To Know Before You Go

Confusion Between Brazil & Argentina?

It's pretty amazing how many seemingly intelligent people think that the capital of Brazil is Buenos Aires, that Brazilians speak Spanish and that Brazil's national dance is the tango. Wrong, wrong and wrong. The capital of Brazil is Brasília, the national language is Portuguese and the Brazilian national dance is the samba. Many of these misconceptions may have been perpetuated by Hollywood. For example, during her career Carmen Miranda starred in fourteen films and, although the studios labeled her the "Brazilian Bombshell," her films tended to blur her Brazilian identity in favor of a generalized Latin image.

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