succeeded in turning 17,000 acres into a nature reserve and created the Instituto Terra. The institute is dedicated to a mission of reforestation, conservation...

brother's death. Meirelles was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Meirelles' father, José de Souza Meirelles, is a gastroenterologist who travelled regularly to Asia and...

City's Plaza de Toros, two nights at Monterrey's Auditorio Coca-Cola, and two nights (with over 50,000 attendees each) at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata in...

123. Instituto Moreira Salles, Clarice Lispector: Cadernos de Literatura Brasileira, IMS, p. 49. Jorge de Lima, "Romances de Mulher", Gazeta de Notícias...

allows companies and individuals to invest part of their income tax in cultural projects. The singer, considered one of the greats in Brazilian music and...

said," ascribing the government's reaction to its unfamiliarity with the cultural phenomenon of Tropicália—they seemed to say "We might as well put them...

the British Empire (honorary knighthood): 1997 Awarded with the Order of Cultural Merit, by the government of Brazil: 2004 Olympic Order, by the International...

João Gilberto (born João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist...

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ambassador of the World Food Programme in 2004, and she was declared a cultural ambassador by the government of Cape Verde and granted a diplomatic passport...

published by Panini Comics. In 1997, the cartoonist founded the Maurício de Sousa Cultural Institute, whose mandate is to develop social action campaigns that...

Cultural Workers: Letters to Those Who Dare Teach. Boulder, CO, Westview Press. Adult education Michael Apple John Asimakopoulos Clodomir Santos de Morais...

considered the precursor of Brazil's 1960s Tropicalismo cultural movement. A museum was built in Rio de Janeiro in her honor and she was the subject of the...

portraying Coffin Joe, a character who is considered a horror icon, a Brazilian cultural icon, and a cult figure. An amoral undertaker with Nietzschian philosophies...

manguebeat movement is a cultural movement created circa 1991 in the city of Recife in Northeast Brazil in reaction to the cultural and economic stagnation...

as by the United States, Boal's teachings were controversial, and as a cultural activist he was seen as a threat by the Brazilian military regime. In 1971...

of its unique Modernist design and its importance for environmental and cultural preservation. It is 23rd Brazilian location recognized on UNESCO’s list...

Tropicália and the art criticism of Mário Pedrosa in the 1960s .Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros, 1(76): 18-33. Wikimedia Commons has media related...

Lee started recording with her husband, Roberto de Carvalho. The couple wrote hits such as "Mania de Você" (1979), "Lança Perfume" (1980), "Saúde" (1981)...

September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa ([ɡaw ˈkɔs ta] ), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. She was one of the main figures...

two million copies. In 2005, Salvador was awarded the Brazilian Order of Cultural Merit, which he received from the acclaimed singer and Minister of Culture...

spawned her own Instituto Sol da Liberdade. Studio albums Daniela Mercury (a.k.a. "Swing da Cor") (1991) O Canto da Cidade (1992) Música de Rua (1994) Feijão...

greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his widely influential poem "Canção Amiga" ("Friendly...

which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil. The firstborn son of Sérgio Buarque de Hollanda, Buarque lived at several locations...

national chief of the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional – IPHAN), Costa pushed for...

Both died in Rio de Janeiro (in 1976 and 1989 respectively) and are buried side by side in the Jewish Cemetery of Caju in Rio de Janeiro city. On his...

November 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2023. Cadernos de Literatura Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Instituto Moreira Salles. 1999. pp. 9–10. ISSN 1413-652X...

have been inscribed as Brazilian Cultural heritage since Monday, 9 November 1987, by the State Institute of Cultural Heritage (INEPAC), of the Municipal...

and mother-in-law of Jewish-German socialist revolutionary Olga Benário in the biopic Olga, based on the book by Brazilian biographer Fernando Morais...

Aliança dos Povos da Floresta (Alliance of Forest-dwelling Peoples), the Núcleo de Cultura Indígena (Nucleus of Indigenous Culture), among others. In 2000, he...