Brazilian Days (143): May 23

Brazilian Days 143

May 23

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DAY OF:

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Dia da Juventude Constitucionalista
(Constitutionalist Youth). 23 May 1932 is an important day in Brazilian history. Four students (Martins, Miragaia, Dráusio and Camargo) were killed in an confrontation with the police in São Paulo. They took part in a protest against the dictatorship of President Getúlio Vargas. The death of the four students ignited a revolt (by approximately 100 thousand people) against the dictatorship. This movement is called the MMDC movement, referring to the first letters of the students’ names. They protested for a new constitutional law. When Vargas frustrated the reform process, a civil war was started. Troops formed from the middle class battled in various Brazilian states, but didn’t managed to gain national support. About six months later, the remaining troops surrendered to the Federal Army. An obelisk in Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo commemorates the ‘Soldados de 32’.

 

 

REVOLUTION OF 1932
REVOLUÇÃO DE 1932 – JAMAIS SERÃO ESQUECIDOS….	Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932
BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(1/4)	BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(2/4)
BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(3/4)	BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(4/4)

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Dia Nacional da Radiodifusão Livre e Comunitária
(Free and Public Broadcast). Only since 1982, Brazil has a system of free and public broadcast.

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Dia Nacional de Defesa das Florestas Brasileiras
(Protection of Brazilian Forests). Despite numerous attempts to protect the forests, deforestation is still going on.

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1984
Prix de la FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics Prize) for the Brazilian movie “Memórias do Cárcere”, directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, at Cannes

MEMÓRIAS DO CÁRCERE
Trechos do filme Memórias de um Carcere	Memórias do Cárcere (1984)

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1962
Golden Palm of Cannes for the Brazilian movie “O pagador de promessas”, directed by Anselmo Duarte.

O PAGADOR DE PROMESSAS
O Pagador de Promessas – Trailer	Filme: O Pagador de Promessas – 1962

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1985
Fifteen prisoners died within three months in prisons in Belo Horizonte – MG
The deaths were related to the very bad conditions of the prisons.

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1535
Creation of Vila Velha – ES
The city is the oldest in the state of Espírito Santo.

VILA VELHA – ES
Vila Velha Espírito Santo ES Região Sudeste do Brasil – Documentário	Vila Velha – Invista nessa Cidade
Viajando Todo o Brasil – Vila Velha/ES – Especial	Um passeio por Vitória e Vila Velha

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1865
Birth of Epitácio Pessoa, former president of Brazil (1919-1922).
Epitácio was born in Umbuzeiro (PB).

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1901
Light (electricity company) authorized to install electric illumination in various districts in São Paulo.

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1989
Creation of Reserva Biológica (Biological Reserve) do Tinguá, per Federal Decree nº 97.780

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2001
Creation of Parque Nacional (National Park) de Saint-Hilaire/Lange – PR

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2003
Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello appointed as UN representative in Iraq.

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2005
Polícia Militar removed barricades at the slums of Morro do Alemão
The barricades had been erected by drug traffickers.

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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Brazilian Days (099): April 9

Brazilian Days 099 

April 9

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DAY OF:

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Dia Nacional do Aço
(National Steel Day)

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Dia da Biblioteca
(Library)

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Dia Estadual do Metalúrgico
(Steelworker)

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1891
Foundation of ‘Jornal do Brasil’, by Rodolfo Dantas

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1980
President Figueiredo visited Paraguai and returned war trophies (1870): objects that belonged to dictator Solano López

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1992
Confirmation that German nazi Josef Mengele died in Brazil in 1979

The tests were performed by German and Israeli authorities.

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1922
Federação Aeronáutica Internacional (IAF: International Aeronautics Federation) granted a brevet to pilot Anésia Pinheiro Machado

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1964
Humberto Castello Branco was chosen to complete the mandate of João Goulart as president of  Brazil.

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1964
Invasion of Universidade de Brasília by soldiers of Polícia Militar

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1993
Death of Brazilian painter Augusto Rodrigues

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2003
Creation of a committee that preserves and breeds Hyacinth Macaws, by IBAMA

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2003
Drug trafficker Elias Pereira da Silva (Elias Maluco) condemned to 13 years in prison.

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2004
Confrontation between drug traffickers of the Favelas (slums) of Rocinha and Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro

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2004
Death of 13 leaders of the indigenous Caiapó tribe, in a highway accident at Nova Mutum (MT)

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2006
Pritzker Prize for Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha

 

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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Brazilian Days (143): May 23

Brazilian Days 143

May 23

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DAY OF:

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Dia da Juventude Constitucionalista
(Constitutionalist Youth). 23 May 1932 is an important day in Brazilian history. Four students (Martins, Miragaia, Dráusio and Camargo) were killed in an confrontation with the police in São Paulo. They took part in a protest against the dictatorship of President Getúlio Vargas. The death of the four students ignited a revolt (by approximately 100 thousand people) against the dictatorship. This movement is called the MMDC movement, referring to the first letters of the students’ names. They protested for a new constitutional law. When Vargas frustrated the reform process, a civil war was started. Troops formed from the middle class battled in various Brazilian states, but didn’t managed to gain national support. About six months later, the remaining troops surrendered to the Federal Army. An obelisk in Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo commemorates the ‘Soldados de 32’.

 

 

REVOLUTION OF 1932
REVOLUÇÃO DE 1932 – JAMAIS SERÃO ESQUECIDOS….	Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932
BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(1/4)	BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(2/4)
BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(3/4)	BRAVOS PAULISTAS,Revolução Constitucionalista 1932.(4/4)

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Dia Nacional da Radiodifusão Livre e Comunitária
(Free and Public Broadcast). Only since 1982, Brazil has a system of free and public broadcast.

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Dia Nacional de Defesa das Florestas Brasileiras
(Protection of Brazilian Forests). Despite numerous attempts to protect the forests, deforestation is still going on.

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1984
Prix de la FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics Prize) for the Brazilian movie “Memórias do Cárcere”, directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, at Cannes

MEMÓRIAS DO CÁRCERE
Trechos do filme Memórias de um Carcere	Memórias do Cárcere (1984)

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1962
Golden Palm of Cannes for the Brazilian movie “O pagador de promessas”, directed by Anselmo Duarte.

O PAGADOR DE PROMESSAS
O Pagador de Promessas – Trailer	Filme: O Pagador de Promessas – 1962

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1985
Fifteen prisoners died within three months in prisons in Belo Horizonte – MG
The deaths were related to the very bad conditions of the prisons.

---

1535
Creation of Vila Velha – ES
The city is the oldest in the state of Espírito Santo.

VILA VELHA – ES
Vila Velha Espírito Santo ES Região Sudeste do Brasil – Documentário	Vila Velha – Invista nessa Cidade
Viajando Todo o Brasil – Vila Velha/ES – Especial	Um passeio por Vitória e Vila Velha

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1865
Birth of Epitácio Pessoa, former president of Brazil (1919-1922).
Epitácio was born in Umbuzeiro (PB).

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1901
Light (electricity company) authorized to install electric illumination in various districts in São Paulo.

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1989
Creation of Reserva Biológica (Biological Reserve) do Tinguá, per Federal Decree nº 97.780

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2001
Creation of Parque Nacional (National Park) de Saint-Hilaire/Lange – PR

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2003
Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello appointed as UN representative in Iraq.

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2005
Polícia Militar removed barricades at the slums of Morro do Alemão
The barricades had been erected by drug traffickers.

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
.