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    through his diplomacy alone. José Paranhos Júnior was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1845, as son of José Maria da Silva Paranhos Sr, Viscount of Rio Branco...
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    José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco (16 March 1819 – 1 November 1880), was a Brazilian politician, monarchist, diplomat, teacher and journalist...
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    José Sarney de Araújo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ saʁˈnej dʒi aɾaˈuʒu ˈkɔstɐ]; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is...
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    Lara Resende ► Roberto Marinho ► Marco Maciel ► José Paulo Cavalcanti Filho 40 (José Maria da Silva Paranhos Sr.): Eduardo Prado ► Afonso Arinos ► Miguel...
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    Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães (Portuguese pronunciation: [beʁˈnaʁdu ɡimaˈɾɐ̃js]; August 15, 1825 – March 10, 1884) was a Brazilian poet and novelist...
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    Sílvio Dinarte. Appointed by the future Viscount of Rio Branco José Maria da Silva Paranhos Sr., he became the general deputy of Goiás from 1872 to 1875...
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    took him along as he moved to São Cristóvão. Francisco de Assis met Maria Inês da Silva, and they married in 1854. Joaquim had classes in a school for girls...
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    boom. The treaty, drafted by Brazilian foreign affairs minister José Maria da Silva Paranhos, gave Brazil the territory of Acre (191,000 km2), in exchange...
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    Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro (/feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian...
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    1912. The Portuguese Senate dedicated 10 minutes of silence to José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, baron of Rio Branco, Brazil, and Minister of the Exterior...
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    the map Project of Deodoro da Fonseca, 1889 Project of Antônio da Silva Jardim, 1890 Project of José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Jr., 1890 Project of Oliveira...
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    Bocskay, Stephen. “Coreografias Móveis: José Asunción Silva, Poeta Pré Modernista Brasileiro?” in A poesia na era da internacionalização dos saberes: A produção...
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    Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including...
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    the Matriz de Santa Teresa [pt] on 20 February 1877, by Teodoro Teotônio da Silva Carolina. In 1879, the Dumonts sold their farm in Valença, Rio de Janeiro...
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    Brazilian Academy of Letters. José Martiniano de Alencar was born in Messejana, Fortaleza, Ceará, on May 1, 1829, to politician José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar...
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    Euclidiana, São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil (in Portuguese) Short biography in English (down the article) Works by or about Euclides da Cunha at Internet...
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    Rio Preto Joaquim Henrique de Araújo, Viscount of Pirassununga José Maria da Silva Paranhos Júnior, Baron of Rio Branco Henrique Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Baron...
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    chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. José Basílio da Gama was born in 1740, in the city of São José do Rio das Mortes (whose name was later changed...
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    (1926). Revista (in Brazilian Portuguese). Academia. p. 111. Silva, Ana Cláudia Suriani da; Vasconcelos, Sandra Guardini (2020-05-14). Comparative Perspectives...
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    José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (November 8, 1827 – October 26, 1886) was a French-born Brazilian poet, teacher and senator. He is known as "the Younger"...
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    no future. He had an even shorter engagement to Maria Selika, daughter of violinist Francisco Pereira da Costa, but a legend says that Amélia was very faithful...
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    Provisional Division, and, when Republicans Oswaldo Aranha and José Antonio Flores da Cunha were under siege by Liberationists, led two-hundred-fifty...
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    Fronteira, 2015. This interpretation was verbally presented by the critic José Miguel Wisnik in his presentation during the “Infinitamente Rosa” event on...
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    head a new cabinet on 2 March 1861. Among his ministers were José Maria da Silva Paranhos (later Viscount of Rio Branco), whom Caxias had met and befriended...
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    José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ boniˈfasju dʒi ɐ̃ˈdɾadɐ i ˈsiwvɐ]; 13 June 1763 – 6 April 1838) was a Brazilian statesman...
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  • Bocskay, 2013 João Cabral de Melo Neto : o homem sem alma; Diário de tudo / José Castello., 2006 Tradição e ruptura: João Cabral de Melo Neto em Barcelona...
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    Abingdon-Cokesbury Press. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruy Barbosa. Mendes Silva, Professor Raul, "Haia: Rui Barbosa e a delegação brasileira à segunda conferência...
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    Editora Jose Olympio, 1962. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nilo Peçanha. O governo Nilo Peçanha no sítio oficial da Presidência da República...
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    he befriended poets José Bonifácio the Younger (the grandnephew of famous Brazilian statesman José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva), Aureliano Lessa and...
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    1928. Their son Antônio José Gonçalves de Magalhães de Araguaia was proclaimed Count of Araguaia by the Holy See. Antonio José Maria, known in France as Amédée...
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