Populism is an explanatory concept often used when referring to political experiences in part of the history of Brazil and other Latin American countries. The definition of populism is quite complex, but generally speaking, when the term is used, it refers to practices policies exercised by governm
Pol Pot led for years the Khmer Rouge, the Cambodian Communist Party. Upon taking power, he imposed a tyranny that killed at least 1.5 million Cambodians. Pol Pot was leader of the Communist Party of Cambodia, the Khmer Red . In addition, he controlled that country during a period of almost four ye
With the Marshall Plan, the countries of Western Europe obtained the necessary resources for their economic recovery. By Me. Tales PintoAfter the end of World War II, the USA and the winning allied countries, those located in Western Europe, needed to rebuild the European economy devastated by the
Peronism was the political regime built by Juan Domingo Perón, as Argentine president on two occasions:between 1946-55 and between 1973-74. The Peronism was the period in Argentine history when Juan Domingo Perón was the president of the country. Perón was president of the country between 1946 and
The Regency Period began with the abdication of D. Pedro I, in 1831, and lasted until 1840, when the Majority Coup allowed D. Pedro II to assume the throne at the age of 14. The Regency Period it began after D. Pedro I abdicated the Brazilian throne in 1831. As his son could not assume the throne b
The Black Panthers were an American political party that emerged in defense of the African-American community. This party originated, at first, as a group dedicated to the combat against police violence against blacks during the 1960s, in the context of the civil rights movement in the United States
The German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed between Germany and the USSR at the beginning of World War II and dissolved in 1941. By Me. Cláudio FernandesIn 1939, amid the atmosphere of political tension that triggered the succession of conflicts of the World War II , a non-aggression agreement
The Warsaw Pact was signed on May 14, 1955, making real the division that had already existed in the world since World War II, with the emergence of the capitalist and communist blocs ( USSR and Eastern Europe). The Soviet Union consisted of the following countries:Soviet Union, East Germany, Bulg
Oswaldo Cruz was a sanitarian who bequeathed a great contribution to public health in Brazil. He was responsible for campaigns that eradicated yellow fever in Rio de Janeiro and promoted the deratization of the city as a way to fight the bubonic plague. He was also the creator of the vaccination cam
During the Second World War, the most important head of German state security encouraged the creation of Nazi brothels inside the concentration camps. By Rainer Sousa At the height of Nazism, several scientific studies were encouraged in order to prove the superiority of the Aryan race over other p
The Hopi are a Native American nation living on a reservation in Arizona. They live in separate clans and practice their traditional culture.They have relations with Tibet and the Dalai Lama and are fond of reggae. They are spiritual, perform healing rituals and claim that they are all brothers and
Coronelismo in Brazil was accentuated during the First Republic, when the colonel began to exercise the so-called political mandonism. By Leandro CarvalhoCoronelismo had its origins in Brazil from the moment when Dom Pedro I, before leaving the country for Portugal, in 1827, created the position of
By Rainer Sousa When talking about the Cold War, many of us ended up radicalizing the idea that there was a complete radicalization between the socialist and capitalist blocs. However, we can see that the construction of this dual world was contaminated by some gaps that break this rigid view of suc
Operation Valkyrie was carried out by Nazi army officers, with the aim of assassinating Adolf Hitler, leader of Germany. These officers were dissatisfied with the war and with the way that Hitler governed the country and, therefore, they tried to kill him in July 1944, in order to take power and th
Operation Barbarossa carried out the invasion of the Soviet Union by about 3.6 million Nazi soldiers in June 1941 and started the most violent scenario of World War II. The Operation Barbarossa it was organized by Nazi Germany during World War II and aimed at the invasion of the Soviet Union from J
At the end of the Second World War, the concern grew with world peace. On October 24, 1945, representatives of fifty nations gathered at the San Francisco Conference created the United Nations, known as the UN.The UN, whose headquarters are in New York , is still today the main international organiz
By defeating Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Leipzig , the monarchist nations that fought against the famous general hoped to bury once and for all the liberal promises that had fostered the arrival of this soldier to power. As defeat was not enough, the royalist forces were careful to isolate t
By Rainer Sousa Exploring the events linked to Nazi Germany, we observe that the regime established by Adolf Hitler had the ability to undertake a series of illegal actions. As he reached political power, he established policies of repression that progressively annihilated all kinds of political o
Socialism corresponds to the current of thought that emerged in the 19th century, which confronts liberalism and capitalism, proposes a social and economic configuration in which private means of production do not exist, they are directed by the state. Within the socialist political-economic system
The northeastern sertão is a constant element in the poetry of João Cabral de Melo Neto. Many of the poems of this great name of Brazilian Literature help in the understanding of History. By Me. Cláudio FernandesPernambucano João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-1999) was among the main Portuguese-speakin
MAINTENON (Françoise dAubigné, Marquise de)(Niort, 1635 - Saint-Cyr, 1719.) Granddaughter of Agrippa dAubigné, she was educated in Calvinism by an aunt , then spent several years in the West Indies with her father.Returning to France on the latters death, Françoise dAubigné was brought up by a Catho
The Beretta 92 is an Italian semi-automatic pistol designed by Beretta and entered production in its first version in 1976. It is an improvement of the 1951 model which had considerable commercial success because it was adopted by the American armies, among others. , Italian and French (in the form
Year 568. The Visigoth kingdom of Toledo is engulfed in a deep social, economic and political crisis. King Atanagildo had died without leaving a clear heir. Meanwhile, his wife Gosvinta was left a widow and at the head of one of the most important Gothic factions of the Visigothic state. But of cour
To deal with the partition work efficiently, a partition council was formed under the chairmanship of the Viceroy, in which HM Patel as the representative of India and Chaudhry Mohammad Ali as the representative of Pakistan. Twenty committees and sub-committees were formed to assist him, in which th