- A bruising Brazilian journalist and republican politician. He was the main author of the first constitution of the Republic and of some of its principal laws, including some in banking, corporate and business areas. His brilliant defence of the rule of law in international relations at the International Conference of the Hague earned him nickname of "the Eagle of Hague."
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Sebastião Salgado
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva
Carlos Lacerda
Ruy Barbosa
- Exiled from his native Brazil during a military coup in 1964 for his educational work among the rural poor, he continued his "pedagogy of the oppressed" in Chile, and later--under the auspices of the World Council of Churches in Geneva-- throughout the world. In 1988 he was also appointed Minister of Education for the City of Sao Paulo--a position which made him responsible for guiding school reform within two-thirds of the nation's schools.
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Paulo Freire
Gilberto Freire
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
João Goulart
- His anti-slavery poems, Voices from Africa and The Slave-Trader's Ship had an influence in Brazil which was comparable to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin in the United States. In his poetry he laid aside the usual individualistic tone of Brazilian poetry and he became concerned with social ideals.
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Castro Alves
José de Alencar
Machado de Assis
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
- Brazilian rubber tapper, union leader and environmental activist murdered in Xapuri, Acre.He was rewarded by the UNO in 1987 with the "Global 500" award and received another one from the Better World Society.
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Francisco Alves Mendes Filho ( Chico Mendes )
Leonel Brizola
José Placido Castro
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- A Brazilian charismatic sociologist, ardent promoter of social reform and founder of the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Analysis. He became the symbol of the Brazilian campaign for amnesty. A prize in his honour was recently launched for the use of information and communications technologies in promoting social justice.
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Herbert de Souza
Gilberto Freire
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Caio Prado
- A respected diplomat who served Brazil in several foreign posts including Paris and Los Angeles whose diplomatic career was interrupted in 1969 by the military dictatorship that took the power in 1964. He was also known as "poetinha "(little poet) and as a whisky-loving bohemian who wrote some of the most unforgettable lyrics of Bossa Nova.
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Carlos Chagas Filho
Ruy Barbosa
Rubens Antonio Barbosa
- What is the name of a flexible braided cylindrical basket made of jacitara palm bark that is used by the Tupis of South America? It is used to remove the poison liquid from bitter cassava root. The cassava pulp is squeezed in it until the poisonous liquid is extracted. This process makes the cassava edible.
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a buriti
a tipiti
a maloca
a tucupi
- A Brazilian pasteurized creamy cheese from São Paulo with a very high fat content (consistency as "sort of a hard Brie") used in many shrimp, chicken , pizza and pie recipes.
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ricota
requeijão cremoso
queijo de minas
catupiry
- "Bobó de camarão", the main ingredients of which are shrimps, manioc or yuca roots, unsweetened coconut milk and azeite de dendê or red palm oil, is a typical and delicious recipe from the state of:
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Parana
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Sao Paulo
- This ethnical group is much taller than most Indians of the Amazon area. That's why they are called "giants" by the natives. They have recently decided to leave the Indian reservation in Xingu National Park to move back to their homeland in southern part of the state of Pará.
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the xavantes
the panaras
the ianomamis
the guaranis
- On everyday of the week, except Mondays, most cities in Brazil offer an open street market called "feira", where you can buy fruit and vegetables. In addition to this, after you have done your shopping, you can also have a snack if you feel a little hungry. The most popular snack sold in the "feira"is:
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pastel (fried turnovers with cheese or meat filling)
bolinho de bacalhau (fried codfish balls)
cocadas (coconut sweets)
acarajé (bean fritter made with dried shrimps))