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Alves, Margarida Maria (1943–1983)
Margarida Maria Alves was born in Alagoa Grande in the state of Paraiba, Brazil. From a rural area, she ...
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The anarchist movement had a substantial presence in Brazil in the early twentieth century. Eclipsed ...
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Gregório Lourenço Bezerra was born in 1900 in Pernambuco, Brazil. In 1917, he participated in demonstrations ...
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Brazilian theater activist/theorizer Augusto Boal is best known for his development of the Theater of ...
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Brazil, guerilla movements, 20th century
Unlike many neighboring countries, Brazil did not experience any sort of large-scale guerilla movement ...
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In 1858 the printers of Rio de Janeiro went on strike for a wage increase. While they considered themselves ...
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Brazil, peasant movements and liberation theology
Liberation theology is the expression of a vast social movement that emerged at the beginning of the ...
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Brazil, rebellions from independence to the republic (1700s–1889)
The history of the process through which Brazil achieved independence is unique in the world. It is the ...
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Brazil, workers, and the left: Partido dos Trabalhadores and Central Única dos Trabalhadores
The Brazilian Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers Party), or PT, and the Central Única dos Trabalhadores ...
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The former leader of the Poor People's Party (Partido de los Pobres, PDLP), teacher Lucio Cabañas Barrientos ...
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