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Brazil explained in 100 images (Part 6)

February 25, 2011
Brazil explained in 100 images (Part 6)

[UPDADE] – You have the option of seeing all the 100 images in only one post. Click here.
Enjoy this tour of 150 years of Brazilian history through photography and other iconography. Ten Fridays, ten pictures …

Brazilian aircrafts raid on Monte Castello

February 21, 2010 3 Comments
Brazilian aircrafts raid on Monte Castello

Today is the 65th anniversary of one of the main campaigns ever promoted by the Brazilian Army and Air Force – the takeover of the inexpugnable fortress of Monte Castello, close to Bologna, in Northern …

The day I saw Mengele

December 28, 2009 8 Comments

It was the mid-seventies and the military rule was beginning to decline in Brazil. I was nine, traveling with my parents from Rio to São Paulo. We stopped for lunch at Itatiaia, a beautiful national …