File: D. Pedro IV Porto. JPG | Statue of Pedro IV of Portugal, Liberdade Square, Porto

Statue of Rio Branco in Porto Alegre.

Statue of Vímara Peres in Porto, Portugalcreated by Barata Feyo in 1968

Statue of Brigitte Bardot in Armação dos Búzios | Buzios, Brazil

Statue of Tiradentes being hanged in Tiradentes Square ( Praça Tiradentes ), in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Statue of Champagnat at Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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* America has dolls reprensenting Brazil, Mexico and United States with a miniatured Golden Gate in San Francisco, Times Square and Statue of Liberty in New York.

* Porto Alegre, Brazil – since 2002

It was supported by the city of Porto Alegre ( where it took place ) and the Brazilian Worker's Party.

The WSF became a periodic meeting: in 2002 and 2003 it was held again in Porto Alegre and became a rallying point for worldwide protest against the American invasion of Iraq.

From 1946 through 1985, the army was divided into four numbered armies: the First Army was centered in Rio de Janeiro, the Second Army in São Paulo, the Third Army in Porto Alegre, and the Fourth Army in Recife.

Each of the seven military commands has its headquarters in a major city: Eastern Military Command ( Comando Militar do Leste-CML ), Rio de Janeiro ; Southeastern Military Command ( Comando Militar do Sudeste-CMSE ), São Paulo ; Southern Military Command ( Comando Militar do Sul-CMS ), Porto Alegre ; Northeastern Military Command ( Comando Militar do Nordeste-CMN ), Recife ; CMO, Campo Grande ; CMP, Brasília ; and CMA, Manaus.

The 1st Naval District is located at the country's main naval base in Rio de Janeiro ; the 2nd Naval District is in Salvador ; the 3rd Naval District is located in Natal ; the 4th Naval District is located in Belém ; and the 5th Naval District is located in Porto Alegre.

Capoeiristas in a roda ( Porto Alegre, Brazil )

* 1835 – Ragamuffin rebels capture Porto Alegre, then capital of the Brazilian imperial province of Rio Grande do Sul, triggering the start of ten-year-long Farroupilha Revolution.

( which circulates in cities such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo ), most publications from Grupo RBS ( especially the Porto Alegre daily Zero Hora ), and, in March 2009, Rio de Janeiro-based O Dia switched to tabloid from broadsheet.

* September 15 – Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto-Alegrense is founded in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Among them is Instituto Liberdade, a University-based Center at Tecnopuc inside the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, located in the South Region of the country, at the city of Porto Alegre.

Edipucrs, Porto Alegre.

Several Roman Catholic Marian churches around the world have also been named after the rosary, e. g. Our Lady of the Rosary Basilica, in Rosario Argentina, the Rosary Basilica in Lourdes and Nossa Senhora do Rosário in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Image: N-s-dos-passos-14. jpg | Rosary Madonna, Porto Alegre, Brazil

The fifth World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in January 2005 was attended by representatives from more than 1, 000 NGOs.

An assembly last met in Porto Alegre, Brazil in February 2006, under the theme " God, in your grace, transform the world ".

* Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 14 – 23 February 2006

Southern Brazilian parades take place in Curitiba, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre and Pelotas, and Center-Western ones happen in Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Goiânia and Brasília.

2 ) The World Social Forum at Porto Alegre was an event localised in time and place.

From now on, in the certainty proclaimed at Porto Alegre that " Another World Is Possible ", it becomes a permanent process of seeking and building alternatives, which cannot be reduced to the events supporting it.

The first World Social Forum was held from 25 January to 30 January 2001 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organized by many groups including the French Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens ( ATTAC ).

The WSF was sponsored, in part, by the Porto Alegre government, led by the Brazilian Worker's Party ( PT ).

The second WSF, also held in Porto Alegre from 31 January to 5 February 2002, had over 12, 000 official delegates representing people from 123 countries, 60, 000 attendees, 652 workshops, and 27 talks.

The third WSF was again held in Porto Alegre, in January 2003.

The fifth World Social Forum 2005 was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil between 26 January and 31 January.

The Madeira river rises more than 15 m ( 50 ft ) during the rainy season, and ocean vessels may ascend it to the Falls of San Antonio, near Porto Velho, Brazil, above its mouth ; but in the dry months, from June to November, it is only navigable for the same distance for craft drawing about 2 m ( from 5 to 6 feet ) of water.

** The Italian steamer ship Principessa Mafalda capsizes off Porto Seguro, Brazil.

Explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on April 22, 1500 in what is today Porto Seguro, Brazil.

The 2012 World Social Forum was hosted in Porto Alegre, Brazil and ran from 24-30 January.

Facilities located abroad include Penang, Malaysia ; Xiamen, China ; Bracknell, UK ; Manila, Philippines Chennai, India ; Hortolandia and Porto Alegre, Brazil ; Bratislava, Slovakia ; Łódź, Poland, Panama City in Panama, Dublin and Limerick, Ireland.

The Sommerlath family lived in São Paulo, Brazil, between 1947 and 1957, where the Queen attended the traditional German school Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro and Walther Sommerlath held various positions, including President of the Brazilian subsidiary of Swedish company Uddeholm.

* Vita – Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment, an ethnographic study by João Biehl focused on the life of a young woman named Catarina, left to die by her family in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Porto Alegre is one of the top cultural, political and economic centers of Brazil.

Porto Alegre had become a city of 12, 000 inhabitants by 1822, the year the Brazil gained independence.

The city of Porto Alegre is located at the northern end of the large coastal lagoon, Lagoa dos Patos in southeastern Brazil.

The urban area has many parks and plazas, making Porto Alegre one of the greenest provincial capitals in Brazil.

In 2010, the city of Porto Alegre was the 10th most populous city in Brazil.

The large rural exodus in Brazil in the early 20th century brought many German-descendants to Porto Alegre and, nowadays, they compose a large percentage of the population.

* Third Summer Universiade held in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Brazil committed to the construction of a Madeira-Mamoré Railway, connecting Porto Velho to Guajará-Mirim, at the confluence of the Beni and the Madeira.