Domitila de Castro Canto e Mello, the Marquesa de Santos , was the best known mistress of Emperor Dom Pedro I. Marquesa de Santos portrayed with the sash of the Order of Saint Isabel. Biography Domitila de Castro Canto e Mello was born in São Paulo, in 1797, in the middle of one of the most tradi
The Day of Tiradentes is celebrated April 21 in Brazil since 1965, by Law No. 4,897. This date is national holiday and pays tribute to Tiradentes, considered a national hero, martyr and Patron of the Brazilian Nation. In order to emphasize the importance of this multifaceted figure in the develop
Arthur Bernardes was the 12th President of the Republic during the period of the Old Republic (1889-1930), and ruled the country from 1922 to 1926. He was part of the coffee au lait policy , led by the oligarchies of the states of São Paulo (a large producer of coffee) and Minas Gerais (a large pr
Writes:Néstor PilcoContreras On May 2 of this year, a total of 39 districts from the different provinces of the Puno region celebrate their 160 years of political creation through Legislative Decree No. 12103 approved by the transitory president of Peru, Mr. Ramón Castilla y Marquesado , evoking t