The promotion of European immigration was linked to the idea of ‘whitening the Brazilian population’, say historians
Dominga Menezes was only 12 years old when she danced for a dictator.
It was 25 July 1974, and São Leopoldo, a medium-sized city in Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, was celebrating both the anniversary of its founding and 150 years of German immigration to Brazil.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/27/brazil-floods-german-migration-black-indigenous-people
Author : Tiago Rogero in São Leopoldo
Publish date : 2024-06-27 10:30:35
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