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  • Complete Monster: Santiago Moreira makes his daughter Carminha look almost like a saint. In order to keep his wife's inheritance, He set up an affair with his neighbor Lucinda only so that eventually his wife would discover the case and go mad, try to kill Lucinda and possibly be arrested, but instead, she accidentally killed Lucinda's daughter, a child at that time, making Santiago responsible for the death of an innocent child and making his wife bear that guilt until her death.Once the plan to get Lucinda murdered and his wife sent to jail had gone wrong, he took advantage when his neighbor, Lucinda, upset by the death of her daughter, invaded her home to kill his wife and does not actually kill her, murdering his own wife in front of his daughter and incriminating Lucinda for it, getting away with it and showing that he never really loved her and that he just wanted to use her for his nefarious plans.In addition to murdering her mother in front of her, Santiago forsaken his daughter, Carminha, still a child, on the dump. It's also implied that Santiago raped his daughter as a child. He rejoices to see Lucinda back in jail after she surrenders, taking the blame for her son's death, being effective in manipulating her again with his false love and claiming her an "old fool," making again clear that he never loved her sincerely. Although he seemed affectionate at times with his daughter, he was Faux Affably Evil, and he was just being affable in order to use Carminha to take her husband's fortune. He showed at all times that he never cared even for his own family, but which has always put money and greed above all else, to the point of committing atrocities for that. He killed Nilo, poisoning him so that he cannot reveal the truth about his crimes.He kidnaps, Nina, and Carminha's ex-husband, leaving them in the sights of a gun and asking their daughter to choose which one should die first.When Carminha turns against him and shoots him in the foot, he claims that he should have killed Carminha as he did with his wife and that he was wrong to have just abandoned his daughter in the trash.

  • Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Or better said, Chileans Love Avenida Brasil.
  • Tough Act to Follow: For main writer João Emanuel Carneiro. Every soap opera who he wrote after is compared to this one, often unfavorably.
  • Win Back the Crowd: Avenida Brasil amassed massive popularity throughout Brazil and emerged as the No. 1 telenovela, especially in a period where most of Globo's modern-day telenovelas faltered in ratings, in comparison to the famed novelas of past.
    • It followed the footsteps of other novelas that lit up this period of decline: Senhora do Destino, Alma Gemea, Belissima, America, Paraiso Tropical, A Favorita, Caminho das Indias, Caras & Bocas, Viver a Vida, A Vida da Gente, and Fina Estampa, and was soon followed by Cheias de Charme and Amor a Vida. Salve Jorge, the novela that replaced Avenida Brasil on its timeslot when it ended its run, did sort of follow this success as well, but soon paled in comparison to Avenida Brasil in terms of ratings.

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