Central do Brasil have been promoting Brazilian culture in the US for more almost 2 decades now.
After surviving the big 1989 San Francisco earthquake, Mr. Salles, a journalist specialized in Brazilian Music and the founder of Central do Brasil, decided to relocate his business to the East Coast. Opening branches in New Jersey and Florida, Central do Brasil grew to become the most important distributor of brazilian music and products overseas.
Along these 17 years, Central do Brasil has made available to the public the largest diverse selection of Brazilian Magazines, Newspapers, Books, CDs, DVDs and food products, and became a reference for the Brazilian culture consumers across America.
Now CB website comes to fulfill Mr. Kiko Salles commitment to the Brazilian culture not only in the United States but also Europe and father lands where the internet 'waves' might take the richness and the diversity of our products.
Search, buy and help us to promote the joyful Brazilian culture.
OUR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RESPONSABILITY Kiko Salles is a co-founder of BAUA – Brazilian-American United Association of NJ, the first Brazilian community based association to be recognized for both the American and the Brazilian governments.
Central do Brasil practices social responsibility by hosting regularly Itinerant Brazilian Consular Services and helping ‘Icla Foundation’ to fight children’s leukemia.
s Kiko Salles keeps Central do Brasil's doors opened - with non profit intention - to independent artists and musicians, authors and poetry slam groups. Since it's foundation CB has been promoting from Indy bands and new Brazilian talents in the US to the big names of the Brazilian record industry.