Category Archives: Brazil & Latin America

City of Dreams – Curitiba, Brazil

Watch this video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRD3l3rlMpo I still have hope for our American cities, that is, if they can somehow do some of things they do in Curitiba, Brazil.  This is by far the most progressive city I’ve been to.  Again, watch and pay attention

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Zumba Musica!

Want to hear a sampling of the music played at a typical Zumba Class?  Check it out!

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Listen to Cool, Sexy Brazilian Music

Want to listen to cool, sexy Brazilian music?  Some of it is romantic, jazzy,  upbeat, rock influenced, and even a little eclectic.  I even added a few songs by the ever talented American musician, David Byrne, who occassionally plays Brazilian style music. 

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Zumba Fitness Class

     ZUMBA combines high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow the Zumba participants to dance away their worries. It is based on the principle that a workout should be “FUN AND EASY TO DO” allowing Zumba participants to stick to the Zumba Fitness program and achieve long-term health benefits. Zumba [...]

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Que Bonita! Gracyanne Barbosa

Want to have super, sexy glutes and hamstrings like Gracyanne Barbosa, the Brazilian dancer and fitness model?  Work out your lower body with the Leg Press using the right techniques.  Here’s how: When you place your feet on the Leg Press at the bottom of the platform, this targets the quadriceps and calf muscles (mainly [...]

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Brazilian Breast Implants Bargains Entice Americans, Europeans.

Last year while I was visiting Brazil, I took notice of the many plastic surgery offices across the city. They were located in the ritzy sections and had a modern, stylish look to them . . . kind of European looking. I thought to myself, this

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Coke Set to Unveil Stevia-Based Natural Diet Drink

I’ve been keeping track of the race by the cola multi-nationals to introduce a stevia-based drink in the United States.  Coca Cola and Pepsi have dumped a lot of research and development for the last several years in Paraguay to bring this type of product to America, but have

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Helen Keller Quote

It Starts In Parks “To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.” Helen Keller

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Brazilian Breast Implants Post is Touchy Subject

Photo by eastboca.net  Back in January I wrote an article post entitled “Brazilian Breast Implants Bargains Entice Americans, Europeans.”  To my surprise and amazement, over 600 people visit my blog site every day to read this article. My intentions on writing this article post were never to put down or criticize women who choose to have this [...]

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Swimming the Amazon: 3,274 Miles on the World’s Deadliest River

I came across this fascinating post written by Tim Ferriss on his blog (which I highly recommend you check out) about the only man to swim the entire Amazon River.  Last year on April 8th, Slovenian marathon swimmer Martin Strel became the first man to swim the entire length of the Amazon River from headwaters [...]

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