Dilma Vana Rousseff was the 36th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. She was the first woman to hold the Presidency of Brazil and the countrys third head of state. Accused of administrative impropriety, she did not complete her second term due to the impeachment process. Biography Di
Thegold cycle it is the time when the extraction and export of gold figured as the main economic activity in the colonial period. It began at the end of the 17th century, when sugar exports from the Northeast were falling due to the competition exerted by the English and Dutch sugar production in t
The Quilombo dos Palmares was one of the many quilombos of the Brazilian colonial era and its origin dates back to 1580. Palmares was the refuge for runaway slaves from the captaincies of Pernambuco and Bahia. What is Quilombo? The word “quilombo ” has Bantu etymology and refers to the warrior ca
The Lula government comprises the two terms of office of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from 2003 to 2010. His administration lifted thousands of people out of absolute poverty, but was marred by cases of corruption such as the mensalão . Despite this, Lula managed to elect his successor, fo