Folha de S.Paulo

Maria Marighella, granddaughter of guerrilla fighter Carlos Marighella and assemblywoman of Salvador, was exonerated as coordinator of the National Arts Foundation, Funarte, when Dilma Rousseff was removed from the Government. "I cried many times when I saw the emergence of a Brazil that I thought I had left behind", she says in an interview.

Published on 01/06/2023 - 08h34

The CUF Descobertas hospital, in Lisbon, received an unusual request about a week ago. Assistant and person in charge of the writer Nélida Piñon, hospitalized there since the first day of December, Karla Vasconcelos insisted so much that she succeeded: the clinic made an exception and authorized the dogs Suzy and Pilara to visit the writer in her room. The reunion took place last Saturday (17), in the morning. Nélida, 85, died hours later, in the late afternoon." The girls" is how the faithful assistant and friend of the writer refers to the pinscher Suzy, 13, and the chihuahua Pilara, 3. The couple who went to say goodbye to the writer on her deathbed are treated like people by the Piñon family -and it's not just a matter of words. Far from it.

Published on 12/21/2022 - 13h30

Those who watch the series "The White Lotus" are immediately seduced by the opening credits that mix figurative elements with instrumental music. Because of this, the vignettes that opened both the first and second seasons are often praised by viewers on social networks. What few people know is that the person responsible for the arts is Brazilian designer Lezio Lopes. Born in Ceará, he lives in Australia, where he moved in 2020, shortly before the Covid-19 pandemic to work as a freelancer.

Published on 12/21/2022 - 13h25

In the course of his celebrated career, Oscar Niemeyer left his mark on works spread across Brazilian cities. Among houses, memorials, and churches, some are still under construction ten years after his death, completed this Monday. This is the case of the Cristo Rei cathedral, the last work by the architect designed for Belo Horizonte.

Published on 12/09/2022 - 13h02

Sunday morning (27) brought to Casa Folha, at Flip ( Paraty's Literary Festival ), the french writer Annie Ernaux, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature last month, in a dialogue with the young writer from Rio de Janeiro Geovani Martins. They are two authors celebrated for works that are very different and distant in geography and generation, but that have revealed unsuspected points of contact and mutual admiration, which turned the panel into a true testimony of an exchange of experiences.

Published on 11/29/2022 - 14h35

Singer-songwriter Gilberto Gil, 80 years old, and his wife Flora Gil, 62 years old, were harassed by Brazilian fans in Qatar, as they walked down a corridor to watch the match between Brazil and Serbia at the Lusail stadium, on Thursday.

Published on 11/28/2022 - 12h45

The most awaited panel at Flip ( Paraty's Literary Festival) this year lived up to the expectations of the horde of Annie Ernaux's admirers who crowded the Matriz auditorium and the main square in the historical downtown in Paraty this Saturday.

Published on 11/28/2022 - 12h31

The singer Erasmo Carlos, composer of classic songs, most of them written with his partner Roberto Carlos, and one of the greatest names in the history of Brazilian pop music, died this Tuesday at the age of 81. The death was confirmed by the record label Som Livre, on its social media profile, but the cause was not informed. He was admitted to a hospital in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Published on 11/23/2022 - 13h35

"When I thought of a second term for the current president, I didn't think of a ceiling, but of a hole. I feared seeing Brazil buried and almost banned myself from thinking", says composer Caetano Veloso, after the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of the PT (Workers' Party), in the runoff presidential election in Brazil.

Published on 11/21/2022 - 13h32