Brazil's top telenovelas: Who's who in Brazilian soap operas Some of Brazil's most popular and exotic soap operas. By Andrew Downie in Sao Paulo 04 April 2009 • 7:59pm ...

The introduction of André Gurgel, who plays a more ambiguous character rather than the typical all-good or all-bad supporting role for black actors, indicates the growing influence of Brazil&#039 ...

Soap operas, known as telenovelas, encourage smaller families study finds; Birth rates in Brazil have fallen dramatically since the 1970s; Divorce and taboo health conditions are also now less ...

Brazil's popular soap operas have done more than just entertain people - they have reduced the birthrate by 3 million and driven up the rate of divorce, a new report has found. By Andrew Downie in ...

Scholars have tracked the apparent family-size-shrinking influence of novelas, Brazil's Portuguese-language iterations of the beloved evening soap operas, or telenovelas, that broadcast all over ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Even by the standards of Brazil, where soap operas change the way people talk, ... The telenovela also takes the occasional dig at American society.

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Soap opera social engineering In Brazil, the data suggests that prime-time programming contributed to a national decline in fertility rates. By Andrew Leonard. Published May 29, ...

Brazil’s prime-time soap operas, called novelas, have a long tradition of setting the public debate — and sometimes effecting change — on labor conditions, drug policy and other issues.

The soap opera, or telenovela, holds cultural power like nothing else in Brazil. And no other timeslot holds the prestige of the 9 p.m. telenovela at Globo’s free-to-air channel, the television ...

Betrayal, last-minute reprieves, fearless heroes and a doomed relationship between a powerful man and woman -- Brazilians get this every day in their beloved telenovelas. Now they're getting it ...