‘Even Lucifer was using a fan’: Brazil bakes as mercilessly hot spring begins

Having just emerged from its warmest winter since 1961, the country is sweltering amid unforgiving and unseasonal temperaturesA ferocious heatwave was sweeping South America, and samba composer Beto Gago (Stuttering Bob) saw only one thing to do: pop out for an ice-cold beer with his drinking buddy Joel Saideira – Last Order Joel.“Damn, it was grim around here yesterday,” the 76-year-old musician grimaced as he stood outside his home Irajá – reputedly Rio’s h