Some people consider this to be the Brazilian equivalent of Ulysses.

No wonder then that "At the Limit" - the Brazilian equivalent of the television reality show "Survivor" - was once shot on Marajó.

Their nicknames suggest they are the Brazilian equivalent of New York's popular hip-hoppers.

The price of AIDS drugs with no Brazilian generic equivalent dropped 9 percent from 1996 to 2000.

Mr. Duprat has widely been considered the Brazilian equivalent of George Martin, the Beatles' producer.

But the Brazilian equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission is toothless, and court challenges have thus far come to naught.

Lampião's exploits turned him into a 'folk hero', the Brazilian equivalent of Jesse James.

The singer and composer, who is making his North American debut tomorrow evening, swept the Brazilian equivalent of the Grammys in the samba category last year.

The Casa Grande (Portuguese: "big house") was the Brazilian equivalent to southern plantation in the United States.

On several street corners, people were lined up to place their bets on the jogo do bicho, the Brazilian equivalent of the numbers game.