History
Descendants of Runaway Slaves the Latest Victims of Brazil’s Rush to End Social Protections
With the recent onslaught of initiatives launched by Brazil’s wealthy ruralist elite to undo ...
The Cantora: A Historical Novel About Brazil in the Early 1500s
The Cantora (The Native Singer of Colonial Brazil) is both a young adult and ...
When Brazil Was the Best Route for Americans Searching for California’s Gold
“This small island has many attractions: its fruits have no rivals, its landscape is ...
World’s Top Slave Importer, Brazil Wants to Preserve a Marketplace that Sold Africans
A wharf in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro used as a marketplace ...
How the United States of Brazil Got Its National Motto Order and Progress
In the book “The Accidental President,” a memoir by Brazil’s former president, Fernando Henrique ...
Palmares, Brazil’s Slave Rebellion, Still Going On 400 Years Later
The Quilombo dos Palmares was a nation of fugitive slaves, Indians, and a few ...
Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff: Martyr, President, Martyr
An exclusive interview by Democracy Now: Dilma Rousseff on Her Ouster, Brazil’s Political Crisis & ...
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 ...
