On July 26, 1533, the last ruler of the Inca empire, Atahualpa, was executed by the Spanish with a garrote (device used to strangle prisoners). His death meant the end of the great Inca empire and the beginning of the Spanish conquest of that region of South America. Only a year before, Atahualpa ha
The Regency Period (1831-1840) was the time when Brazil was ruled by regencies, as the heir to the throne was a minor. This period is characterized by moments of great turmoil in Brazil with several civil uprisings. It ends with the Majority Coup that brought D. Pedro II to the throne at the age o
The “discovery of Brazil” took place on April 22, 1500 , with the arrival of the Portuguese in our country. Pedro Álvares Cabral , the brave Portuguese explorer, came with an expedition made up of 13 vessels:10 ships and 3 caravels. With him were about 1,500 sailors and the experienced navigator B
The Painted Faces represented a Brazilian student movement that took place in 1992. It emerged as a response to corruption schemes involving the president of the republic, at the time, Fernando Collor de Mello. The movement had as its main objective the Impeachment of Collor . It got its name beca