TheMarquês de Pombal is the name by which Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Portuguese diplomat and prime minister, became known. He is part of the generation of rulers known as enlightened despots that affected the Kingdom and its colonies. Biography Son of Manuel de Carvalho e Ataíde and Teresa
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
Rodrigues Alves was a Brazilian politician, 5th President of the Republic of Brazil (3rd civil president), who ruled the country from 1902 to 1906, in the period called “Old Republic” (1889-1930) after the mandate of Campos Sales. A farmer from São Paulo, Alves represented an important figure, supp
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