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Show In November of 1959, the first Spotlight Program was presented in the University of Utah Union. The Union, in cooperation with the Japan Trade Center of San Francisco, pioneered a new project which would serve the educational interests of the academic and social communities. From this concept the Union produced the Spotlight on the Orient and - one year later - the Spotlight on the Middle-East. This year's Spotlight Com-mitttee chose to Spotlight Brazil.The Spotlight may fall on a country or an area. Whichever is chosen, the Union attempts to bring all aspects - historical, geographical, cultural, political, and economic - into a series of programs which are truly representative of the country. This year's exhibit, selected in Brazil, was designed and brought to Salt Lake City by the Brazilian Government Trade Bureau.SPoTlIGhTONERAZiLOne of the most interesting exhibits was a booth in which visitors and students could sample the fine, rich flavor of the Brazilian coffee. The majority of those who sampled the coffee found it stronger but the flavor superior to that which we are used to drinking. Coffee is perhaps the most famous and important industry in the Brazilian economy. In the period prior to World War I, Brazil supplied approximately 70 per cent of world coffee exports, but there has been a continual decline since that time. High prices which prevailed during the war stimulated production in other Latin American and African countries and, likewise, competition.Brazil holds a prominent position in architecture today because of the striking innovations in architectural design, and also because of the extent of its recent building activity. Architecture of the most modern and exquisite form is abundant in Brazil, since they have been able to combine fine art and architecture into one. In the Plaza of the Three Powers, the Senate is housed under a dome, the Chamber of Deputies in a bowl-shaped building, while the Supreme Court, in graceful contrast, is a low columned structure. Carved out of the wilderness in fulfillment of a century-old dream, Brasilia is the symbol of a nation looking to the future. |