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Exclusive! Mr Mambo Jazz playlist for BristoLatino

Mr. Mambo Jazz, Brazilian DJ and musical researcher with a focus on Latin, Caribbean and African rhythms, made us a playlist and explained the background behind each song – Listen on our mix cloud now!     La Niña Emilia – La Penca -La Pelea es Peleando (1985) This was one of the great songs I […]

Revolutionising Brazilian design from the periphery

Adélia Borges is a Brazilian journalist, curator and lecturer, who specialises in design. She celebrates initiatives that capture the social meaning of design, and appreciate and represent the broader scope of Brazilian society. Borges encourages uniting traditional Brazilian craftsmen with professional designers, marrying artisanship with mass production and spreading economic benefit from the cities to […]

Brazil, football’s phoenix from the ashes

BristoLatino sports editor Jamie Vaughan Johnson takes a look at the meteoric recovery of the Brazilian national football team since their world cup humiliation in 2014, in part thanks to the new and inspiring head coach The last time Brazil’s national football team (the Seleção) won six world cup qualifiers in a row, it went […]

Chapecoense are fighting back to where they belong

BristoLatino Sports Editor Scott Gordon tells us more about the inspiring story of how Chapecoense recovered and are exceeding all expectations since the dreadful plane crash in November 2016. On the 28th November 2016, Chapecoense (Associação Chapecoense de Futebol) were on their way to Medellín to play in the final of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana against Colombian […]