Category Archives: Get to Know a Brazilian

Get to Know a Brazilian – Luís Carlos Prestes

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

The political path of Luís Carlos Prestes shows just how varying the ideologies and trajectories of members of the tenente movement of the 1920s could be. Prestes was born in Porto Alegre in the southern-most state of Rio Grande do Sul in January, … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Eduardo Gomes

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

This is part of an ongoing series. Previous entries can be found here. Eduardo Gomes was born in 1896 in Petrópolis, the Imperial summer base of Brazil’s monarchy, in the mountains just north of Rio de Janeiro. His father had … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Antônio de Siqueira Campos

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

This is part of an ongoing series. Previous entries can be found here. Building off of last week’s focus on João Cândido Felisberto, this week we look at another key figure in the history of military figures and rebellion in … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Archive

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

“Get to Know a Brazilian” is part of an ongoing series. For those interested, below is an archive of past posts about significant, if not always well-known, figures in Brazilian history, society, culture, and politics. Pedro Álvares Cabral [explorer, navigator] Joaquim Maria … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – João Cândido Felisberto

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

This post also appears at Lawyers, Guns & Money João Cândido Felisberto remains one of the more overlooked figures in one of the more overlooked periods of Brazilian history. However, his life offers much insight into the transitional nature of … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Ivens Marchetti

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

This is part of an ongoing series. Previous entries can be found here. As we continue our look at the lives of the fifteen political prisoners exchanged for US ambassador Charles Elbrick, whom armed leftist groups took hostage in September … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Onofre Pinto

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

This is part of an ongoing series. Previous entries can be found here. Continuing the series looking at the fifteen political prisoners released in exchange for US Ambassador Charles Elbrick in 1969, this week we focus on the life of … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Rolando Frati

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

This is part of an ongoing series. Previous entries can be found here. The most recent entries in this series had looked at three of the fifteen political prisoners – Maria Augusta Carneiro Ribeiro, José Ibrahim, and Gregorio Bezerra – … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Colin M. Snider

Next Sunday, I’ll return to the weekly “Get to Know a Brazilian” posts. For those interested, below is an archive of past posts about significant, if not always well-known, figures in Brazilian history, society, culture, and politics. Pedro Álvares Cabral [explorer, … Continue reading →

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Get to Know a Brazilian – Gregório Bezerra

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Colin M. Snider

This is part of an ongoing series. Previous entries can be found here. Continuing the sub-series on the fifteen political prisoners released when young leftists kidnapped US ambassador Charles Elbrick in 1969, this week we look at the oldest prisoner … Continue reading →

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