THE CHIMU NATION The Great Chimú developed on the north and central coast, from Tumbes to Carabayllo (Lima). It was a monarchical-centralist state during the reign of the Cie-quich called by the Incas Chimo Capac who came to control a tributary population of approximately 750,000 inhabitants, mostly
Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias , was born on August 25, 1803, in Porto Estrela, Rio de Janeiro and died on May 7, 1880, in Valença (RJ). Career military, he acted in practically all the conflicts that happened in Brazil in the 19th century. He participated in the wars of indepe
He had carried out a remarkable action by breaking the blockade, by facing combat without detriment to the landing operations of his cargo and, above all, by successfully carrying out the second break of the blockade, says the historian Jorge Basadre. On March 17, 1880, the corvette Union, a Peruv
Vladimir Herzog was a Brazilian-born Yugoslavian Jewish journalist. He was assassinated on October 25, 1975 during the period of military regime in Brazil. The fact became an important instrument for the resumption of democratization in the country. Biography Vladimir Herzog was born Vlado Herzog