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    Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and in Latin America. Brazil is the world's...
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    entire administration of the Kingdom of Brazil" as the King's placeholder, thus granting the Kingdom of Brazil a devolved administration within the United...
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    of the song featuring the Portuguese singer Mickael Carreira and the Brazilian singer Luan Santana. Sex and Love was Spotify's 7th most-streamed album...
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    Fernando Meirelles (category Brazilian film directors)
    1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003...
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    King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in...
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  • The King Sejong Institute (Korean: 세종학당; RR: Sejong Hakdang) is a foundation established by the South Korean government that encourages learning of the...
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    Paulo Reglus Neves Freire (19 September 1921 – 2 May 1997) was a Brazilian educator and philosopher who was a leading advocate of critical pedagogy. His...
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    Sebastião Salgado (category Brazilian photojournalists)
    Atlantic Forest in Brazil. In 1998, they succeeded in turning 17,000 acres into a nature reserve and created the Instituto Terra. The institute is dedicated...
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    Cesária Évora (category Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil))
    followings in France and Portugal. She began touring globally, visiting Brazil, Canada, and the United States, as well as countries in Africa and Europe...
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    Augusto Boal (category Brazilian male dramatists and playwrights)
    Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre...
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    Studies Association. Retrieved 7 June 2023. "King's College London - About King's International Development Institute". www.kcl.ac.uk. Archived from the original...
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    Walter Salles (category CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br))
    Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (/ˈsɑːlɪs/; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker, most known for his Golden Bear winning film Central Station. Salles...
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    formulating the Brazilian bossa nova style. Famous Brazilian composer and singer Caetano Veloso made Henri Salvador famous to Brazilian audiences with...
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    Mercedes Sosa (category Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil))
    vida. She further popularized of songs written by Milton Nascimento of Brazil and Pablo Milanés and Silvio Rodríguez both from Cuba. After the military...
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    Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia — INPA), and the National Institute of Technology (Brazil) [pt] (Portuguese: Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia — INT)...
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    Brazil had an official resident population of 203 million in 2022, according to IBGE. Brazil is the seventh most populous country in the world, and the...
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    Gal Costa (category Recipients of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil))
    ([ɡaw ˈkɔs ta] ), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. She was one of the main figures of the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and...
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    The home of many universities and institutes, it is the second-largest center of research and development in Brazil, accounting for 17 percent of national...
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    OSGEMEOS (category Brazilian graffiti artists)
    known as Twist), who was in Brazil for several months on a study abroad program through the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. Technique and experience...
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    Mauricio de Sousa (category Brazilian comic strip cartoonists)
    Sousa (Portuguese: [mawˈɾisju dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters for his...
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    The Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute (Portuguese: Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro), IHGB, founded on 21 October 1838, is the oldest...
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    Carmen Miranda (category English-language singers from Brazil)
    [ˈkaʁmẽj miˈɾɐ̃dɐ]), was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature...
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    Antônio Fagundes (category Brazilian male film actors)
    Antônio José da Silva Fagundes Filho (born 18 April 1949) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, voice actor, and producer. Renowned for his several performances...
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    Clarice Lispector (category Soviet emigrants to Brazil)
    language that was considered revolutionary in Brazil. She left Brazil in 1944 following her marriage to a Brazilian diplomat, and spent the next decade and...
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    pronunciation: [sɐ̃w ˈpawlu] ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast...
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    Latin American literatures, and his use of language is reminiscent of the Brazilian writer João Guimarães Rosa, but also deeply influenced by the baiano writer...
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    Silvio Santos (category Brazilian people of Greek-Jewish descent)
    professionally as Silvio Santos (Portuguese: /ˈsiwvju ˈsɐ̃tus/), is a Brazilian media mogul and television host. He is the owner of holdings that include...
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    Milton Nascimento (category CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br))
    ˈkɐ̃pus du nasiˈmẽtu]; born October 26, 1942), also known as Bituca, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Nascimento has won five Grammy...
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    João Gilberto (category English-language singers from Brazil)
    Oliveira – Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre...
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    constitute Brazil were occupied, fought over and settled by diverse tribes. Thus, the history of Brazil begins with the indigenous people in Brazil. The Portuguese...
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