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

Since 1648 the Brazilian Armed Forces have been relied upon to fight in defense of Brazilian sovereignty and to suppress civil rebellions.

Below a list of some of the historical events in which the Brazilian Armed Forces took part:

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.

* Força Verde, a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces which was established decades ago to protect against environmental crimes.

The greater share of the political executions during the 21 years of Military Dictatorship ( 1964 – 1985 ) were done by the Brazilian Armed Forces itself.

Article 142 of the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 states that the supreme commander of the Armed Forces is the President of the Republic.

The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces.

' Military police ' in Brazil has two meanings-there are provost corps for each of the Brazilian Armed Forces: Army Police () for the Army, Navy Police () for the Navy, and () Air Force Police for the Air Force.

*: Brazilian Armed Forces.

Additional foreign decorations are Chilean Military Star of the Armed Forces, Class of Great Star for Military Merit ; French Legion of Honor, Degree of Commander ; and the Brazilian Order of Aeronautical Merit, Degree of Grand Official.

After a short retirement Mascarenhas returned to active duty in 1951 as Chief of Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces during the second Vargas government ( 1951 – 1954 ).

The Brazilian Armed Forces acquired great political clout after the Paraguayan War.

The Brazilian Navy ( Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil ) is the naval warfare service branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces, responsible for conducting naval operations.

However, both the Argentine and Brazilian Air Forces use a curious system of variations on brigadier for all ( Argentina ) or most ( Brazil ) general officers.

As in most South American nations, the Brazilian Army (, ) has been the most influential of the services because of its size, deployment, and historical development.

The Brazilian Air Force (,, also known as FAB, or ) is the biggest air force in South America.

It is part of the Brazilian ensino básico (, " basic education "), which does include early childhood, elementary and secondary education ( the latter 2 mandatory ), all of those part of the Brazilian public education that should be provided free, as obligations of municipal ( only for early childhood and elementary education ) or state governments, to all its citizens ( including adults ) as defined in the rights of the Constitution of Brazil, and the duration is ideally 18 years if one enters the Day care at its 0 year ( pronounced, in Brazil this term is synonymous with nursery school or preschool ).

Carmen Miranda, GCIH (, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955 ) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, Broadway actress and Hollywood film star popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Campinas (, Plains ) is a Brazilian city of São Paulo State, in the country's Southeast Region.

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (, Botafogo Football and Regatta ), also known as Botafogo and familiarly as Estrela Solitária, is a Brazilian sports club based in Botafogo, neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, best known for its football team.

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (, commonly known as Timão () or Coringão (), is a Brazilian multisport club based in the city of São Paulo.

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (, Vasco da Gama Rowing Club ), usually known as Vasco da Gama, is a famous and traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (, born August 17, 1952 ), known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman.

Café com leite politics (, Coffee with milk ) was a term that referred to the domination of Brazilian politics under the Old Republic ( 1889-1930 ) by the landed gentries of São Paulo ( dominated by the coffee industry ) and Minas Gerais ( dominated by dairy interests ).

Morena Baccarin (, born June 2, 1979 ) is a Brazilian American film and television actress best known for roles in several American science fiction television series: as Inara Serra in the series Firefly and the follow-up film Serenity ; as Adria in the series Stargate SG-1 and the follow-up film Stargate: The Ark of Truth ; and as Anna in the 2009 version of the series V. She currently co-stars as Jessica Brody in the Showtime series Homeland.

The First Brazilian Republic or República Velha (, Old Republic ) is the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930.

Porto Velho (, Old Port ) is the capital of the Brazilian state of Rondônia, in the upper Amazon River basin.

São Luís (, Saint Louis ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.

The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (, PMDB ) is the successor of the Brazilian Democratic Movement.

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.

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.