Janeiro, Corinthians-Palmeiras in São Paulo, Atlético-Cruzeiro in Minas Gerais, Naútico-Sport in Pernambuco, Gre–Nal in Rio Grande do Sul, Atle-Tiba, in Paraná etc.

Stock Car Corrida do Milhão

The Stock Car Corrida do Milhão (Stock Car Million Race) (current called Corrida do Milhão Goodyear) is a Stock Car Brasil auto racce held annually at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil.

Theo Constanté

The work of Theo Constanté can be found in galleries, museums and collections throughout Guayaquil, Quito, Lima, Cali, São Paulo, Miami, New York, Paris, and Madrid.

Visual pollution

In September 2006, São Paulo passed the Cidade Limpa (Clean City Law), outlawing the use of all outdoor advertisements, including on billboards, transit, and in front of stores.