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The Best Place: Curitiba, Brazil's Urban Paradise |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Mark Holston |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2004 |
| Size: 2,892 Words, 18,802 Characters |
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The small information booth is festooned with red flags, T-shirts sporting the bearded face of Latin American revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and stacks of left-leaning literature. The eye-catching collection of symbols of the international socialist movement wouldn't be out of place in Paris, Rome, San Francisco, or dozens of other cities around the world. They might even attract a crowd of students, sympathizers, and the curious. But here, the disheveled volunteer purveying the mounds of tracts, pins, and other left-wing paraphernalia merits nary a passing glance, despite a steady flow of local residents sauntering past on the mosaic tile, pedestrian-only boulevard.
It's easy to understand why Curitiba (pronounced "Koo ree CHEE bah"), the capitol of the state of Paraná in so...
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...re still fills the home's burnished interior. In the garden, 100-year-old castanhejras trees, protected by law from being cut, provide shade. The structure and its grounds are a kind of living metaphor for Curitiba, underscoring the city's deep respect for people, culture, and the environment. Being here and watching Hayakawa at work leaves little doubt that Curitiba's future is in good hands.
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