Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
On the night of 18 September 1835, at a meeting attended by José Mariano de Mattos (a separatist politician), Gomes Jardim (cousin of Bento Gonçalves and future president of the Riograndense Republic), Antônio Vicente da Fontoura (an anti-separatist liberal), Pedro Boticário, Paulino da Fontoura (politician and brother of Vicente da Fontoura), Antônio de Sousa Neto (a loyalist at the time ...
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.
The Atlanta Hawks have been fined $100,000 by the NBA for violating the league's player participation policy. The league handed down the fine after finding that the Hawks held star guard Trae ...
Country. Average annual hours worked in 2006. Percentage decrease since 1980. United States. 1804. 0.8. Canada. 1766. 2.3. Japan. 1784. 15.9. South Korea. 2305. 19.9
Jim Carrey isn't swearing off acting for good.. The actor returns to the big screen in the new sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 3 after previously saying in 2022 that he was "being fairly serious" about ...
Burger King is decking the halls with deals after Christmas.. The fast food chain has celebrated the holidays all month long and has saved some of its best deals for the end of the year. Burger ...