Category Archives: South America

I’m asking you to believe…

“I’m asking you to believe, not in my ability to bring about real change in Washington. I’m asking you to believe in yours.” —Barack Obama.

São Paulo Goes Advertising-Free

Last December 2006, São Paulo city council banned outdoor billboard advertising, citing advertisers’ unwillingness to comply with rules on billboard placement and size. Now the rule is in effect, and Flickr user Tony de Marco has documented São Paulo’s facelift.

Writes Larry Rohter of the International Herald Tribune:
Imagine a modern metropolis with no outdoor advertising: no [...]