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100 unusual facts about São Paulo


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 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.

Alejandra Fuentes

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

Alfredo Rizzotti

Alfredo Rullo Rizzotti, generally known as Alfredo Rizzotti (Serrana (São Paulo state) August 15, 1909 — São Paulo May 12, 1972) was a Brazilian artist, that worked with painting, drawing and interior design.

André Vianco

André Vianco (São Paulo) is a Brazilian writer of popular horror fiction.

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).

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.

Avare

:For the city in São Paulo, Brazil, see Avaré, São Paulo

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.

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.

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).

Big Brother Brasil 1

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

Big Brother Brasil 2

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

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.

Cheng Fei

Cheng also won the gold medal on the vault at the 2006 World Cup Final in São Paulo, Brazil.

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.

Clube Atlético Linense

The Clube Atlético Linense is a traditional Brazilian football club from the city of Lins, interior of São Paulo state, in Brazil.

Clube Atlético Paulista

Before the 1937 season CA Paulista joined together with the Clube Atlético Estudantes de São Paulo to form the Clube Atlético Estudante Paulista.

Conrado Dess

Conrado is currently studying drama at Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo in São Paulo.

Cunhambebe

The war waged by the Tamoyo Confederation was strongly affecting the Portuguese colonisation efforts, so the two Portuguese Jesuit priests who had founded São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga (which became the present-day megalopolis of São Paulo), Manoel da Nóbrega (1517–1570) and José de Anchieta (1534–1597) started a peace mission by doing a high risk visit to Cunhambebe's village.

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).

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.

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.

Dudu do Banjo

Francisco Eduardo de Souza Pereira or Dudu (São Paulo, 4 June 1935) is a Brazilian Banjoist and Guitar Player known as "The king of banjo"

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 Noroeste

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

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.

Fábio Fernandes

In 1989, at 27 years old, he became creative deputy director of Young & Rubicam in 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the Belly of the Brazen Bull

They played several headlining slots at UK festivals in summer 2011, as well as a show at Le Zenith, Paris with The Strokes, and a trip to Brazil for two shows in São Paulo.

Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia

With three R&D centers in Brazil (located in Brasilia, Manaus, and Recife) and a satellite office in São Paulo, INdT counts on a group of approximately 350 professionals and works to become a world-wide recognized competence center.

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.

Jamison Brewer

Late in 2009, Brewer was signed by Esporte Clube Pinheiros in São Paulo, Brazil, until the end of the Brazilian League season.

Jay Berger

In 1988, he captured both the singles and doubles titles at 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Lasar Segall

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

Live in Brazil: 20 November 2007

Gong Global Family – Live in Brazil 2007 is a live album and DVD by Gong in their Global Family format, recorded on 20 November 2007 at the SESI theatre in São Paulo, but not released until 2009 by Voiceprint, catalogue number VP520CD.

Lost Sirens

In a Brazilian interview to promote the reunited band's appearance in São Paulo, Gillian Gilbert acknowledged issues with former member Peter Hook, and stated there was "a lot going on behind the scenes on the copyright" delaying the album.

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.

Marcelo Dascal

Marcelo Dascal is a graduate of philosophy and electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

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.

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.

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.

Música sertaneja

Sertanejo differs from the caipira culture, specifically originating in the area that comprises the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná.

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.

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.

Pé na Jaca

Arthur, who spends the holidays at his uncle's farm planter jackfruit; Elizabeth, the daughter of a seamstress; Guinevere, the daughter of a maid, Mary, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and Lancelotti, the son of a settler's farm, are, by chance, on the edge of a river in São Paulo, in God Free Me, village near Piracicaba.

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)

Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

::*Maria Luce Lydia Frioli (born 15 August 1978 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Saltimbanco

The show played for another nine years, becoming the first Cirque du Soleil show to tour South America, with visits to Santiago, Chile (March 2006); Buenos Aires, Argentina (May 2006); and São Paulo (August 2006) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (October 2006).

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.

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.

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.

Smoking in Brazil

São Paulo became the first state in Brazil to adopt the most comprehensive ban, being followed by Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.

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.

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B, usually called Palmeiras B, was a Brazilian football team from São Paulo.

SP-71

The highway is known as the Rodovia Convenção meaning convention in Portuguese in which it happened, an expressway linking Itu and Salto.

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.

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.

Tagima

Recently he severed ties with the firm and started his own custom shop in São Paulo.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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.

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.

Alfredo Jaar

His work has been shown extensively around the world, notably in the Biennales of Venice (1986, 2007), São Paulo (1987, 1989, 2010), Istanbul (1995), Kwangju (1995, 2000), Johannesburg (1997), and Seville (2006).

Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza

He married fourthly at Lugano-Castagnola, 13 December 1967, Liane Denise Shorto (b. Garça, São Paulo, 23 December 1942), a Brazilian banker's daughter, from whom he was divorced 29 November 1984.

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.

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).

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.

Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Its campus is located in the city of Limeira, which is 55 km from the main UNICAMP campus in Campinas, both located in the state of 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ivo Perelman

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

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.

Marcelino Novaes

Marcelino Novaes Rodrigues Fil (born July 9, 1967, in São Paulo) is a retired boxer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games, together with Jamaica's Kerron Speid.

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.

Nova Canaã Paulista

Nova Canaã Paulista (the first two, lit., New Cannan) is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Renata Burgos

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

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.

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.

São Paulo Challenger de Tênis

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

Silke Schatz

Schatz has shown work internationally in exhibitions including Manifesta 5 in San Sebastien, Drawing on Space at Project Arts Centre in Dublin, International Paper at UCLA Hammer Museum and A Nova Geometria at Galeria Fortes Vilaca in São Paulo.

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.