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Brazil: Unidos de Vila Isabel Wins Carnival in Rio

Written byDavid Sasaki
Posted 3 March 2006 2:17 GMT

Made in Brazi has pictures from Carnival in Rio, where “samba school Unidos de Vila Isabel was … announced the champion of Carnival in Rio with the theme “Soy loco por ti, América,” which was sponsored by Hugo Chavez and the government of Venezuela with US$1 million in donations.” [Potentially not work safe]

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