History
128 Years After the End of the Empire, Brazilians Still Pay a Tax to the Emperor’s Heirs
With its colonial mansions, landscaped gardens and ornate fountains, the town of Petrópolis, a ...
Açaí, Brazil Nuts and Other Amazon Trees Are Only Abundant Thanks to Ancient Indians
Ancient indigenous peoples had a far more profound impact on the composition of the ...
Thank a Brazilian for Inventing the Airplane And Many Other Things You May Not Know
Brazilians are known worldwide for their creative minds, but that is typically associated with ...
How the Press Joined Conservatives to Keep Illegal Slave Trade Alive in Brazil
The negative influence of the Brazilian press on the illegal slave trade is analyzed ...
Angel of Death Josef Mengele’s Bones Help Medical Students in Brazil
The bones of Josef Mengele, the infamous German doctor who conducted experiments on prisoners ...
World Cup and Olympics: Just Another Example of Brazil’s Perverted Generosity
Brazilian history begins with a gesture of inverted generosity: civilizing the native population, exploiting ...
In São Miguel das Missões, Brazil, the 17th Century Is Alive in the Ruins
It’s a small, silent town. It is called São Miguel das Missões and is ...
The Military and the Rural Elite Unholy Alliance Maintains Brazil Poor and Unequal
A very strong traditional establishment governed Brazil since its colonization. Arguably, the most powerful ...
Getúlio Vargas’s diary
Revolutionary leader, dictator, President, Getúlio Vargas is the greatest Brazilian politician of this century. ...
Barăo de Itararé’s poison pen
Brazil is celebrating the centenary of birth of Aparício Torelly who is better known ...
