The Constitutional Monarchy or Parliamentary Monarchy, is a form of government in which the king is the Head of State either hereditary or electively, but his powers are limited by the constitution. While in the absolutist monarchy the king was not accountable to parliament, in the constitutional m
His military experience on the peninsula, where he fought the French during the War of Independence, legitimized him to lead the rebels against the last bastion of Spain in South America, the Viceroyalty of Peru. The wars of independence in America were waged by the descendants of Spaniards, the Cre
The Revolution of 1930 It was a coup that deposed President Washington Luís on October 24, 1930. The movement was organized by the states of Minas Gerais, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Sul and prevented the inauguration of president-elect Júlio Prestes, on the grounds of electoral fraud. The popular d
The impressive Moche iconography is perceived today as a portal to their lifestyle, their customs and their religious beliefs. This perception surely has more to do with the degree of apparent realism of his beautifully modeled and painted ceramic vessels than with the true nature of his representat