My husband Ian is from Barra, although I always thought I'd never get married to a Barra guy.
But what's more disappointing than Lauer's question is Barra's response: "I think I can.
I lived in Salvador, Brazil's oldest city, for several years and Porto da Barra was where I would come for an early morning swim or a cold beer in the late afternoon.
Responding to the report, Northern Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory said: "I take very seriously the failings identified particularly in the quality and timeliness of the decision making at key points by senior members of this prosecution team".
Is Mary Barra really the right person to lead General Motors?
I was unlucky that there had been unexpected floods shortly before I arrived at Barra Mansa.
Of course, I went to Barra, to see my family – but secretly – if they'd all have known, it would have been madness.
I always thought Barra guys were arrogant arseholes.
I was heading for Barra, the southernmost inhabited island in the chain.
Even among the organised violent gangs of the terraces known as Barra Bravas, where some years ago I interviewed several members who had fought in the South Atlantic, the patriotism was eclipsed by respect for the fellow soldiers – even enemy ones.
