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Bife de Kobe vira alvo de pirataria (Valor Econômico)

By Diogo Shimizu Lima ⋅ July 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Original story here. Poorly translated, since the Portuguese word “bife” means “steak”. Time to quit being picky and go to the story itself, which is about Kobe beef piracy in Brazil:
“Bife de Kobe vira alvo de pirataria
Lilian Cunha, De São Paulo
07/07/2008
Apreciado pela extrema maciez, apesar dos preços elevadíssimos, o famoso bife de Kobe, preparado com [...]

Azúcar en el depósito (La Vanguardia)

By Diogo Shimizu Lima ⋅ June 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Spanish original here (title: “Sugar in the deposit”); Portuguese translation here (title: Sugarcane and ethanol are becoming Brazil’s symbols”).
El país del carnaval, la samba, el fútbol, el café y la caipiriña tiene ya otro emblema por bandera: la caña de azúcar. Aunque los portugueses introdujeron este cultivo en el país hace ya más de 500 [...]

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