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100 unusual facts about Sao 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.

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

One in Santa Catarina, this contracted the flu inside the country and one in Tocantins and one in São Paulo.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis

He has conducted workshops at the Universities of Helsinki (Finland), Oslo (Norway), Orléans (France), Barcelona (Spain), Montreal (Canada), São Paulo (Brazil).

Associação Ferroviária de Esportes

In 1994, the club was the runner-up of the Brazilian Série C, after losing to Novorizontino 1–0 in the first leg, at home, and 5–0 in the second leg, in Novo Horizonte.

Banco Pan

Currently the bank headquartered in São Paulo is one of the largest midsize banks in Brazil, and has many competitors, as Daycoval, BicBanco, Banco Pine, and others.

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On January 29, 2010, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, announcied that the shortfall of the bank was of 4.0 billion reais (2.3 billion dollars).

Beto Furquim

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

Bïa Krieger

She began a university degree in Journalism at São Paulo but quit and relocated to Europe, where she spent a few years sailing around the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Brazilian Rubber Technology Association

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

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 Maldaner

Maldaner was ordained a Priest at the age of 26 and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil and Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania on April 15, 1966.

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.

Camillo Ugi

In 1905 the trained electrical mechanic, specialising in cinema equipment, was lured by career prospects to join Sport Club Germânia, today's EC Pinheiros in São Paulo, Brazil.

Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum

The three live in a castle in the middle of the city of São Paulo.

Cleiton Januário Franco

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

Club Athletico Paulistano

Club Athletico Paulistano – generally known as just Paulistano – is a sports and social club from the Brazilian metropolis São Paulo located in the quarter of Jardim América, close to the city.

Compañía Aeronáutica Uruguaya

In the end, the airline announced its intention to operate a Montevideo to São Paulo route and a Montevideo to Miami route, but these routes never materialized.

Cunhambebe

Cunhambebe (more correctly pronounced Quonambec in his native Tupi language) was an aboriginal Indian chieftain of the Tupinambá tribe, which dominated the region between present-day Cabo Frio (Rio de Janeiro) and Bertioga (São Paulo).

Danièle Dupré

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

Diana Pineda

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

Djalma Bom

Born in Alvares Machado, a small city in the country side of São Paulo, Idalina was the youngest daughter of Spanish farmer Jeronimo Rodrigues (1895–1953) and Santina Mantovani (1896–1974).

Dr. Fritz

After Queiroz's death, Dr. Fritz has been allegedly channeled by Rubens Farias Jr. (1954– ) of São Paulo; who claims that Dr. Fritz has predicted his own violent death.

Edward Huggins Johnstone

Johnstone was born on April 26, 1922, in São Paulo, Brazil, the son of William Johnstone, a noted horticulturalist.

Esporte Clube Noroeste

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

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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 Taubaté

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

FAU-USP

It was founded in 1948 by a group of teachers from Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo.

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.

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.

Fórmula Truck

In 1994 the concern for safety was a priority for the realization of a new presentation of the category back to truck drivers and businessmen in the sector at the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo.

Francisco Rodrigues da Silva

Having developed their reputation in São Paulo Nunca and the Pandolfos were invited to participate in a street-art exhibition at the Tate Modern Gallery in London that led to a significant re-evaluation of their work by their home city.

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.

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.

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Gilberto Righi (1937–1999) was an important earthworm taxonomist from São Paulo, Brazil, who helped define the magnitude of his country's diverse soil fauna.

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.

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.

Hook turn

São Paulo - The hook turn is not official there, but the driver can often apply it in order to achieve a quicker conversion.

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.

Iran do Espirito Santo

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

Ivo Perelman

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

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.

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.

José Wellington Bezerra da Costa

He also is a Pastor of the Assembly of God Bethlehem Ministry in São Paulo, Brazil.

Joseph Safra

As the chairman of all Safra companies, among them Safra National Bank of New York and the large Banco Safra headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, he is ranked at 46 with a net wealth of 15.9$ billion on Forbes list of billionaires.

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.

Luis Villarroel

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

Luiz Filipe Coelho

He began his musical education at age of 4 at the Escola Fukuda in São Paulo, having as a teacher the violinist Elisa Fukuda.

Maria Zamboni

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

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.

Michel M. Liès

Together with his wife he then journeyed to Brazil where he served in São Paulo and Mogi Guaçu as Chief Financial Officer of a ceramics company.

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.

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.

Níquel Náusea

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

Noraldo Palacios

The sample was delivered on 22 May 2008 in an in-of-competition test in São Paulo.

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.

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

Prado River

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

Pricesaurus

In 1986, Rafael Gioia Martins-Neto in a lecture during the 38th Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência at São Paulo, reported the find of a pterosaur, that he named Pricesaurus megalodon.

Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

::*Maria Luce Lydia Frioli (born 15 August 1978 in São Paulo)

Pró-Vida

PRÓ-VIDA began in 1978, in the district of Moema, in São Paulo city, when Dr. Celso created Pró-Mente, where he himself gave courses about mental development and training.

Rafael Pineda Ponce

In 1965, Pineda Ponce went to the Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira, in São Paulo, Brazil to specialize in education of teachers (Especialista en Formación de Maestros).

Raja Casablanca

Their style of play led to Raja gaining the support and encouragement of 40,000 Brazilians at the Morumbi stadium in São Paulo, during its historic performance in the Club World Cup in 2000 in its game against Real Madrid of Vicente Del Bosque.

Raphael Guzzo

Raphael Gregorio Guzzo (born 6 January 1995 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian-born, Portuguese footballer who plays for Benfica B, as a midfielder.

Red Bull Brasil

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

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.

Robert DeCourcy Ward

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

Roy Rosselló

Menudo holds the Guinness record for largest audience in a concert, 200 thousand people at Morumbi Stadium, in São Paulo in 1984, while Rosselló was a member of the group.

Ruth Milkman

In 1986, she was a visiting lecturer in American labor history at the University of Warwick in Coventry, United Kingdom, a visiting professor at the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil in 1990, a visiting research scholar at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia in 1991, and a visiting research associate at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris in 1993.

Sacix

Sacix is a Debian Pure Blend originally created to support the educational and free software diffusion goals of the Telecentres project of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

Samson Flexor

Samson Flexor (born Samson Flexor Modestovich on 9 September 1907, Soroca, Moldova - died on 31 July 1971, São Paulo, Brazil) was a French and Brazilian artist, and founder of the Brazilian abstract art.

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.

Sept-Fons Abbey

Its earlier foundations included Notre-Dame de la Consolation near Beijing, China, Notre-Dame des Iles, New Caledonia, Notre-Dame de Sept-Douleurs at Latroun in modern-day Israel, and Notre-Dame de Maristella Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.

SO Samba FC

The team's head coach is former Corinthians of São Paulo member Thiago Samba and their founder and general manager is Melissa Brandao.

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.

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.

Thiago Arancam

Thiago Arancam started his studies in São Paulo at the “Municipal School of Music” and continued at the Musical University “Carlos Gomes”, where he graduated in “Erudite Chant” in 2003.

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.

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.

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

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.


Anílton da Conceição

Anílton da Conceição (born 15 March 1968) is a footballer who has played for São Paulo, Buler Rangers, Kitchee, South China and now a coach for Hong Kong University Graduates Association Primary School.

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 1

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

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.

Buscapé

It was co-founded in São Paulo, Brazil in 1999 by Romero Rodrigues, Rodrigo Borges, Ronaldo Morita and Mario Letelier.

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.

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.

Eleanor Put Your Boots On

Promotion for the single included two videos: one for "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" and one for B-side Wine in the Afternoon (recorded at Trama Studios, São Paulo, Brazil), making the B-side a video-clip-only single.

Esporte Clube Paraguaçuense

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

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.

Fire bike

The São Paulo Fire Department of Brazil use teams of two fire bikes to bring down first response times to fire or medical emergencies in the congested streets of São Paulo from 10–15 minutes to just 5 minutes.

Fly Linhas Aéreas

The airline began operations on August 25, 1995 with a Boeing 727-200 as a charter carrier linking Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to holiday destinations in the northeast of Brazil.

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.

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.

Ivar Hippe

-- The previous reference says Hippe was put on a plane to Montevideo, Uraguay? -->, after missing a flight to São Paulo, Brazil.

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.

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.

Mangalarga

In 1812, when the Junqueira family moved to São Paulo state, the topography, the forest, the local culture and the different species of deer to hunt, forced them to seek for a horse with different characteristics, by the selection or crossing, and so they started to breed the Mangalarga horse with Thoroughbred, Arabian, and American Saddlebred stallions plus a Saddlebred mare and one Lusitano stallion.

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.

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.

Renata Burgos

Renata de Oliveira Burgos (born January 3, 1982 in Jaú, São Paulo) is a freestyle swimmer from Brazil.

Rodovia dos Imigrantes

Although longer than Anchieta, Rodovia dos Imigrantes is nowadays busier due to its building standards, which permit higher speed limits, and its more direct path to the cities of Santos and Guarujá, the northern coast (with Bertioga), as well as the southern coast (with cities Praia Grande, Mongaguá, and Itanhaém.

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.

Saya Woolfalk

She has received a number of prestigious awards including a Fulbright for research in Maranhão, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil a Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, an Art Matters Grant and has been an artist-in-residence at the Newark Museum, University at Buffalo, Yaddo, Sculpture Space and Dieu Donne Papermill.

Sin Mirar Atrás

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

União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube

União Agrícola Barbarense Futebol Clube, usually known as União Barbarense, is a Brazilian football team from Santa Bárbara d'Oeste in São Paulo, founded on November 14, 1914.