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The aircraft involved in the accident, while still operated by its previous operator,
Pacific Airlines, and previous registration, VN-A168.
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ3054/TAM3054) was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by
TAM Airlines from
Porto Alegre to
São Paulo, Brazil. On the evening of July 17, 2007, the
Airbus A320-233 serving the flight
overran runway 35L at São Paulo during moderate rain and crashed into a nearby
TAM Expresswarehouse adjacent to a
Shellgas station. The plane exploded on impact, killing all 187 passengers and crew on board, as well as 12 people on the ground. An additional 27 people in the warehouse were injured. This crash surpassed
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 as the deadliest aviation accident in Brazilian territory and in South American history and was the deadliest involving the Airbus A320 series until the bombing of
Metrojet Flight 9268 in 2015 which killed 224.
The accident was investigated by the
Brazilian Air Force's
Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (Portuguese: Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos; CENIPA), and a final report was issued in September 2009. CENIPA concluded that the accident was caused by errors committed by the pilots during the landing at São Paulo. (Full article...)
Diptychophora galvani is a
species of
moth in the family
Crambidae. It measures about one centimeter in wingspan and is easily distinguished from all closely related species by the color pattern of its forewings. These are orange at their base and tip with a large intermediate gray patch, a pattern not found in any other species of Diptychophora. The female has grayish hindwings, while they are entirely white in the male. The genitalia of both male and female are also quite different from other members of this
genus. The biology of the species remains completely unknown, including the host plant of the larval stage, although some species of the tribe
Diptychophorini are known to feed on
mosses.
Diptychophora galvani is known only from
Brazil, where it was collected in the states of
Mato Grosso and
Minas Gerais, at 700–800 m (2,300–2,600 ft) altitude. There it inhabits the
Cerrado ecoregion, consisting of gallery forests and savannahs, with a dry season. It was collected for the first time in 1982 by Vitor O. Becker, but its description by Bernard Landry and Becker was published only in 2021. Its
specific epithet, galvani, pays tribute to
Ricardo Galvão, a Brazilian physicist who headed the
National Institute for Space Research of Brazil and was dismissed in 2019 for publicly opposing the Brazilian president
Jair Bolsonaro, a notorious
climate change denier. The latter had claimed that data produced by the institute demonstrating the substantial increase in
Amazonian forest deforestation following his rise to power, including
devastating fires in 2019, were false. The descriptors of the species dedicate the species to Galvão for "his courage in the face of professional adversity", but also because the color of the butterfly's wings recalls that of forest fires. The moth is named "species of the year 2022 of the Swiss Systematics Society". (Full article...)
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Bomba Patch is a series of
mods for the
sports video game series Pro Evolution Soccer, created by Brazilian rental store owner Allan Jefferson. It originated in 2007 from a championship he organized at his store for the
sixth title in the series. For it, Jefferson replaced the original, foreign soccer teams with Brazilian teams. The mod became popular nationwide. Jefferson stopped working on Bomba Patch in 2008, when he moved away to study at a university. However, when he later discovered the game's popularity, he resumed updates. Since then, several versions of the mod have been created, along with social media accounts. Sources recognize Bomba Patch as a reason for the survival of the
PlayStation 2 in Brazil, as a "symbol of passion for sport and video games" in the country, and as "the most successful unofficial Brazilian game". (Full article...)
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Bahia sometime before its mid-1920s modernization, as indicated by its two funnels
Bahia was the lead ship of a
two-vessel class of cruisers built for Brazil by the British company
Armstrong Whitworth. Crewmen mutinied in November 1910 aboard Bahia,
Deodoro,
Minas Geraes, and
São Paulo, beginning the four-day Revolta da Chibata (
Revolt of the Lash). Brazil's capital city of
Rio de Janeiro was held hostage by the possibility of a naval bombardment, leading the government to give in to the rebel demands which included the abolition of
flogging in the navy. During the
First World War, Bahia and its sister ship
Rio Grande do Sul were assigned to the Divisão Naval em Operações de Guerra (Naval Division in War Operations), the Brazilian Navy's main contribution in that conflict. The squadron was based in
Sierra Leone and
Dakar and escorted convoys through an area believed to be heavily patrolled by U-boats.
Bahia was extensively modernized in the mid-1920s. It received three new
Brown–Curtis turbine engines and six new
Thornycroft boilers, and it was converted from coal-burning to oil. The refit resulted in a striking aesthetic change, with the exhaust being trunked into three funnels instead of two. The armament was also modified, adding three 20 mm (0.79 in)
Madsen autocannons, a 7 mm (0.28 in)
Hotchkiss machine gun, and four 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes. In the 1930s, it served with government forces during multiple revolutions. (Full article...)
Germany's
Mario Götze scores the match-winning goal
The 2014 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the
2014 World Cup, the 20th edition of
FIFA's competition for national
football teams. The match was played at the
Maracanã Stadium in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 13 July 2014, and was contested by
Germany and
Argentina. The event comprised hosts
Brazil and 31 other teams who emerged from
the qualification phase, organised by the six
FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for
the knockout stage. En route to the final, Germany finished first in
Group G, with two wins and a draw, after which they defeated
Algeria in the round of 16,
France in the quarter-final and Brazil, by
a score of 7–1, in the semi-final. Argentina finished first in
Group F with three wins, before defeating
Switzerland in the round of 16,
Belgium in the quarter-final and the
Netherlands in a
penalty shoot-out in the semi-final. The final was witnessed by 74,738 spectators in the stadium, as well as over a billion watching on television, with the referee for the match being Nicola Rizzoli from Italy.
Gonzalo Higuaín missed a chance to score for Argentina in the first half when he was
one-on-one with Germany goalkeeper
Manuel Neuer, and
Benedikt Höwedes failed to give Germany the lead shortly before half-time when his shot struck the goalpost.
Lionel Messi had an opportunity to score when he was one-on-one with Neuer shortly after half time, but his low shot went wide of the goal. On 71 minutes,
Thomas Müller was through on goal following a build-up involving
André Schürrle and
Mesut Özil, but he failed to control the ball and lost it to Argentina's goalkeeper,
Sergio Romero. With the match goalless after 90 minutes, it went to
extra time, in the second period of which Germany broke the deadlock.
Mario Götze, who had come on as a
substitute shortly before the end of normal time, received Schürrle's
cross from the left on his chest before
volleying a left-footed shot into the net to secure a 1–0 victory for Germany. (Full article...)
Andrade was a member of the teams that won silver at the
2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships; gold at the 2021 Pan American Championships, silver at the
2018 Pan American Championships, and has won a total of six gold medals on the
FIG World Cup circuit. She is the
2012 Junior Pan American champion in the all-around and on vault and
floor exercise. Additionally, she is the
2014 Junior Pan American champion on the vault, uneven bars, and
balance beam. After a successful junior career, Andrade's senior debut in 2015 was cut short by the first of three
ACL tears. She returned to competition and represented
Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed eleventh in
the all-around final. She tore her ACL for the second time in 2017 but made her World Championships debut in
2018. After her third ACL tear in 2019, Andrade represented
Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2021 World Championships, where she won the vault gold medal at both events. She is the most decorated Brazilian gymnast of all time with a total of eleven Olympic and World Championship medals and is considered to be the greatest Latin American gymnast in history. (Full article...)
Built as a replacement for a ship lost during the Second World War, she was to serve on route between England and the east coast of
South America. She was wrecked on her maiden voyage in 1949, the sixth ship built by Harland and Wolff to suffer this fate. The insurance payout of £2,295,000 was the largest made at the time for a marine casualty in the United Kingdom. Due to changing trading conditions RML decided not to build a replacement vessel. (Full article...)
Josiane Dias de Lima (born 25 February 1975) is a Brazilian para-rower in
sculling events. She has won various accolades in her main event, the
PR2 (formerly TA) mixed double sculls, including a bronze medal with
Elton Santana at the
2008 Summer Paralympics, and a gold medal with
Lucas Pagani at the
2007 World Rowing Championships. Lima has competed at every Paralympic Games that has featured rowing, and won Brazil's first Olympic rowing medal with Santana (thus also the first woman to win a rowing medal for Brazil). She has also competed in the women's single sculls and indoor rowing. (Full article...)
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"Fruta Fresca" (English: "Fresh Fruit") is a
vallenato song written and performed by Colombian recording artist
Carlos Vives and produced by
Emilio Estefan and Juan Vicente Zambrano as the lead single from his studio album El Amor de Mi Tierra (1999). The song incorporates the sound of Latin pop and Colombian vallenato music. In the song, he compares his lover's kisses to fresh fruit. The track was well received by critics who praised the production of the record. "Fruta Fresca" became Vives' first number-one hit on the
Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. It is recognized as one of his
signature songs.
DonaTeresa Cristina (14 March 1822 – 28 December 1889), nicknamed "the Mother of the Brazilians", was
Empress of Brazil as the consort of Emperor Dom
Pedro II from their marriage on 30 May 1843 until 15 November 1889, when
the monarchy was abolished. Born a princess of the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in present-day
southern Italy, Teresa Cristina was the daughter of King Don
Francesco I (Francis I) of the Italian branch of the
House of Bourbon and his wife
Maria Isabel (Maria Isabella). It was long believed by historians that the Princess was raised in an ultra-conservative, intolerant atmosphere which resulted in a timid and unassertive character in public and an ability to be contented with very little materially or emotionally. Recent studies revealed a more complex character, who despite having respected the social norms of the era, was able to assert a limited independence due to her strongly opinionated personality as well as her interest in learning, sciences and culture.
The Princess was married by proxy to Pedro II in 1843. Her spouse's expectations had been raised when a portrait was presented that depicted Teresa Cristina as an idealized beauty, but he was displeased by his bride's appearance upon their first meeting later that year. Despite a cold beginning on the part of Pedro, the couple's relationship improved as time passed, due primarily to Teresa Cristina's patience, kindness and generosity. These traits also helped her win the hearts of the Brazilian people, and her distance from political controversies shielded her from criticism. She also sponsored archaeological studies in Italy and Italian immigration to Brazil. (Full article...)
DomPedro 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". As King Dom Pedro IV, he
reigned briefly over
Portugal, where he also became known as "the Liberator" as well as "the Soldier King". Born in
Lisbon, Pedro I was the fourth child of King Dom
John VI of Portugal and Queen
Carlota Joaquina, and thus a member of the
House of Braganza. When the country was
invaded by French troops in 1807, he and his family fled to Portugal's largest and wealthiest colony, Brazil.
The outbreak of the
Liberal Revolution of 1820 in Lisbon compelled Pedro I's father to return to Portugal in April 1821, leaving him to rule Brazil as regent. He had to deal with challenges from revolutionaries and insubordination by Portuguese troops, all of which he subdued. The Portuguese government's threat to revoke the political autonomy that Brazil had enjoyed since 1808 was met with widespread discontent in Brazil. Pedro I chose the Brazilian side and declared
Brazil's independence from Portugal on 7 September 1822. On 12 October, he was acclaimed Brazilian emperor and by March 1824 had defeated all armies loyal to Portugal. A few months later, Pedro I crushed the short-lived
Confederation of the Equator, a failed secession attempt by provincial rebels in Brazil's
northeast. (Full article...)
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Caxias in 1878
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (pronounced[kaˈʃi.ɐs]; 25 August 1803 – 7 May 1880), nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "the Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the
Empire of Brazil. Like his father and uncles, Caxias pursued a military career. In 1823 he fought as a young officer in the
Brazilian War for Independence against Portugal, then spent three years in Brazil's southernmost province,
Cisplatina, as the government unsuccessfully resisted that province's secession in the
Cisplatine War. Though his own father and uncles renounced Emperor
DomPedro I during the protests of 1831, Caxias remained loyal. Pedro I
abdicated in favor of his young son Dom
Pedro II, whom Caxias instructed in
swordsmanship and
horsemanship and eventually befriended.
During Pedro II's minority the governing
regency faced countless rebellions throughout the country. Again breaking with his father and other relatives sympathetic to the rebels, from 1839 to 1845 Caxias commanded loyalist forces suppressing such uprisings as the
Balaiada, the
Liberal rebellions of 1842 and the
Ragamuffin War. In 1851, under his command, the Brazilian army prevailed against the
Argentine Confederation in the
Platine War; a decade later Caxias, as army marshal (the army's highest rank), led Brazilian forces to victory in the
Paraguayan War. As a reward he was raised to the titled
nobility, becoming successively a baron, count, and marquis, finally becoming the only person created duke during Pedro II's 58-year reign. (Full article...)
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Rio 2016 was a successful bid to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and the XV Paralympic Games, respectively. It was submitted on September 7, 2007, and recognized as an Applicant city by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) one week after. On June 4, 2008, the IOC Executive Board shortlisted
Rio de Janeiro with three of the six other Applicant cities—
Chicago,
Madrid and
Tokyo; over
Baku,
Doha and
Prague—becoming a Candidate city during the 2008
SportAccord Convention in
Athens,
Greece.
Rio de Janeiro was shortlisted receiving a 6.4 score, according to a study of its Application File delivered to the IOC Working Group on January 14, 2008. As a Candidate city, Rio de Janeiro submitted its Candidature File to the IOC on February 11, 2009. The dossier was analyzed by the IOC Evaluation Commission, which arrived in the city on April 27, 2009, to assess the quality of the bid. Between April 29 and May 2, the Commission attended technical presentations and made inspections in all the existing venues across the city, giving a favorable assessment in its final report. (Full article...)
Costa began his football career in his native Brazil before joining
Braga in Portugal in 2006, aged 17. He never played for the club but spent time on loan at
Penafiel, and signed with Atlético Madrid the following year. Over the next two seasons he had loan periods with Braga,
Celta Vigo and
Albacete. His form earned him a move to fellow
La Liga club
Real Valladolid in 2009, where he spent one season, finishing as their top goalscorer, before returning to Atlético Madrid. Costa struggled to maintain a regular starting role with Atlético, and spent more time on loan, this time at
Rayo Vallecano, where he finished as the club's highest scorer that season. (Full article...)
As a development of 1960s
música popular brasileira, the genre was pioneered by recording acts such as
Jorge Ben,
Tim Maia, and
Trio Mocotó. It gained a wider popularity in the following decades after breaking through into
discotheques. By the 2000s, samba rock had grown into a broader cultural movement involving dancers, disc jockeys, scholars, and musicians, who reinvented the genre in a modernized form. (Full article...)
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Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, at age 55, 1856
Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná (11 January 1801 – 3 September 1856) was a Brazilian politician, diplomat, judge and monarchist. Paraná was born to a family of humble means in
São Carlos do Jacuí, in what was then the
captaincy of
Minas Gerais. After attending the
University of Coimbra in Portugal and having returned to Brazil, Paraná was appointed a judge in 1826 and later elevated to
appellate court justice. In 1830, he was elected to represent Minas Gerais in the
Chamber of Deputies; he was re-elected in 1834 and 1838, and held the post until 1841.
In the aftermath of emperor
Pedro I's
abdication in 1831, a
regency created to govern Brazil during the minority of the former emperor's son,
Pedro II, soon dissolved into chaos. Paraná formed a political party in 1837 that became known as the Reactionary Party, which evolved into the Party of Order in the early 1840s and in the mid-1850s into the
Conservative Party. He and his party's stalwart and unconditional defence of constitutional order allowed the country to move beyond a regency plagued by factious disputes and rebellions that might easily have led to a dictatorship. Appointed president of
Rio de Janeiro Province in 1841, Paraná helped
put down a rebellion headed by the opposition
Liberal Party the following year. Also in 1842, he was elected senator for Minas Gerais and appointed by Pedro II to the
Council of State. In 1843, he became the de facto first
president (prime minister) of the Council of Ministers, but resigned after a quarrel with the emperor. (Full article...)
Rosberg won the pole position by setting the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained the lead until his first
pit stop at the end of lap seven.
Nico Hülkenberg led after Hamilton's lap eight pit stop and held it until Rosberg overtook him six laps later. Hamilton returned to the lead when Rosberg made a second pit stop 12 laps later but a spin at turn four during the extra lap he was on the track lost him the position. On blistered front tyres, Hamilton remained close by Rosberg by the time of the third cycle of pit stops but Rosberg held off his teammate to win the race. (Full article...)
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Range (in green).
Euryoryzomys emmonsae, also known as Emmons' rice rat or Emmons' oryzomys, is a
rodent from the
Amazon rainforest of Brazil in the genus Euryoryzomys of the family
Cricetidae. Initially misidentified as E. macconnelli or E. nitidus, it was formally described in 1998. A rainforest species, it may be
scansorial, climbing but also spending time on the ground. It lives only in a limited area south of the
Amazon River in the state of
Pará, a distribution that is apparently unique among the
muroid rodents of the region.
Euryoryzomys emmonsae is a relatively large
rice rat, weighing 46 to 78 g (1.6 to 2.8 oz), with a distinctly long tail and relatively long, tawny brown fur. The skull is slender and the
incisive foramina (openings in the bone of the
palate) are broad. The animal has 80
chromosomes and its
karyotype is similar to that of other Euryoryzomys. Its
conservation status is assessed as "
Data Deficient", but
deforestation may pose a threat to this species. (Full article...)
McLaren's
Mika Häkkinen qualified on
pole position and led the first lap of the race before being passed by
World Drivers' Championship leader Michael Schumacher on lap two. Following that, Michael Schumacher built a 17.6-second lead before making the first of two
pit stops for fuel and tyres on lap 20. After Häkkinen retired with a shortage of engine oil pressure ten laps later, he retook the lead. In the final 12 laps,
David Coulthard in the other McLaren gained on Michael Schumacher as the latter slowed to manage an
oil pressure problem. He was not close enough to make a pass for the win and Michael Schumacher took his second consecutive victory of the season and
the 37th of his career. (Full article...)
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The Viscount of Inhaúma around the age of 56, c. 1864
Throughout the chaos that characterized the years when Emperor
DomPedro II was a minor, Inhaúma remained loyal to the government. He helped quell a military mutiny in 1831 and was involved in suppressing some of the other rebellions that erupted during that troubled period. He saw action in the
Sabinada between 1837 and 1838, followed by the
Ragamuffin War from 1840 until 1844. In 1849, after spending two years in Great Britain, Inhaúma was given command of the fleet that was instrumental in subduing the
Praieira revolt, the last rebellion in imperial Brazil. (Full article...)
Entering the event, there were five drivers in contention to win the
World Drivers' Championship while Red Bull led
McLaren by 27
points in the
World Constructors' Championship.
Nico Hülkenberg for the
Williams team took the first
pole position of his career by recording the fastest lap time in the qualifying session. Vettel and Webber overtook Hülkenberg for the first two positions at the start of the race. Vettel was able to maintain the lead until his first
pit stop to switch tyres and Webber led for two laps until he made his own pit stop. Vettel thereafter was able to maintain first position through negotiation of slower traffic for the rest of the race to take his fourth victory of the season and
the ninth of his career. Webber was 4.2 seconds behind in second as Alonso drew closer to him in the final ten laps, albeit not close enough to pass and finished third. (Full article...)
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Destroyed homes following the earthquake
The 1986 João Câmara earthquake (
Portuguese: Sismo de João Câmara de 1986) struck on 30 November 1986 at 02:19
Brasília Time with a
moment magnitude of 5.1 near the town of
João Câmara, in the state of
Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The event was felt over a large area of northeastern Brazil, including the cities of
Natal and
Mossoró. It took place in a more seismically active part of Brazil, where deformation of land at the
Brasiliano orogeny between the
São Francisco and
São Luís cratons formed a series of
fault zonesin between 1 billion to 538.8 million years ago. The 1986 João Câmara earthquake occurred on one of these fault zones while accompanied by a lengthy series of earthquakes which consisted more than 1,000 recorded events. This mainshock was preceded by a series of
foreshocks that began in August and was followed by a series of
aftershocks which continued until 1990. Widespread damage to buildings at João Câmara occurred and thousands of people were displaced. The earthquake is widely remembered as one of the most significant events in Brazil's history. (Full article...)
Brazil has a high level of
urbanization with 87.8% of the population residing in
urban and
metropolitan areas. The criteria used by the
IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) in determining whether households are urban or rural, however, are based on political divisions, not on the developed environment.
Gramado ia a famous tourist city in the southern Brazilian state of
Rio Grande do Sul. The city is known for its high standard tourism, international gastronomy, artisan chocolate shops and unique Christmas festivities. With strong German and Italian influence, it's the capital of winter tourism in the country.
Maria I (17 December 1734 – 20 March 1816) was
Queen of Portugal from 1777 until her death in 1816 and the country's first undisputed
queen regnant.
This picture is an oil-on-canvas portrait, painted in 1783, showing the queen in her
boudoir. It is usually attributed to
Giuseppe Troni, the Italian court painter to the
House of Braganza, and now hangs in the
Palace of Queluz, which became the official and full-time residence of the queen and her court from 1794. At that time, the queen was becoming increasingly deranged. In 1807, after
Napoleon's conquests in Europe, under the direction of her son, Prince Regent
João, her court moved to Brazil. The Portuguese colony was then elevated to the rank of kingdom, with the consequent formation of the
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, of which she was the first monarch.
Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as President of the Republic on 1 January 2019, succeeding Michel Temer. Bolsonaro began his cabinet formation before winning the presidency, having chosen economist Paulo Guedes as his Economy minister and astronaut Marcos Pontes as his Science and Technology minister. Bolsonaro initially said his cabinet would be composed of 15 members; this figure later rose to 22 when he announced his final minister, Ricardo Salles, in December. His predecessor, Michel Temer, had a cabinet of 29 members.
A ripe passionfruit and the cross-section of another. Passionfruits are the
fruit of the
passion flowervine species Passiflora edulis, which is native to
Brazil and northeastern
Argentina, but is now
cultivated commercially in
frost-free areas in many countries for its fruit. Passionfruit comes in two varieties: purple (seen here), which is usually smaller than a
lemon, and yellow, which is about the size of a
grapefruit.
Brazil's Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park is located in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, an ancient
plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. Based in the Brazilian state of
Goias, the Park was created on January 11,
1961 by President
Juscelino Kubitscheck, and listed as a
World Heritage Site by
Unesco in
2001.
A preparatory
study for Discovery of the Land, a
mural in the United States
Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room, by Candido Portinari. Portinari was a
Brazilianpainter who was a prominent and influential practitioner of the
neorealism style. The mural depicts two sailors who might have been found in either the fleets of
Christopher Columbus or
Pedro Álvares Cabral, and is part of a series of four that show the colonization of the Americas by Europeans.
A portrait of a female bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata), taken at the
Pantanal in Brazil. This species of bird in the family
Cracidae is found in eastern-central and southern Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia, and extreme northeast Argentina. Its natural
habitats are tropical and subtropical
dry and
moist broadleaf forests.
Emperor of Brazil Pedro II was the
second and last ruler of the
Empire of Brazil, reigning for over 58 years. Born in
Rio de Janeiro, his father
Pedro I's abrupt abdication and flight to Europe in 1831 left him as Emperor at the age of five. Inheriting an Empire on the verge of disintegration, Pedro II turned Brazil into an emerging power in the international arena. On November 15, 1889, he was overthrown in a coup d'état by a clique of military leaders who
declared Brazil a republic. However, he had become weary of emperorship and despaired over the monarchy's future prospects, despite its overwhelming popular support, and did not support any attempt to restore the monarchy.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida is a Catholic
basilica located in the Brazilian city of
Aparecida. According to local tradition, a group of fishermen caught a statue of the
Virgin Mary in their nets in 1717, a find which considerably improved their subsequent catches. One of the fishermen kept the statue at his home, which became a popular site for pilgrims. A small chapel was built to house it, but was replaced by successively larger churches as the statue's popularity grew. The present building was built from 1955, and houses 45,000 people.
The yacare caiman (Caiman yacare) is a species of
caiman found in central South America. About ten million individuals, such as this one, exist within the Brazilian pantanal, representing what may be the largest single crocodilian population on Earth. This small-to-medium sized species feeds mainly on fish (especially
piranha), but also eats birds, reptiles, and small mammals.
Parodia tenuicylindrica is a small species of
cactus native to the
Rio Grande do Sul region of Brazil. It grows 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) in height and 2–3 cm (0.8–1.2 in) in width. It has yellow and red-brown
spines, white wool and yellow flowers. It produces yellow-green fruit and black seeds.
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses) is a
national park located in
Maranhão state, in northeastern Brazil, just east of the
Baía de São José. Protected since June 1981, the 383,000-acre (155,000 ha) park includes 70 km (43 mi) of coastline, and an interior of rolling sand dunes. During the rainy season, the valleys among the dunes fill with freshwater lagoons, prevented from draining due to the impermeable rock beneath. The park is home to a range of species, including four
listed as endangered, and has become a popular destination for
ecotourists.
Itajaí is a
municipality in the state of
Santa Catarina in
Brazil and is located in the Southern part of the country, about 94 km norther of
Florianópolis. It's estimated population in 2009 is 172.081. The current
mayor (Prefeito) of Itajaí is Jandir Bellini. The municipality was created on Juny 15, 1860.
Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the
Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. It's the third largest hydroelectric dam in the world (it was the largest in the world between 1984 and 2003). In 2022, 15% of Brazil's energy (and almost all of Paraguay's energy) was produced by Itaipu.
Bothrops bilineatus is a highly
venomous species of
pit viper found in the
Amazon region of South America. A pale green arboreal species that may reach 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, it is an important cause of snakebite throughout the entire Amazon region. It is a
nocturnal species, spending the day hidden in dense vegetation in lowland rainforest, usually in the vicinity of water. It emerges at night to feed on small mammals, birds, lizards and frogs, tending to rely on
ambush rather than actively hunting for
prey. This B. bilineatus individual was photographed in an
Atlantic Forest preservation area in the state of
Bahia in eastern Brazil.
Fernanda Lima (b. 1977) is a Brazilian actress, model, businesswoman, journalist, and television host. Following a short career in film and
telenovelas, she established herself in popular culture as the host of a variety of shows on
MTV Brasil,
Rede TV!, and
Globo TV. In 2014, she was contracted by
FIFA to be the
muse of the
World Cup and of the
Ballon d'Or.
The Municipal Theatre of São Paulo is a
theatre and landmark in
São Paulo, Brazil. It is significant both for its architectural value as well as its historical importance; the theatre was the venue for the
Modern Art Week in 1922, which revolutionised the arts in Brazil. The building now houses the São Paulo Municipal Symphonic Orchestra, the Coral Lírico (Lyric Choir), and the City Ballet of São Paulo.
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The fleet of flexible-fuel vehicles in Brazil is the largest in the world. Since their inception in 2003, a total of 30.5 million flex fuel cars and light-duty trucks were registered in the country, and over 6 million flexible-fuel motorcycles, both by March 2018. The
market share of flex-fuel autos and light commercial trucks represented 88.6% of all light-duty registrations in 2017. There were over 80 flex car and light truck models available in the market manufactured by 14 major carmakers, and five flex-fuel motorcycles models available .
Brazilian
flexible-fuel vehicles are optimized to run on any mix of
E20-E25 gasoline and up to 100%
hydrous ethanol fuel (
E100). Flex vehicles in Brazil are built-in with a small gasoline reservoir for cold starting the engine when temperatures drop below 15 °C (59 °F). An improved flex motor generation was launched in 2009 which eliminated the need for the secondary gas tank. (Full article...)
Maria do Carmo Miranda da CunhaGCIH,
OMC (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈkaʁmẽjmiˈɾɐ̃dɐ]), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature
fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films.
As a young woman, Miranda designed clothes and hats in a boutique before making her debut as a singer, recording with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of
samba. (Full article...)
...that the
Brazilian city of Corumbaíba was founded after a local rancher saw a white wolf, which, according to a legend, would give him good luck, and then built a chapel thanking his luck?