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  2. Gold mining in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Gold mining in Brazil has taken place continually in the Amazon since the 1690s, and has been important to the economies of Brazil and surrounding countries. In the late 17th century, amid the search for indigenous people to use in the slave trade , Portuguese colonists began to recognize the abundance of gold in the Amazon, triggering what ...

  3. Brazilian Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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    The gold rush opened up the major gold-producing area of Ouro Preto (Portuguese for black gold), then known as Vila Rica. [1] Eventually, the Brazilian Gold Rush created the world's longest gold rush period and the largest gold mines in South America. The rush began when bandeirantes discovered large gold deposits in the mountains of Minas ...

  4. Mining in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, Brazil's figures were as follows: it was the world's largest producer of niobium (88.9 thousand tons); [2] the 2nd largest world producer of tantalum (430 tons); [3] the 2nd largest world producer of iron ore (405 million tons); [4] the 4th largest world producer of manganese (1.74 million tons); [5] the 4th largest world producer of bauxite (34 million tons); [6] the 4th largest ...

  5. History of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Brazil's territorial dimension as a nation was achieved before the independence by the Portuguese-Brazilian monarchy (House of Bragança) in 1822, with later some territorial expansion and disputes with neighbouring Spanish ex-colonies, making Brazil the largest contiguous territory in the Americas today. It is worth noting that before the ...

  6. TV Globo Rio - Wikipedia

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    Later that day, TV Globo premiered its first teledramaturgy work, Rua da Matriz, at 7pm, which brought the novelty of presenting complete stories in five chapters, shown from Monday to Friday, with a hitherto unknown cast from TV Globo. television audience, among others Lafayette Galvão, Iracema de Alencar, Milton Gonçalves and the direction ...

  7. Channel 4 News - Wikipedia

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    Channel 4 News is the name of Channel 4's main evening news programme.. The editor is Esme Wren, appointed in 2022. [1] The programme is presented by Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman, Matt Frei, Jackie Long and Fatima Manji and is on the air Monday to Thursday from 7:00 to 7:55 pm, Friday from 7:00 to 7:30 pm, and at variable times at weekends.

  8. List of television stations in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    www.band.com.br /tv /bahia / ZYA 297 TV Bandeirantes Bahia Salvador — 07 Rádio e Televisão Bandeirantes da Bahia Ltda. — 6 kW www.band.com.br /tv /bahia / ZYA 300 Record Cabrália: Itabuna: 07 17 TV Cabrália Ltda. 6 kW noticias.r7.com /bahia / ZYA 311 CNT Bahia

  9. Channel 4 - Wikipedia

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    Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.It is publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded entirely by its commercial activities, including advertising. [1]