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    including Sete de Setembro, Canto do Rio, São Paulinho, and Ameriquinha. Pelé led Bauru Atlético Clube juniors (coached by Waldemar de Brito) to two São...
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    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...
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    Lui Morais, Luís Carlos de (2004). Crisólogo: O estudante de poesia Caetano Veloso. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: HP Comunicação. De Stefano, Gildo, Il popolo...
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    Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira GCSE GCIH (Portuguese: [mɐnuˈɛl doliˈvɐjɾɐ]; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter...
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    Clarice Lispector (category Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state))
    Directions, 2022) A Vida Íntima de Laura (1974) – Laura's Intimate Life Quase de verdade (1978) – Almost True Como nasceram as estrelas: Doze lendas brasileiras...
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    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...
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    secondary school Portuguese teacher. In 1944, he married Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira, a fellow teacher. The two worked together and had five children...
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    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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    Maria Bethânia (1979) Mel (1980) Estranha forma de vida (1981) Nossos momentos (1982) A hora da estrela (1984) 20 anos (1985) Maria (1988) Dadaya - As...
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    1993. He has been a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts at the Institut de France since April 2016. Salgado was born on February 8, 1944, in Aimorés...
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    visual art. It mixes regional rhythms of Brazilian Northeast, such as maracatu, frevo, coco and forró, with rock, soul, raggamuffin, hip hop, funk and...
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    Fernanda Montenegro (category Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    depois de Passione". p. mdemulher.abril.com.br/blogs/. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Okky de Souza (February 18, 1998). "A estrela sobe"...
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    Durand, Fabien (October 13, 2005). "Cérémonie de remise des insignes de Grand Officier dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur à Gilberto Gil". Culture...
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    Escudos Banknote". Banco de Cabo Verde. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023. "Aeroporto de Cabo Verde recebe o nome de Cesaria Évora". Pop & Arte...
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    Silvio Santos (category Mass media people from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    1905. Both died in Rio de Janeiro (in 1975 and 1988 respectively) and are buried side by side in the Caju Jewish Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro. On his paternal...
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    recording with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her...
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    from pop music. In most of his songs, one can find traces of maracatu, coco and "repentes de viola" (improvising fast-paced Brazilian folk music). Valença...
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    Maurício Araújo de Sousa (Portuguese: [mawˈɾisju dʒi ˈsowzɐ]; born October 27, 1935) is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200...
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    audiences with the song "Reconvexo", in which he says "quem não sentiu o swing de Henri Salvador?" ("who hasn't felt the swing of Henri Salvador?"). Veloso...
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    term as a Vereador (the Brazilian equivalent of a city councillor) in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997, where he developed legislative theatre. Augusto...
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    Aliança dos Povos da Floresta (Alliance of Forest-dwelling Peoples), the Núcleo de Cultura Indígena (Nucleus of Indigenous Culture), among others. In 2000, he...
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    Marília Pêra (category Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Garrincha - Estrela Solitária .... Vanderléia 2006: Acredite, um Espírito Baixou em Mim .... D. Graça 2006: Living the Dream .... Vanessa 2006: Vestido de Noiva...
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    graduated as an architect in 1924 from the National School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro. After some early works in the eclectic manner, he adopted Modernism...
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    Carlos Drummond de Andrade (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁluz dɾuˈmõ dʒi ɐ̃ˈdɾadʒi]) (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer...
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    Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2010 – Novo Aeon – Raul Seixas no Torvelinho de seu tempo – Vitor Cei Santos – Editora Multifoco, Rio de Janeiro/RJ 2013 – "Lapis de genesi"...
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    Retrieved March 13, 2019. "Exposição 'Hebe Eterna', um mergulho na vida da estrela queridinha do Brasil". HuffPost Brasil (in Portuguese). March 12, 2019...
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    e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes (Portuguese pronunciation: [viˈnisjuʒ dʒi moˈɾajʃ]) and nicknamed O...
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    d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Museum...
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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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    and establishing Yanomami Park. In 2009, he was honoured with the Bartolome de las Casas award in Spain and later gave a speech to the UK parliament where...
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