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The farrapos were divided into two large groups or parties. The one is known as "Majority", which presented more radical ideas and had as main names: Bento Gonçalves da Silva, Domingos José de Almeida, Mariano de Matos, Antonio de Souza Neto, and Gomes Jardim. The other group was called the "Minority".
All of those who revolted against the imperial government were called Ragamuffins (Portuguese: Farrapos). In 1832, the Ragamuffin Party was founded by Lieutenant Luís José dos Reis Alpoim, deported from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre. The group used to meet at Major João Manuel de Lima e Silva's house.
Farrapos (meaning Ragamuffins in English, in allusion to the Ragamuffin War) is a neighbourhood (bairro) in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 6218 from November 17, 1988.
2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine It is announced that the referendums on the entry of the Luhansk People's Republic , the Donetsk People's Republic , and the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts into Russia as federal subjects will be held from September 23 to 27.
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The so-called "blood tribute" (Portuguese: tributo de sangue) was how forced recruitment into the Brazilian Armed Forces was known until the introduction of mandatory military service based on the Sortition Law in 1916.