Mendes, Chico
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29/01/2022
Melo Neto, João Cabral
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29/01/2022
Luz, Bertha Maria Julia
São Paulo, 1894 - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1976 By José Chrispiniano A scientist and pioneer of feminism in Brazil, Bertha Lutz was the leading activist in the movement for women's suffrage. The daughter of Swiss-Brazilian hygienist Adolfo Lutz and English nurse Amy Fowler, she earned a degree in Science…
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25/01/2022
(Português) Bachelet, Michelle
Santiago (Chile), 1951 By Latinoamerican Team Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria was the first woman to serve as President of Chile and the second woman to lead a major Latin American country, following María Estela Martínez de Perón in Argentina. She was first elected in 2006, winning the runoff against businessman…
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22/01/2022
(Português) Baca, Suzana
Lima (Peru), 1944 By Fernanda Gdynia Morotti Susana Esther Baca de la Colina is an Afro-Peruvian historian, musician, educator, singer, and composer. Born in Chorrillos, a small fishing village in the district of Lima, she grew up immersed in music and the arts related to Afro-Peruvian roots. She served as…
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22/01/2022
(Português) Babenco, Hector
Mar del Plata (Argentina), 1946 - São Paulo (Brazil), 2016 By Afrânio Mendes Catani Filmmaker Héctor Eduardo Babenco lived in Brazil and Europe during his youth. In the 1960s, he worked on the production of around forty films in Spain. After directing institutional short films in Brazil, he made his…
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22/01/2022
(Português) Carvalho, Flávio de
Amparo da Barra Mansa, 1899 - Valinhos (Brazil), 1973 By Francisco Alambert Architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, playwright, set designer, writer, decorator, and performer (before this concept was coined), Flávio Resende de Carvalho moved with his family to São Paulo in 1900. In 1908, he studied at the American School of…
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22/01/2022
(Español) Cartola
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1908 - 1980 By Marcelo Silva Souza Life in the Mangueira hill in the city of Rio de Janeiro was the primary source of inspiration for the songs that made Angenor Oliveira, known as Cartola, one of the greatest composers and performers of Brazilian music.…
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22/01/2022
(Português) Carrasquel, Alfonso
Caracas (Venezuela), 1928 - 2005 By Pablo Alabarces Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel was such a talented baseball player and had such a powerful arm that at the age of eleven, he played in a league reserved for athletes sixteen years old. In one season, he played for three teams. At fifteen,…
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22/01/2022
Carpentier, Alejo
Havana (Cuba), 1904 - Paris (France), 1980 By Flávio Aguiar The literary success of his works was echoed in essays that founded concepts for understanding Latin American art. He formulated the theoretical foundations of "Marvellous Realism," which he adopted in many of his texts, where he asserted nationalist, revolutionary, and…
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22/01/2022
