Life in Brazil: São Paulo’s Big Worm
If the image above looks familiar, you may have seen it in person in São Paulo or in one of several Brazilian films such as Foreign Land (Terra Estrangeira), Not By Chance (Não Por Acaso) or Blindness (Ensaio sobre a Cegueira) which all featured the giant overpass.
Where are the street vendors of São Paulo?
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During this last June when I spent a month in the capital of São Paulo, I noticed something was missing. Back in 2007, I also had spent a month there and anywhere I walked downtown I found street vendors (aka camelôs) selling their stuff. This past June, nada. They had all but vanished, though I did spot one loner among the sea of people that walk along the streets near the Sé neighborhood.
