The Bill Aberdeen Act was enacted on August 8, 1845 by England prohibiting the African slave trade. In this way, the British navy pursued, intercepted and imprisoned the slave ships that transported slaves across the South Atlantic. Once the boat was captured, the slaves were returned to Africa an
The Revolt of Copacabana Fort (Os 18 do Forte or Revolta dos 18 do Forte de Copacabana) was a political-military movement, considered the first revolt of the tenentista movement. Tenentistas had positivist ideals, were linked to the armed forces, fought for a democratic policy in a way that they t
The Additional Act from 1834 was a set of changes introduced in the Constitution of 1824. Historical Context Members of the Trina Regency:Brigadier Francisco de Lima e Silva and Senators José Joaquim Campos and Nicolau de Campos Vergueiro. Brazil was going through a troubled moment. With the abd
The Presidentialism is a system of government created in the United States in 1787 to be used as a model in Democratic Republics. In it, each of the branches (Executive, Legislative and Judiciary) must supervise and balance the others, without any preponderance of any of them over the others. All
Petrobras is the largest oil company in Brazil and one of the largest in the world . Its creation in 1953, during the government of Getúlio Vargas, marked the 50s. On October 3, 2013, the company celebrated its 60th anniversary. The name of the well-known Petrobras is, in fact, Petróleo Brasileiro
The Dutch Invasions in Brazil were a series of incursions by the Republic of the United Provinces (Holland) during the 17th century. They took place in Bahia in 1624, in Pernambuco in 1630 and in Maranhão in 1641. The purpose was to regain and maintain control over sugar production and trade in th
Antonio Counselor (1830-1897) was a religious leader and the founder of the Belo Monte village, better known as Canudos. He was considered a religious fanatic at the time he lived, as this was a way for the republican government to justify the massacre perpetrated against his followers. Biography
The Cohen Plan was a supposed document attributed to the communists, which would contain a project for the overthrow of the government of Getúlio Vargas and the establishment of a communist regime in Brazil. The discovery of the plan, announced by the government on the radio on September 30, 1937,
Father José de Anchieta, missionary of the Company of Jesus , also known as the apostle of Brazil , was thus distinguished by the fact of having participated in the beginning of the catechization in Brazilian lands. José de Anchieta was beatified in 1980 and canonized in 2014 . Biography José de An
The Vila Rica Revolt is also known as the Filipe dos Santos Revolt, as this is the name of its leader. It was a movement that took place in 1720 that aimed at the economic and social change in Brazil, which consisted especially in the implantation of the republican regime so that the country could f
The Fico Day, January 9, 1822 is the date carried out by the regent of Brazil, Prince Dom Pedro, who decides to go against the orders of the Portuguese Courts and remain in Brazil. The event got its name because, at the time, D. Pedro uttered the phrase that would become famous: This decision is c
The Barão do Rio Branco was a Brazilian journalist, politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil from 1902-1912. It passed into Brazilian history for having resolved important border issues with Argentina, France and Bolivia. After all, it incorporated 900,000 km into Brazi
The Law of the Free Womb or Lei Rio Branco (Law nº 2040) is considered the first abolitionist law in Brazil. It was presented by the Viscount of Rio Branco (1819-1880), of the Conservative Party, and sanctioned by Princess Isabel on September 28, 1871. The law, among other resolutions, granted fre
The Brazilian Integralist Action (AIB) was a political organization created in 1932 by Plínio Salgado and was the first mass party in Brazil. Initially, they supported the Vargas government. However, with the establishment of the Estado Novo (1937), they promoted the Integralist Levante, which took
The West India Company, DutchWest-IndischeCompagnie, was a Dutch trading company, founded in 1621 , with the objective of promoting an economic war against Spain and Portugal. The Iberian monopoly on trade between Europe and the Americas was a political and economic nuisance and the company was foun
The Military Coup 1964 was triggered on the night of March 31, with the deposition of President João Goulart. This action against a legally constituted government marked the beginning of the military dictatorship in Brazil, which would last until 1984. Among the main justifications for the coup wa
The Law of Sexagenarians or Saraiva-Cotegipe Law (n.º 3.270), corresponds to one of the Abolitionist Laws, alongside the Eusébio de Queirós Law, the Free Womb Law and the Golden Law. It was enacted on September 28, 1885 and granted freedom to slaves aged 60 or over. Abstract In 1884 the Sexagenari
APortuguese Africa comprises the territories that were colonized by the Portuguese during the 15th-16th century on the African continent. As a result of overseas expansion, the territories that today belong to Guinea-Bissau, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde and Mozambique were dominated.
Amnesty is the legal act in which political crimes committed within a certain period of time are forgotten. In Brazil, the 1979 Amnesty Law allowed the return of all those accused of political crimes during the military regime. Meaning The word amnesty comes from the Greek “amnesty ” and means obl
TheRepublic of the Sword (1889-1894) corresponds to the first period of the Old Republic, in which political power in Brazil was in the hands of the military. The presidents of this period were Deodoro da Fonseca and Floriano Peixoto. Provisional Government The day after the Republican Coup, a Pro
The Oligarchic Republic (1894-1930) is characterized by the alternation of power between the coffee oligarchies of the states of Minas Gerais and São Paulo. The presidents of this time were elected, in most cases, by the São Paulo Republican Party and the Mineiro Republican Party. From the 1930s o
It is a funerary chamber with 63 mummies and more than a thousand valuable archaeological pieces. PUCP professionals, together with specialists from the University of Warsaw, had been working in the area since 2002. We spoke with Professor Krzysztof Makowski, scientific advisor to the project. “It i
The coming of the Portuguese royal family to Brazil took place on November 29, 1807 and the delegation arrived in Salvador (BA), on January 22, 1808. The refuge in Brazil was a ploy by the Prince Regent, D. João, to ensure that Portugal remained independent when it was threatened with invasion by
TIAHUANACO, MAIN ANCESTOR OF THE WARI EMPIRE The Spanish chronicler Pedro Cieza de León says in his Chronicle of Peru, chapter V:Tiahuanaco is not a very large town, but it is mentioned for its large buildings, which are certainly remarkable things and to see, (...) idols of stone of the size and hu