The Barão do Rio Branco was a Brazilian journalist, politician and diplomat. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil from 1902 to 1912. He went down in Brazilian history for having resolved important border issues with Argentina, France and Bolivia. After all, it incorporated 900,000 km into
Quilombos they were communities formed by slaves who had run away from the plantations. These places became centers of resistance for black slaves escaping from forced labor in Brazil. Origin The word quilombo comes from the Bantu language, being a reference to forest warrior. The first definiti
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a lawyer, politician and president of Brazil born in the city of São Borja (RS), on April 19, 1882 and died on August 24, 1954. Vargas made his political career in Rio Grande do Sul and reached the presidency of the Republic in 1930. He was the longest-serving preside
The new chronicle and good government, by Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, could not fulfill the purposes for which the author did it, but, over time, it became the most important graphic document on the life and the customs of the colonial era.The Indians:vassals of the new owners of the Andean world I