4. Brief
History
Brazil was “discovered” in 1500 by the Portuguese diplomat Pedro
Álvares Cabral.
Brazil's first colonizers were met byTupinamba Indians, one group in
the vast array of the continent's native population.
For two centuries after Cabral's discovery, the Portuguese had to
periodically deal with foreign powers with designs on Brazil's
resources.
The land of what became Brazil was first called ”Ilha deVera
Cruz” ("Island of theTrue Cross") by the Portuguese captain Pedro
Álvares Cabral.
5. Brief
History
1822 - Son of Portuguese king declares independence from Portugal
and crowns himself Peter I, Emperor of Brazil.
1888 - Slavery abolished.
Disgruntled landowners united with the military to finish with
monarchy altogether, forcing the royal family back to Portugal and
founding Brazil's first republican government on November 15,
1889.
Dom Pedro I (12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834) was the
founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil, where he was known
as "the Liberator".
7. Poetry
Brazilian poetry encompasses many subjects,
but is still centered around art, nature,
aesthetics, and some erotic and political
subjects.
The people of Brazil are very much a family
oriented people and the society is structured on
traditional family values.
10. The Hour of
theStar
The Hour of the Star is a novel
by Clarice Lispector published
in 1977, shortly before the
author's death. In 1985, the
novel was adapted by Suzana
Amaral into a film of the same
name, which won the Silver
Bear for Best Actress in the
36th Berlin International Film
Festival of 1986.
12. The River of
Doubt
The River of Doubt:Theodore
Roosevelt's Darkest Journey is
a 2005 book by Candice
Millard covering
presidentTheodore
Roosevelt’s scientific
expedition down the River of
Doubt (later renamed the
Roosevelt River), in Brazil.
Millard's first book, it went on
to become a Book sense pick,
winner of theWilliam Rockhill
NelsonAward, and a finalist for
the Quill Awards.
14. “Sintonia”
Sintonia is a Brazilian
crime teen drama
streaming television
series created and
directed by Kondzilla that
premiered on Netflix on
August 9, 2019
