The suitcase crime
In the past, the gear did not have wheels or hide money. In the most famous case, it carried the body of a beautiful Italian girl.
Boca Maldita, the stronghold of free manifestation in Curitiba
Space hosted the first major rally by Diretas Já, an essential movement for the end of the military dictatorship
The AI-5 and the Paris Pre-Biennale
Hours before the opening of the exhibition of the artists selected for the 1969 Paris Biennale, military personnel arrived at the Museum of Modern Art in...
Double dose carnival
The death of the Barão do Rio Branco provoked mourning in Rio de Janeiro, but also two revelries in 1912 – one in February, the other in April.
The Serpent's Egg and the Rise of the Far Right
The intolerance that plagues Brazil has its roots in the “green chickens”, as the followers of Plínio Salgado were called.
Juruna and the bribe to elect president
The Xavante federal deputy pocketed, but later returned, a bribe to vote for Paulo Maluf in the 1985 indirect presidential elections
Malê resistance and Mangueira's samba
Muslim slaves literate in Arabic who led the uprising in Bahia in 1835 will be honored at Rio Carnival 2019
Even children folded their arms in the 1917 general strike
They worked in factories and, like women, earned even less than men. 100 years ago everyone stopped, fighting for their rights
Banana peels and the Estado Novo
Under the pretext of a communist threat, Getúlio Vargas decreed an extreme right-wing nationalist regime inspired by fascism 80 years ago.
Women and the anti-fascist resistance
They went down in history with their heads held high. They took over factories, infirmaries and also went to the front
