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2. Amazon rubber cycle - Wikipedia

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   The Amazon rubber cycle or boom (Portuguese: Ciclo da borracha, Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsiklu da buˈʁaʃɐ]; Spanish: Fiebre del caucho, pronounced [ˈfjeβɾe ðel ˈkawtʃo]) was an important part of the socioeconomic history of Brazil and Amazonian regions of neighboring countries, being related to the commercialization of rubber and the genocide of indigenous peoples.

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   Here are some of the highest-paying jobs currently being advertised by Texas state agencies, according to postings on the state Workforce Solutions Office website. Each job differs in required ...

4. Category:Plantations in Texas - Wikipedia

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   Sugar plantations in Texas (5 P) Pages in category "Plantations in Texas" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

5. Federal department slashes millions in contracts, including ...

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   The Agriculture Department also cut $277 million for media contracts, including subscriptions to POLITICO Pro, a news and information service that offers resources such as tracking legislation.

6. Casa-grande - Wikipedia

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   The casa-grande (Portuguese and Spanish: "big house") was the Brazilian equivalent of a Southern plantation in the United States. These casas-grandes were predominantly located in the northeast of Brazil (areas such as present day Bahia and Pernambuco). Additionally, sugar cane was grown in the interior, in the states of São Paulo and Rio de ...

7. A colony of 300,000 bats call this Texas bridge home

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   They’re also called Brazilian free-tailed bats in other parts of the country. And they eat primarily moths but they’ll eat other types of insects. And this particular colony can eat three tons ...

8. Belterra, Pará - Wikipedia

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   Ford sold it to the Brazilian government, which is still running the plantation under EMBRAPA. Today, the area of the plantation is some 10–20 km 2 (3.9–7.7 sq mi) covered extensively with mainly old rubber trees. It still gives the impression of a plantation with some 1000 - 2000 inhabitants (mainly plantation workers and their families).

9. History of Acre - Wikipedia

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   From the rubber plantation emerged the human figure of the rubber tapper (seringueiro). The work relations followed a patriarchal system: [22] The seringueiro-patrão ("rubber-patron") was the beneficiary of the credit from the casa aviadora, and the seringueiro-extrator ("rubber extractor") the one who received the credit from the patron. [22]