* 1914 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter ( d. 2008 )

* Raul Cortez ( 1932 – 2006 ), Brazilian actor

* 1970 – Seu Jorge, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor

** Carlos Vereza, Brazilian actor

** Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor ( d. 2005 )

** Paulo Miklos, Brazilian singer and actor

* March 16 – Branco Mello, Brazilian singer, actor and writer

* Wagner Moura ( born 1976 ), Brazilian actor

He also features prominently in the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller, as well as the movie adaptation ( portrayed by Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro ), in which he is represented as a giant god-king.

The work of environmental NGOs in the Brazilian case was successful because there was a point of leverage that made the targeted actor vulnerable to international pressure.

* José Dumont ( born 1950 ), Brazilian TV and movie actor

* André Vasco ( born 1984 ), Brazilian actor and television presenter

* Douglas Silva, Brazilian actor

Brazilian actor Grande Otelo and singer Milton Nascimento play minor parts.

* Rodrigo Faro, Brazilian actor.

Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato also created solid and imaginative crossovers, using elements and characters from Brazilian folklore such as the Cuca and Saci, from Greek Mythology such as Heracles, from the Arabian Nights, from Fairy Tales such as Grimm's Snow White, western literature such as Peter Pan, silent movies such as Popeye and Felix the Cat ( cartoons ) and western films actor Tom Mix.

** Anselmo Duarte ( 1920-2009 ), Brazilian actor

Glauber de Andrade Rocha ( March 14, 1939 – August 22, 1981 ) was an influential Brazilian film director, actor and writer.

* Caio Blat ( born 1980 ), Brazilian actor

* Anselmo Duarte ( 1920 – 2009 ), Brazilian actor

* Jardel Filho, Brazilian film actor

Fernanda Montenegro ( born Arlete Pinheiro Esteves da Silva ; October 16, 1929 ) is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress, mostly recognized for her leading role in Central Station, which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Brazilian actor to be nominated.

The travesti community, the argument goes, ends up at least making a powerful attempt to transcend the shame the larger Brazilian public might try to foist off on them — again, through loud public discourse and other modes of performance.

According to transcripts published in the Brazilian national weekly Isto É, when Assumpcão told Gomes dos Santos that Brazilian Senator Gilberto Miranda might block the Raytheon contract, Gomes dos Santos responded, " Damn, did you already pay this guy ?".

In those circumstances, for lack of alternatives, along the last decade of nineteen century and the first of the twentieth, was born an free press created by European immigrant anarchists, that due to non-segregated conformation ( ethnically speaking ) of Brazilian society, it might spread widely, particularly in large cities.

) Fearing the example might be followed, the Brazilian authorities began to watch the malês very carefully and in subsequent years intensive efforts were made to force conversions to Catholicism and erase the popular memory of and affection towards Islam.

According to transcripts published in the Brazilian national weekly Isto É, when Assumpcão told Gomes dos Santos that Brazilian Senator Gilberto Miranda might block the Raytheon contract, Gomes dos Santos responded, " Damn, did you already pay this guy ?".

Both Williams were gone, and the teammates of the two front-runners were showing no signs of mounting an attack, but it seemed the Brazilian might indeed have the speed to chase down the Finn's McLaren.

Fearing the example might be followed, the Brazilian authorities began to watch the malês very carefully and in subsequent years intensive efforts were made to force conversions to Catholicism and erase the popular memory of and affection towards Islam.

The first extant document that might be considered Brazilian literature is the Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha ( Pero Vaz de Caminha's letter ).

Mazzaropi embodies what might be described as a rural Brazilian stereotype, the Jeca-a dude-whose emotions and sentiments are universal but which nevertheless reflect his immediate environment and culture.

In 1552, Sousa suggested that Rio de Janeiro might be a potential area for settlement and in 1553 he returned to Portugal to work under the King, acting as his adviser on Brazilian affairs.

One of the reasons for such attitude towards all things " North American " might be the perception of the Brazilian social elites that the United States government supported and profited from the dictatorship of the Brazilian military government from 1964 to 1985.

Guido Gelli, director of science at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ( IBGE ), told the Brazilian TV network Globo in June 2007 that it could be considered as a fact that the Amazon was the longest river in the world.

The back and sides of a particular guitar are typically made of the same wood ; Brazilian or East Indian rosewood and Honduras mahogany are traditional choices, however, maple has been prized for the figuring that can be seen when it is cut in a certain way ( such as " flame " and " quilt " patterns ).

The Mirage 2000s are meant to be in service until at least 2015, when the Brazilian Air Force foresee the ( postponed ) F-X entering in service.

It will be a 20 year plan, including modernization and expansion of the elements for defense of the Brazilian territory.

However, despite those efforts, the presence of the Armed Forces on the border regions of the Brazilian Amazon continues to be sparse and disperse, given the fact that the Army has just 28 border detachments in that area, a total of 1, 600 soldiers, or 1 men for every of borders.

For example, while concluding meaningful trade agreements with developed countries ( such as the United States and the European Union ) would probably be beneficial to Brazil's long-term economic self-interest, the Brazilian government has instead prioritized its leadership role within Mercosul and expanded trade ties with countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

A " Brazilian jungle monster " from Generator Rex turns out to be a chupacabra.

In Northeastern Brazil and among the diaspora of its population in other Brazilian regions, cuzcuz ( locally, in Rio de Janeiro, in São Paulo ), a steamed cake of couscous and corn flour ( a mixture called fubá, pronounced, said to be of African origin from the slave trade ), is a popular meal, served in many forms: With sugar and milk, with varied meats, with cheese and eggs, and so on.

Although mesoclisis is extremely formal in Brazilian Portuguese and tends to be circumscribed in lesser formal registers by avoiding synthetical future / conditional verb forms, European Portuguese still allows clitic object pronouns to surface as mesoclitics in colloquial situations:

Cavalry or mounted gendarmerie units continue to be maintained for purely or primarily ceremonial purposes by the United States, British, French, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Chilean, Portuguese, Moroccan, Nepalese, Nigerian, Venezuelan, Brazilian, Peruvian, Paraguayan, Polish, Argentine, Senegalese, Jordanian, Pakistani, Indian, Spanish and Bulgarian armed forces.

On January 17, 2008, a Brazilian federal court order prohibiting all sales of Counter-Strike and EverQuest and imposing the immediate withdrawal of these from all stores began to be enforced.

In July 2010, after the visit of Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the sale of a Barroso-class corvette to be constructed in Brazil was announced.

Japanese emigrant communities ( the largest of which are to be found in Brazil, with 1. 4 million to 1. 5 million Japanese immigrants and descendants, according to Brazilian IBGE data, more than the 1. 2 million of the United States ) sometimes employ Japanese as their primary language.

Speakers of language variants ( Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese, for example ) may be considered to possess a single lexicon.

" The Stylebook specifically lists " Brazilian " as an example of a group which can be considered Latino.

Brazilian law establishes no difference between cities and towns ; all it takes for an urban settlement to be called a " city " is to be the seat of a municipality, and some are very small.

During the 1990s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu became popular and proved to be effective in mixed martial arts competitions such as the UFC and PRIDE.

An ongoing co-operation program allows Namibian sailors and naval officers to be trained by the Brazilian Navy ; by 2009, 466 seamen had been trained.

His accurate political sense failed him only once, when he found himself in 1948 on the wrong side of a failed coup attempt and had to be driven to the Brazilian embassy in the trunk of a car, earning him the nickname " Colonel Trunk ".

Apart of English, in all Brazilian Portuguese dialects the ⟨ rr ⟩ phoneme, or, may be actually realized as other, traditionally non-rhotic, fricatives ( and most often is so ), unless it occurs single between vowels, being so realized as a dental, alveolar, postalveolar or retroflex flap.

Different types can be found, like Piccolo snares, that have a smaller depth for a higher pitch, rope-tuned snares ( Maracatu snare ) and the Brazilian " Tarol ", that commonly has snares on the top of the upper drumhead.

These communities would be the scene of a significant part of Brazilian black culture, particularly with respect to Candomblé and samba amaxixado at that time.