The General Strike of 1917 was a movement provoked by the workers and merchants of São Paulo in the months of June and July. Workers asked for better working conditions and salary increases. After five days of general strikes, the strikers had their demands met. Aspect of a factory in São Paulo i
The history of Brazil is full of important women who marked their time. They are Indians, whites, blacks, mulattos full of determination who made the difference in peace and war. 1. Dandara (? - 1694) - Warrior of the Quilombo dos Palmares Dandara was a black woman warrior, who excelled in the de
I think that not even 20% of teachers at our university know who Teodomiro Gutiérrez Cuevas is. With these controversial words, the environmentalist Rodolfo Rojas Villanueva, made known his complaint and at the same time demanded to pay tribute to this military man from Cerreño with the name of the
The Galician José Ramón Rodil resisted waiting for reinforcements from the Peninsula for almost two years in the Fortress of Real Felipe del Callao, which experienced the death or desertion of 2,424 of the 2,800 soldiers who defended it within its walls. The sad epilogue to the wars of emancipation