The Institutional Act nº 5 was published on December 13, 1968, signed by President Costa e Silva and marked the hardest phase of the period of military dictatorship in Brazil. The trigger for AI-5 was the proposal to boycott the military by deputy Márcio Moreira Alves (1936-2009). AI-5 Summary Wit
The Brazilian people are the result of the miscegenation of several peoples. The indigenous, Portuguese and Africans are the main groups. However, there are several European and Asian immigrants who came to Brazil, especially from the 19th century onwards, who also formed the Brazilian people. Ind
Among the factors that caused the Independence of Brazil we can highlight the crisis of the colonial system, the Enlightenment ideas and the independences that took place in English and Spanish America. Furthermore, the Brazilian agrarian elite itself would benefit from a separation between Portuga
One of the most dramatic episodes took place in Arica, on June 7, 1880. Here, some testimonies. The Chief of the General Staff of the Plaza de Arica, the Peruvian Manuel C. de la Torre, testifies to that sublime dedication:“... Inch by inch and with determined effort, our positions were defended up