History

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 ...

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 ...

Down with the dictatorship, writes a tagger in 1968 Brazil

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 ...

A Brazil the History Books Won’t Show

Once in a while it’s good to dive back into the past, which never ...