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Back to Brazil —After 42 Years
By Gabriela Taylor – Special to The Garden Island
Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 3:10 AM HST
Known for Copacabana, Carnival, soccer and the bossa nova beat,
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the only one that
was colonized by Portugal. I spoke Portuguese fluently 42 years ago
and now find myself struggling to express myself on the level of a
4-year-old. Returning to the area where I lived in Brazil for two
years and visiting people I knew then is not deja vu for me. Why?
Brazil has changed — dramatically!
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