Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Tiradentes is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is located at 21°06′37″S 44°12′41″W, has an area of 83.5 km², and a maximum elevation above sea level of 927 m. The original village was established in 1702 and became a city on 19 January 1718. In 1889 the city was renamed from Vila de São José do Rio das Mortes in honour of the national hero who was born nearby. Wikipedia
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Lula's South American summit plan unlikely in tense region, diplomats say
A diplomatic crisis in Ecuador and uncertainty over Venezuela's political future have divided South American nations and killed enthusiasm for a summit that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is trying to convene, diplomats in the region say.
Seeking to become a regional leader again, Lula gathered 11 presidents in Brazil's capital last May, but the forum called the Brasilia Consensus was struck by disagreement over the presence of Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric, a fellow leftist from a younger generation, criticized Lula for inviting Maduro to a meeting of democratic leaders, as did Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou.
With concerns about Venezuelan elections in July and fallout from Ecuador's invasion of the Mexican embassy to seize an opposition politician, the region is too unsettled for a fresh attempt at dialogue, diplomats in Brazil and Uruguay said.
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Frontispiece of "História da Colonização Portuguesa do Brasil"
Illustrated by Alfredo Roque Gameiro
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Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Salvador, Brazil: The Church of the Third Order of Our Lady of the Rosary of the Black People is an 18th-century Roman Catholic church in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Construction of the church took almost 100 years. It is dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary and belongs to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. Wikipedia
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All but two São Paulo districts facing dengue epidemic
Having already recorded more than 1,600 deaths from dengue fever in the first three and a half months of 2024, Brazil’s epidemic of the mosquito-transmitted disease has reached previously unprecedented levels. And in the country’s biggest city, São Paulo, home to more than 12 million people, all but two districts are officially facing dengue epidemics.
Epidemics are officially recorded when there are more than 300 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In São Paulo’s 96 adminstrative districts, only two still find themselves below that threshold: the wealthy areas of Moema and Jardim Paulista.
Conversely, the district of Vila Jaguara, to the northwest of the city center, has recorded more than 9,650 dengue cases per 100,000 residents.
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