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Article: All things come to towns that wait. (growth and power in Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- September 3, 1988
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FOR generations, the city of Sao Paulo suffered from not being Rio de Janeiro. it was bigger, wealthier and harder-working than Rio, but Brazil's politics and culture were dominated by its beautiful, charming, hedonistic capital. The paulistanos, the people of Sao Paulo, loved weekends in Rio; Rio's cariocas kept well clear of Sao Paulo. Rio had football, samba, pretty women. Sao Paulo paid the bill.
Today, virtue of sorts has triumphed. When the glamour and perks of being the capital moved to Brasilia in 1960, Rio's economic decline began; it is now better known for poverty and violence than for beaches and mountains. Sao Paulo consolidated its economic mastery, ...