Is Brazilian Portuguese a language of its own?
Brazil, as with Portugal and seven other countries spread through Africa and Asia, has Portuguese as its official tongue. (...) READ MORE
Guide to Brazil February 19, 2019
Brazil during the World Wars
While the rest of the planet teetered on the brink of one of history’s most expansive wars, we were (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s New Republic
Although our 1985 elections were indirect, they are widely hailed as the beginning of modern Brazil – also known (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s military dictatorship
Simmering tensions under the surface, an increasingly authoritarian leadership, and swelling military power cast a shadow over Brazil starting (...) READ MORE
The Getulio Vargas Era in Brazil
During the first few decades of the Brazilian Republic, oligarchs from São Paulo and Minas Gerais dominated the national (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s First Republic
On November 15, 1889, a group of military personnel seized the Imperial Government of Pedro II and ended the (...) READ MORE
Slavery in Brazil
On May 13, 1888, Brazilian Princess Isabel of Bragança signed Imperial Law number 3,353, a text containing just 18 (...) READ MORE
The Brazilian Empire (1822-1889)
Unlike the rest of Latin America, our country’s independence was not the result of a bloody series of wars (...) READ MORE
Brazil’s Independence from Portugal
We were always an improbable country, and even during the year of our independence, there were reasons to believe (...) READ MORE
Colonial Brazil
In history class, we Brazilians typically learn that our country was first “discovered” by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares (...) READ MORE
