BRAZIL
(Note centered heading below: Jehovah’s Witnesses)
abortion:
deaths from: g93 12/8 28
rate: g90 6/22 28
alcoholism:
cost: g90 8/8 28
Amazon River: g 12/13 9; g03 11/8 13-17; yb97 169; g97 3/22 3
animals:
black-faced lion tamarin: g90 11/8 29
coati: g 7/08 18
endangered species: g95 5/22 29
goats in sertão: g04 12/22 25-27
water buffalo: g95 7/22 25-27
whales: g 12/15 10-11
wild horses: g94 6/8 28
automobiles:
alcohol/gas powered: g 4/06 29
São Paulo traffic fines: g87 11/22 30
traffic accidents: g96 8/22 29
traffic fatalities: g91 5/22 29
birds:
Abrolhos archipelago: g02 12/22 17
jabiru: g99 9/8 16
purple martin: g87 10/8 18
Spix’s macaw: g96 4/8 23-25
yellow-throated spinetail: g87 8/22 29
birth control:
female sterilization: g97 6/8 29
boats:
jangadas: g02 3/8 24-25
Brasília: g00 5/8 19; g98 9/8 14-18; g94 1/8 10, 12; g94 3/22 26
Brazilian Institute for the Environment:
letter from: g90 9/22 30
capoeira (dance, martial art): g05 4/8 22-23
carnival: g98 9/8 29; g96 6/8 14-15; g86 1/22 23-25
crime during: g94 11/22 29; g90 7/8 28
Catholic Church:
cardinal justifies looting: g98 11/8 28
decline: g 8/06 19; g02 3/8 28; g89 10/22 29
fashion show in cathedral: g92 10/8 29
fusion with African religion: g05 2/22 12-13
“land fight” against government: g87 4/22 7
liberation theology: g88 12/22 3-5, 8-10; g87 8/8 18-20
Our Lady Untier of Knots: g02 11/22 28
political involvement: g87 4/22 4; w86 7/15 27
priest justifies stealing by poor: w89 12/15 29
priests leave priesthood to marry: g97 3/22 28
children:
abuse: g96 5/22 29; g94 5/8 29
deaths from accidents: g99 4/22 29
fears: g97 12/22 29; g93 7/8 28
illness from stress: g96 12/8 28-29
infant care improved: g92 3/8 29
infant mortality raised by air pollution: g93 4/8 29
infant-mortality rate: g90 6/22 29
infants left on doorsteps: g92 4/22 29
relationship with parents: g96 11/8 28-29
working: g94 7/8 28; g93 3/8 29
cocaine:
dangers of impurities: g90 10/8 29
coffee: g99 10/8 24-27; g92 6/8 29
courts:
Witness victory over carrying firearms: g94 10/8 28
crime:
by women: g96 8/8 28
corruption: w15 1/1 3
during police strikes: g02 7/8 3
homicide: g16.5 7
kidnapping: g96 7/8 28
looting approved by clergy: g98 11/8 28
theft: w93 10/15 3-5
customs: jv 531
tipping: g86 6/22 25-26
description: g 12/13 8-9; g00 5/8 16-19; yb97 125-126; w95 7/15 8
drugs: g94 3/22 29; g90 10/8 29
in schools: g91 9/22 28
Earth Summit (1992): g96 1/8 4-5, 11; g92 10/22 28
ecology:
loss of ecosystems: g01 2/8 29
economy:
anti-inflation measures: yb91 55-56
debt: g89 9/8 28
rubber boom (1900-1923): g97 5/22 14, 16-17
sugar: g05 6/8 23-27
families:
abuse of elderly: g01 9/8 29
fish:
rock-climbing (darter fish): g02 4/8 29
flag ceremony: rs 275
food:
blood-based supplement: g97 5/8 29
feijoada: g 12/13 8-9
tapioca crepes: g05 8/22 24
wasted: g95 7/22 28
fruits:
açaí: g04 7/22 15-16
bacuri: g04 7/22 16
camu-camu: g00 11/22 24
cupuaçu: g04 7/22 16-17
gambling: g97 3/22 29
bingo: g95 10/22 29
garbage: g91 11/8 29
gauchos (cowboys): g05 7/8 24-27
gemstones: g02 5/8 23-24
record topaz: g87 2/22 29
geography:
Abrolhos archipelago: g02 12/22 15-18
Pantanal region: g99 9/8 15-19
government:
buys weapons from populace to make playground equipment: g05 9/22 28
guarana (shrub and drink): g99 6/8 22-23
guns:
deaths from: g 1/14 7
health and disease: g96 9/22 28-29
AIDS: g92 1/22 28; g92 8/8 8, 29; g89 12/8 31
breast cancer: g98 2/22 28
Chagas’ disease: g93 7/8 28
diarrheal diseases: g 1/09 6
heart disease: g98 12/8 28
tooth decay: g 6/06 30
history: g00 5/8 16, 19
Indian decimation: g 10/07 12-14
Ouro Prêto: g02 5/8 22-24
Pero Vaz de Caminha: yb97 125
slave trade: g02 9/8 12-15; g97 7/22 28
homeless people: g88 3/8 4
Iguaçú Falls and National Park: w04 5/15 8; g91 1/22 24-25; g89 6/22 9; g87 7/22 2
Indian groups: g 10/07 12-15; g95 2/8 28
insects:
African “killer” bees: g92 5/22 29
ants: g01 2/22 29
cricket plague: g92 6/8 29
language: g 12/13 9
native tongues: g01 8/22 29
why Portuguese: g 3/15 11; g97 11/8 14; g94 12/8 20; g92 3/8 7
law:
ban on harmful computer games: g98 9/22 28
engagement a contract: w87 2/15 21
traffic violations: g87 11/22 30
logging underwater: g91 1/22 29
lottery:
winner’s relatives killed by thieves: g90 1/8 29
lunar eclipse: g90 7/8 31
Manaus:
opera house: g97 5/22 14-17
maps: g 12/13 8; g 10/07 15; g02 12/22 15; g00 5/8 17; g99 9/8 15; yb97 167
sertão: g04 12/22 25
marriage:
violence against wives condoned: g88 11/22 7-8
medicine:
alternatives to blood transfusion: g94 1/8 28
amount of blood screened: g92 1/22 28; hb 11
blood banks: g90 10/22 6
janitor who assisted doctor suspended: g87 2/22 30
organ donation: g98 7/22 28
plastic containers for blood storage banned: g87 4/8 29
poor communication by doctors: g02 6/22 29
right to refuse blood upheld: w98 3/1 29
study on stress: g96 3/8 29
motion pictures:
humorous portrayal of brutality: g90 2/22 29
mountains:
Sugarloaf and Corcovado: g87 8/22 26-27
name: g 12/13 9
nuclear accident: g01 5/22 10; g88 2/8 30
plants:
131 new species discovered: g95 12/22 29
shrub providing “candies” to birds: g02 7/8 28
pollution: g88 5/8 4
population: g 12/13 9
demography: g 12/13 8; g00 5/8 19
poverty:
child labor: g93 3/8 29
prostitute community: g92 1/22 29
rain forest: g 12/13 9; g97 3/22 3
deforestation: g05 1/8 5-6; g98 12/8 28; g97 3/22 4-7, 9; g94 4/22 29; g90 3/22 4-5
efforts to save: g00 11/22 24-27; g97 3/22 10-13
mahogany: g05 1/8 5-6; g93 6/8 28
now vulnerable to fire: g94 4/22 29
plants with medicinal value: g90 11/8 28
reforestation: g99 12/8 29
reading: g98 6/8 28
Recife: g05 6/8 23-27
religion: g 12/13 8; g02 3/8 28; yb97 125-126; g97 12/22 28
claim that healing is related to amount donated: g90 10/22 29
Easter customs: g86 3/22 5
growth of “prosperity” religions: g00 3/8 30; g99 6/22 28
native fused with “Christian”: w90 12/1 4
Saint John the Baptist’s Day: g97 2/8 29
survey on Ten Commandments: g98 4/22 28
voodoo in cemeteries: g93 2/22 28
Rio de Janeiro: g99 3/8 14-18; g94 1/8 10, 12; g87 8/22 26-27
Salvador: g 1/09 6
São Paulo: g00 5/8 19; g94 1/22 26
rats: g92 1/8 29
violence: wp16.4 10
schools:
cheating using wristwatches: g97 6/22 28
fighting truancy: g 5/13 3
smoking: g96 1/22 20; g95 8/22 28
solar saltworks: g 12/06 16-17
spiritism: g00 7/22 4; w88 9/1 5
Allan Kardec: w01 5/1 20-23; g87 5/22 26-27; g87 10/8 28
‘Doctor Fritz’: g92 1/22 29
sports:
World Cup (soccer): g95 3/8 29
tire rubber used in asphalt: g93 10/22 28
trees:
candelabra tree (Paraná pine, Brazilian pine): g01 5/8 11
cashew: g95 8/22 31
violence: g16.5 7
voting: g91 2/22 29
weather:
drought (1998): g99 9/22 13
heavy hailstorm (1985): it-1 1020; g86 2/8 29-30
lightning: g04 4/8 29
Xingu National Park: g 10/07 12
youths:
deaths from train surfing: g89 2/22 30
drug abuse: g90 12/8 28-29
rise in literacy and education: g98 3/8 29
sex: g00 3/8 28
suicide: g94 4/22 28
unwed mothers: g96 8/8 29
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Assembly Halls: yb00 46; yb97 142-144, 147-148, 171, 190-192; yb96 26; yb95 23-24; yb94 17; yb87 33
Bethel family: w01 12/1 26; w97 2/1 22-23; yb97 126, 143, 152-153, 179-180
status as ministers upheld (1996): w98 12/1 21-22; yb97 15-16
blood issue:
campaign to inform doctors and other professionals (1978): yb97 147
freedom suspended in locality: yb97 146-147
Witness doctor: g00 8/22 13-14
Witness seminars bear fruit: w98 3/1 29
bloodless surgery: g94 1/8 28
Branch Committee: yb97 144-145; w87 6/1 19
branch office: w97 2/1 22-23; yb97 176-177; jv 368-369; yb91 55-56
Cesário Lange (1981): g00 12/22 19; w97 2/1 22-23; yb97 147-151; jv 333
Cesário Lange (1997): yb98 19-20, 23-24, 28; yb97 173-174, 190; km 12/96 4; jv 334; yb91 14
international volunteers: yb97 173-175
Rio de Janeiro (1923): g00 12/22 19; yb97 127
Rio de Janeiro (1941): w97 2/1 22
Rio de Janeiro (1952): w97 2/1 22
São Paulo (1968): g00 12/22 19; w97 2/1 22; yb97 127-128
São Paulo (1971): w97 2/1 22
São Paulo (1973): yb97 130-135; jv 590, 592
visit by political activist: w10 8/15 19
branch overseers: w96 10/1 25; w95 5/1 25
branch servants: w16.02 31
children:
contributions from: w09 11/15 29
circuit assemblies:
efforts to attend: yb97 164-165
clergy opposition: w16.02 32; w14 9/1 11
send hecklers: w95 5/1 24-25
commendation:
Awake!: g91 5/8 30
by daughter of Witness: w03 11/1 32
by police chief: yb97 183; w90 11/1 21
love and unity: w00 10/15 32; w88 2/1 19
New World Translation: w99 3/1 32
orderliness and cleanness: g 8/10 5
overpayment returned to government: w02 2/15 32
conduct of children at school: w88 10/1 29
congregations: kr 94; g 12/13 9; yb97 203; w95 5/1 22-23
sign language for deaf: w09 8/15 27; yb07 22
conventions: w16.02 31-32; yb00 8; yb97 206-207; jv 369, 459-460, 502-503; yb92 19; yb89 15-16; w87 4/1 26
Amazon region: yb97 198
“Divine Victory” International Convention (1973): yb97 134-136
“Free Nation’s” Theocratic Assembly (1943): w06 7/1 9
“Glad Nations” Theocratic Assemblies (1946): w06 7/1 9-10; w97 2/1 21
“Godly Devotion” District Conventions (1989): yb97 175, 178
“Integrity Keepers” District Conventions (1985): yb97 163-164
“Light Bearers” District Conventions (1992): yb97 197-198
“Pure Language” District Conventions (1990): yb97 185-186
quotes: w90 11/1 19-20; yb90 14
sound systems improved: yb97 145-146
conventions attended elsewhere:
delegates to “Everlasting Good News” Assemblies (1963): yb97 128-129
court victory over carrying firearms: g94 10/8 28
deaf field: ijwex article 32; yb07 6-7, 22-23; w04 7/1 11; w03 2/1 24; yb01 47-48; yb97 194-195
drug dealers respect: yb97 188-190
early witnessing: w23.10 4-5; w14 5/15 31-32; yb97 126-127; jv 413, 436
effect of runaway inflation: yb97 181-182; yb91 55-56
exhibit of video Purple Triangles: yb01 21
field ministry: yb97 203-205
Bible distribution: yb97 128-129
Indian population: yb97 171-172
isolated areas: yb97 140-143
magazine distribution: yb97 184-185
slide presentations: yb97 172-173
unassigned territory: yb97 199-201, 203
use of boats: yb99 48; yb97 169-171
use of phonographs: w16.02 31-32; w97 2/1 21
growth: kr 97; w06 7/1 12; w04 1/1 15; w02 11/1 25; yb98 23; yb97 127, 130, 140-141, 148, 173, 190, 202-203; w95 5/1 22-23, 25; jv 334, 368-369, 502; yb93 6; w92 9/1 19; w91 8/1 30; w90 10/1 27; w88 5/15 19; yb88 47-48; w87 1/1 5; w87 4/1 26; w87 6/1 19, 28
since New World Translation: yb97 206; jv 612-613
honesty:
returns found money: w07 2/15 32
Hospital Liaison Committees: yb97 186-188
Kingdom Halls: g 12/13 9; yb02 18-19; yb97 191, 193; w95 5/1 23; yb94 15; jv 470; w88 11/15 29; yb87 33
seminars on quality of sound: yb97 146
Kingdom Ministry School: yb97 154-155
legal matters:
legalizing marriages: yb97 153-154; w94 2/1 24
status of Bethel family as ministers upheld (1996): w98 12/1 21-22; yb97 15-16
literacy program: foa article 2; g01 7/22 6-8; g00 12/22 9; yb97 182-184
meetings:
efforts to attend: yb97 164, 166
Memorial: yb97 207; yb93 6; yb92 5-6; yb88 48; yb87 33
missionaries: w14 9/1 11; yb97 126-128, 157-158; w95 5/1 23, 25; jv 461, 530-531; w92 6/15 24; w87 6/1 19
to other lands: yb97 157-159
modern history: yb97 124-207
ones with low vision: ijwex article 32; yb97 194-195
opposition: w06 7/1 9
neutrality issue: w95 5/1 25-26
persons:
Aleksandruk, Wladimir: yb97 166, 168
Almeida, Adenir: yb97 166
Andrade, Antônio: w06 7/1 9; yb97 127; w95 5/1 23
Black, Harry: yb97 127; w95 5/1 23
Britten, Eric and Christina: yb00 99; yb97 157; w92 6/15 24
Bruder, Hermann and Margaritha: w02 11/1 20-25
Carrbello, Peter and Billie: w14 9/1 11-12
Conceição, Sheila Winfield da: w06 11/1 8-12
da Paixão, Agenor: w97 2/1 20-23
Erbert, Otto: w90 10/1 27
Estelmann, Otto: yb97 127; jv 457-458; w87 4/1 22-24
Ferguson, Sarah Bellona: w23.10 4-5; w14 5/15 31-32; jv 413, 436
Guest, Douglas and Mary: w17.02 14-15
Guimarães, Cézar: g92 8/22 20-23
Gustavsson, Östen and Sylvia: yb97 144-145, 157
Kattner, Erich: yb97 127, 205-206; jv 457-459; w87 4/1 22-26
Kikuta, Massasue: yb97 144-145
Klukowski, Jennie: jv 88
Leathco, Charles Dillard and Fern: yb97 126-127; w95 5/1 23; w95 12/1 27
Machado, Augusto: yb97 131-132, 144-145, 163, 206-207; w87 6/1 19
Maglovsky, Estefano: w95 5/1 22-23
Maglovsky, José: w16.02 32; w95 5/1 22-26
Malaspina, Francis and Gloria: w95 1/1 22-23
Menezes, Overlac: w90 8/1 26-31
Monteiro Carneiro, Átila: g88 12/22 8-11
Rietz, Karl: yb97 132, 144-145
Rocha de Souza, Mário: w06 7/1 8-12
Santoleri, Antonio: w96 10/1 24-28
Santos, Amaro: yb97 144-145
Schwoerer, Karl Heinz: g 12/07 25
Selbert, Heinrich: yb97 144
Silva, Carlos: kr 97
Simões, Antônio: kr 94
Sisson, Gustavo: g00 8/22 12-15
Springate, Olive: w94 2/1 20-25
Springate, Sonia: w94 2/1 24-25
Thompson, Lawrence: w94 3/1 24-28
Tkachenko, Nikifor: yb99 228
Valentino, Luiggi D.: w01 5/1 26-27
Vertematti, José: yb97 165-166
Vieira, Hamilton: yb97 171-172
Warienchuck, George and Evelyn: w09 10/15 24-25
Wilson, Fred: yb97 133, 144-145
Wuttke, Richard: yb97 157; w90 10/1 26-29
Young, George: w23.10 4-5; w14 5/15 31-32; w00 7/1 24; yb97 127; jv 436
Yuille, N. Alston and Maud: w16.02 31; yb97 126-127; w95 5/1 23, 25; jv 221
Zanardi, Maria do Céu: w01 12/1 24-29
pioneers: w10 7/15 18; yb99 48; yb97 127, 160-161, 168, 200-201
special pioneers: yb97 138, 140-141, 152-153, 169-171, 198-199, 201; yb95 55-56
temporary specials: yb97 141-143
Pioneer Service School: yb97 155-156; jv 300
places:
Amazon region: yb17 56-58; w15 11/15 2; kr 94; yb97 169-171
Ascurra: w12 10/15 3, 5
Barra do Bugres: w12 10/15 5-6
Cachoeiras de Macacu: yb97 146-147
Campos: w17.02 15
Curitiba: w16.02 32
Fernando de Noronha Island: w91 9/15 25
Guapiara: w12 10/15 4-5
Jequié: w06 7/1 10
leper colony: w16.02 32
Minas Gerais: w02 11/1 25; yb97 178-179, 183; w95 7/15 8; w91 9/15 24-26
Montenegro: w02 11/1 23
Oiapoque: yb01 244-246
Pôrto Alegre: w02 11/1 23
Prado: jv 470
Rio de Janeiro: w16.02 32; yb97 127, 163, 167, 180, 183-184, 187-190, 194, 201-203, 206-207
Rondônia: yb97 168-169
Salvador: w06 7/1 8-9; w97 2/1 21; yb97 136, 142-143, 203
São Paulo: w16.02 31-32; w97 2/1 21-22; yb97 126-128, 130-139, 148-150, 163, 179-181, 183, 185-188, 195, 197-198, 201-203, 207; w95 5/1 22-25; yb95 32
Tefé: yb97 152
printing: yb97 131-133, 147, 151, 162-163, 173; jv 581, 583-584, 592
publications:
Bible New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures: yb16 30; w99 3/1 32; yb97 128-129, 151, 206; jv 612-613
Bible New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References: yb88 48-49
booklet Fascism or Freedom: w95 5/1 25
booklet Protection: w97 2/1 21
booklet Where Are the Dead?: w06 7/1 8-9
book Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work: yb97 175, 178
book Religion: w97 2/1 20
book The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life: yb97 129, 152
book You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth: yb97 129-130
brochure Enjoy Life on Earth Forever!: yb97 130
countries shipped to: yb97 205; jv 368
delivery within Brazil: yb97 151-152
distribution: yb97 204-205
Kingdom Recordings in Portuguese: w16.02 32
simultaneous with English: yb97 162
tract Is Time Running Out for Mankind?: yb97 137-138
tract Why Is Life So Full of Problems?: yb97 203-204
Yearbook: yb97 134
relief work:
Disaster Relief Committee: kr 219
drought in northeast (1993): yb97 196-197
drought in northeast (1998): w06 5/1 5-6; g99 9/22 13-15
floods (2020): mwb23.03 3
floods and mudslides (2008): kr 219
floods in south (1983): yb97 159-160
school-fair exhibit features Jehovah’s name: w93 2/1 29
service experiences: yb97 179-181; w95 5/1 23-25; yb95 55-56; yb94 55; yb93 6, 55; w91 2/1 30; w91 8/1 30; w91 9/15 24-27; w90 9/15 5, 7; w90 10/1 28-29; yb90 8-9; yb89 8-9; w88 5/1 19-20; yb88 48-50
11 orphans: yb97 139-140
aggressive personality overcome: ijwcl article 18
alcohol abuser: w09 9/1 6
Amazon region: yb17 57-58; kr 94
Awake! praised: g 2/06 32; g02 2/8 32; g99 11/22 32
Bible study on phone: w03 11/15 21
Bible Teach book: yb10 9-10; yb07 11
blind beggar and family: yb06 54-55
candlelight study: yb16 52-53
Catholic judge: w12 8/1 11-13
church leaders: yb97 168-169
condominiums: yb97 201-202
cured by “very old book”: g 12/08 32
deaf: w03 2/1 24
desire to go to particular house: jv 550
drug and alcohol abusers: yp1 253-254; w09 2/1 28-29; w00 6/1 8
drug dealer: yb97 189-190
elderly illiterate woman: yb97 130
gang member: w12 2/15 14
honesty rewarded: yb07 58
immoral drug abuser: w12 5/1 19-20
interrupts court case: w02 11/1 24
isolated areas: ijwex article 33; yb97 137-138, 141-143, 152-153, 198-199
Kingdom News No. 16: yb97 137-138
Kingdom News No. 37: yb08 7-9
lady who had turned to spiritism: yb97 163-164
lawyer seeks help with troubled marriages: g04 9/8 32
leaves gold mine in Suriname to care for family: w08 2/15 17
Live Again tract distributed at funeral: yb15 56-57
martial arts champion: w10 11/1 19-20
Nations booklet: w10 10/15 32
paralytic invited to Memorial by six-year-old: w08 6/1 26
Pentecostal pastor: w11 8/1 19-20
pornography overcome: w17.08 19
priest accepts truth: yb97 174-175
priest aspirant: w01 3/1 8-9
prisoner accepts truth: w86 4/1 6
prison work: yb98 11-12; w90 11/1 21
public phone in isolated village: ijwex article 33
riverboats: yb99 48
schoolgirls show teacher how they pray: yb97 178-179
school orders Young People Ask book for classes: w95 7/15 8
shy boy: w14 12/15 9
spiritists: g 2/11 8; yb97 179-180
street fighter: w09 7/1 26-27
teacher praises publications: g 2/06 32
two tracts ignite growth: kr 94
victims of racial prejudice: w96 6/1 5-6
Witness girl’s talk in school on evolution: w00 2/15 32
serving where need is greater: w21.11 18-19; w12 10/15 3-6; w95 7/15 8; jv 470
sound car: w16.02 31-32
tobacco use eliminated (1973): yb97 136-137
traveling overseers: w17.02 15; w14 9/1 11-12; w09 10/15 25; w06 7/1 10-12; w01 5/1 26-27; w01 12/1 26; yb98 24; yb97 165-166, 168, 171-172, 189, 204; w96 10/1 25-27
visits by—
Barr, J. E.: yb97 163
Barry, W. L.: yb97 150-151
Franz, F. W.: yb97 138-139; w87 4/1 26
Henschel, M. G.: yb98 20; yb97 206
Knorr, N. H.: yb97 133-135, 206; jv 459; w87 4/1 25-26
Rosam, E.: yb97 186
Rusk, F.: yb97 186
Schroeder, A. D.: w87 6/1 19
Swingle, L. A.: yb97 163
Wallen, R. W.: w14 4/15 16
spared robbery: yb02 47
tract work in rurals: yb97 137-138
youths commended: yb97 178-179; w87 1/1 5