And since the 1960s, samba schools have mounted carnival parades with research-backed themes that address Afro-Brazilian culture and history — samba enredos, as they are called in Portuguese.

Santa Bárbara d’Oeste in São Paulo state is the only Brazilian town founded by Confederate émigrés after the U.S. Civil War.

He’s treating Brazil’s descent into autocracy and his own role in it in this very, very frivolous sort of way. So he’s pushed himself, much like Pelé did, on the wrong side of history.

We should not forget that every coup-mongering military man in Brazilian history was pardoned,” said Fabio Victor, author of a book about the links between the military and politics after Brazil ...

Brazil has a long and painful history of slavery that impacted its racial composition. In 1888, the country became the last in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery.

After the attempted coup of the Brazilian government last month, Marc Hertzman, associate history professor, decided that he had to change how he taught his class — HIST 405: History of Brazil — for ...

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“Brazilian history is a ghost story,” said Bandeira. “The way we deal today with our social issues recalls our past of slavery and colonialism.

Table tennis athlete Bruna Alexandre, who will be the first Brazilian to compete in the Olympics and Paralympics Games in Paris, attends a practice session in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 7, 2024.