In last month's newsletter, we opened the text in a different way – UNIQUE, remember? We asked you to take your cell phone out of your pocket, open Spotify and listen to a playlist of…tecnobrega (Brazilian Genre). Well then. Maintaining this level of originality and excitement won't be easy, so today, we're going to complicate things: do you remember your chemistry classes in high school (or “secondary education”, for the older guys)? Honestly, I bet anything that you don’t know that. 😉… So, let's go!

Let's start this edition in a very different way. Unique. First, take your cell phone out from your pocket and open your favorite music app. Once there, type "tecnobrega". That's right: t-e-c-n-o-b-r-e-g-a. Pick a playlist, press play and let the ideas swing from one side to the other. And believe me, they will shake up not only your thoughts, but also your state of mind... Because in this epiphany, our destination is one: the Amazon.

The chords are unmistakable. And so is the melody. 🎶 “Oh! Chalana sem querer / Tu aumentas minha dor / Nessas águas tão serenas / Vai levando meu amor…”. (“Oh! Chalana unintentionally / You increase my pain / In these so serene waters / You carry my love…”.) 🎶

The image is heartbreaking. Devastating indeed. Water everywhere, sunken houses, buildings damaged, often up to the third floor, streets so flooded that is impossible to dissociate what is the river from what is asphalt and a feeling of powerlessness that devastates not only those who lived the tragedy of the rains in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, but also those who care about others.