The former president Lula and Brazilian Army soldier s, part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Mestre Bimba made a lot of presentations of his new style, but the most well known was the one made at 1953 to Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas, where the president would say: " A Capoeira é o único esporte verdadeiramente nacional " ( Capoeira is the only truly national sport ).

* 1968 – Brazilian president Artur da Costa e Silva decrees the AI-5 ( or the fifth Institutional Act ), which lasts until 1978 and marks the beginning of the hard times of Brazilian military dictatorship.

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.

With the support of the Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas, the samba won status as the " official music " of Brazil.

The Brazilian federal constitution states that the power to enter into treaties is vested in the president and that such treaties must be approved by Congress ( articles 84, clause VIII, and 49, clause I ).

At the first Special Session of the UN General Assembly held in 1947, Osvaldo Aranha, then president of the Special Session, began a tradition that has remained until today whereby the first speaker at this major international forum is always a Brazilian.

* In 1964, a successful coup against the democratically elected government of Brazilian president João Goulart, initiates a military dictatorship of over 20 years of oppression.

* June 28 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian president ( b. 1841 )

* December 13 – Brazilian president Artur da Costa e Silva decrees the AI-5 ( or the Fifth Institutional Act ), which lasts until 1978 and marks the beginning of the hard times of Brazilian military dictatorship.

** João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist and football league president

* November 10 – Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas announces the Estado Novo (" New State "), thence becoming dictator of Brazil until 1945.

** Brazilian president Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco removes power from parliament, legal courts and opposition parties.

* February 26 – Venceslau Brás, Brazilian president ( d. 1966 )

* November 7 – Delfim Moreira, Brazilian president ( d. 1920 )

* April 30 – Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian president ( d. 1895 )

* November 30 – Afonso Pena, Brazilian president ( d. 1909 )

* August 24 – The Brazilian president, Getulio Vargas, commits suicide after being accused of involvement in a conspiracy to murder a Brazilian Air Force officer.

The Niva was the first imported 4X4 in the Brazilian market, following then-Brazilian president Fernando Collor's decision to permit the importation of foreign vehicles in 1990.

Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born August 2, 1949 ) was the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his trial of impeachment by the Brazilian Senate.

Collor was the first president directly elected by the people after the end of the Brazilian military government.

The Brazilian foreign policy under the Lula da Silva administration had been focused on the following directives: to contribute toward the search for greater equilibrium and attenuate unilateralism ; to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations in order to increase the country's weight in political and economic negotiations on an international level ; to deepen relations so as to benefit from greater economical, financial, technological and cultural interchange ; to avoid agreements that could jeopardize development in the long term.

Some of the well known individuals who have become involved include former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former presidents of Chile Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet, actress Susan Sarandon, actors Jeremy Irons and Raul Bova, singers Céline Dion and Anggun, authors Isabelle Allende and Andrea Camilleri, musician Chucho Valdés and Olympic track-and-field legend Carl Lewis.

During a state visit by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to Georgetown in 2 March 2007, the governments of Guyana and Brazil signed several cooperation agreements and announced plans to boost trade between the two countries.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called it a " historic agreement " and the deal slated as a political victory for former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo.

Although Juscelino Kubitschek, President of Brazil between 1956 and 1961, visited Israel after his tenure, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was the first Brazilian president to visit Israel while in office, in 2010.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born 27 October 1945, known popularly as Lula, is a Brazilian politician.

Lula defeated Serra in the Brazilian general election, 2002 | 2002 presidential elections.

As the political scene in the 1990s came under the sway of the Brazilian real monetary stabilization plan, which ended decades of rampant inflation, former Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso ( Brazilian Social Democracy Party ( PSDB )) defeated Lula in 1994 and again, by an even wider margin, in 1998.

Lula climbs the ramp leading to the Palácio do Planalto, with Vice-President of Brazil | Vice President José Alencar, for the Brazilian presidential inauguration | official ceremony marking the beginning of their second term, in 2007.

This winning streak culminated with the victory of its presidential candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2002, who succeeded Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party ( Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira-PSDB ).

Along with the Socialist People's Party ( Partido Popular Socialista-PPS ), a dissidence of the Brazilian Communist Party ( Partido Comunista Brasileiro-PCB ), they form the centre-right opposition to the Lula administration.

Although Kirchner was to the left of previous Argentine presidents, from Raúl Alfonsín to Eduardo Duhalde, and contemporary Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, he was to the right of other Latin American presidents as Hugo Chávez or Fidel Castro.

Countries that have achieved macroeconomic stability through fiscal and monetary discipline have been loath to abandon it: Lula, the recent Brazilian President ( and leader of the Workers ' Party ), has been explicit that the defeat of hyperinflation was among the most important positive contributions of recent years to the welfare of the country's poor.

After the Mensalão scandal in 2005, the Supreme Federal Tribunal surprised many when, on August 24, 2007, it accepted the indictments of 40 individuals, most which are former or current federal deputies, all of which were allies of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

According to an article in the New York Sun, Chavezism was rejected in recent elections in Peru, Colombia and Mexico, and El Universal reports that former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva distanced himself from Chavezism, saying that Brazil is not Venezuela, and has traditional institutions.

Sebastião Salgado ( left ) gives former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Lula da Silva his new book.

The Socialist People's Party ( PPS ), a dissidence of the Brazilian Communist Party ( PCB ), on the other hand, has embraced the right-wing opposition to the Lula administration, allying with them in the Brazil can do more coalition.

He also received an audience from Brazilian President Lula da Silva on August 22.

The Brazilian left has always been powerful, but rarely in power except for President João Goulart in the 1960s, Lula da Silva from 2002 – 10 and now Dilma Rousseff.

Marlene ( surname: Adamo ), 25, a Brazilian divorcee who learned the dance from Arabic friends in Paris, now lives on Manhattan's West Side, is about the best belly dancer working the Casbah, loves it so much that she dances on her day off.

The ballet work is on the nose, especially in the opening number by `` The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band '', along with a fiery and sultry Brazilian fantasia later.

* 1945 – The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.

* 1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.

Several vapour-vesicles may unite while the rock is still viscous, and thus form a large cavity which may become the home of an agate of exceptional size ; thus a Brazilian geode lined with amethyst and weighing 35 tons was exhibited at the Düsseldorf Exhibition of 1902.

Another type of agate is Brazilian agate, which is found as sizable geodes of layered nodules.

A study by Brazilian scientists concluded that the Amazon is actually longer than the Nile.

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 ).

Dietary restrictions are not used by the highly urban Brazilian ayahuasca church União do Vegetal, suggesting the risk is much lower than perceived, and probably non-existent.

According to sociologist Marcelo Ridenti, Brazilian politics is divided between internationalistic liberals and statist nationalistics.

The Brazilian Armed Forces (, ) is the unified military organization comprising the Brazilian Army ( including the Brazilian Army Aviation ), the Brazilian Navy ( including the Brazilian Marine Corps and Brazilian Naval Aviation ) and the Brazilian Air Force.

The Brazilian Navy which is the oldest of the Brazilian Armed Forces, includes the Brazilian Marine Corps and the Brazilian Naval Aviation.

Due to this battle, the year 1648 is considered as the year of the foundation of the Brazilian Army.

* Paraguayan War ( 1864 – 1870 ): Over 200, 000 Brazilians fought on this conflict, which is considered as the most serious in Brazilian history.

* 1964 Brazilian coup d ' état: President João Goulart is removed from office, leading to a military dictatorship which lasted until 1985.