Dom Pedro II (or Pedro II of Brazil) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil. He ascended the throne in 1840 and was at the head of the country until 1889, when the coup that installed the Republic took place. Following Portuguese and royal traditions, the heir to the throne was given various na
The Child and Adolescent Statute - ECA (Law No. 8,069) is a set of specific laws to care for people under 18 years of age living in Brazil. The Statute was sanctioned in 1990 during the government of Fernando Collor. Abstract The Child and Adolescent Statute makes society and the State responsibl
The Brazilian Indians today form a contingent that represents about 0.47% of the Brazilian population. According to the IBGE census (2010), there are 896,917 indigenous people in the country , of which about 60% live on indigenous lands officially recognized by the federal government. Of this numb
OVERVIEW When the political, military and economic predominance of a Pan-Andean State was interrupted for various reasons, the so-called Intermediate or Regionalization took place, a period in which no ethnic group, nation or state was able to impose its hegemony and, therefore, could not centralize