in Miami kept by a Mexican woman, with Brazilian roots, named Consuelo. The thriving Brazil rodeo culture. Rodeo is a traditional sport in many countries in the Americas, with influences from the history of Mexican and Brazilian vaqueros or vaqueiros (cowboys) and American cowboys. Cast Reception Ratings Music Unlike most Brazilian soap operas, América featured different styles of music for each milieu. Vila Isabel had only traditional samba, other parts of Rio de Janeiro included Brazilian pop and funk, São Paulo was scored with Brazilian country music and Miami, with a mix of American pop and Latin music. The songs used in América are: Disco 1 01. "Soy Loco por Ti América" - Ivete Sangalo 02. "Até Pensei" - Nana Caymmi 03. "A Volta" - Roberto Carlos 04. "Pra Rua Me Levar" - Ana Carolina 05. "Feitiço da Vila" - Martinho da Vila 06. "Nervos de Aço" - Leonardo 07. "Mágoa de Boiadeiro" - Lourenço & Lourival 08. "Os Amantes" - Daniel 09. "Girassóis Azuis II" - George Israel 10. "Vida de Viajante" - Lenine 11. "She's a Carioca (Ela é Carioca)" - Celso Fonseca 12. "Você" - Marina Elali 13. "Um Matuto em New York" - Roberto Trevisan 14. "Sinfonia dos Sonhos" - Marcus Viana 15. "Órfãos do Paraíso" - Milton Nascimento 16. "Eu Sei que Vou te Amar" - Caetano Veloso Disco 2 1. "Regresa a mi" - Il Divo 2. "Don't" - Shania Twain 3. "Home" - Michael Bublé 4. "Abrazame Así" - Tamara 5. "Amore e Música" - Russell Watson 6. "The Look of Love" - Diana Krall 7. "Summertime" - Michael Bolton 8. "A Horse with no Name" - America 9. "Redneck Woman" - Gretchen Wilson 10. "Pieces of Me" - Ashlee Simpson 11. "Por un Beso" - Gloria Estefan 12. "Cancion Mixteca" - Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan 13. "Besame Mucho" - Maysa 14. "Wind Shaking the Trees" - Darwing James Band 15. "Long Long Away" - Jesse Johnson 17. "Can't Get Over" - Kasino 18. "Breath" - O2 19. "Little Girl" - Lucas Babin 20. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - Happening Controversy Gay kiss deleted scene While being cited as a pop culture phenomenon previously, the soap opera received greater exposure in the media after a long-running (2005) storyline between two gay characters included a scene in which they share a kiss. The scene was scheduled to be air in the final episode,