Thanks for including Brazil. When most people think "gaucho" they think Argentina, and sometimes Uruguay. What they don't realise is that the pampas, the gras

Thanks for including Brazil. When most people think "gaucho" they think Argentina, and sometimes Uruguay. What they don't realise is that the pampas, the grasslands where the gaucho is a native of, also span a large area of southern Brazil. In fact, the gentilic of the people of Rio Grande do Sul (the southernmost state in the country) is "gaúcho(a)". Renato Borghetti is gaúcho, and he is indeed a good starting point. There are so many cultural similarities between these 3 regions that in other parts of Brazil a lot of people have this idea that gaúchos are in fact closer to those neighbours than they are to Brazil (whatever that might mean). In some ways they are probably right. Gaúchos say "tchê" (the Portuguese spelling of "che"), drink chimarrão (AKA mate ), play a stronger style of football, incorporate many words and expressions from the neighbours and make the best barbecues.