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South America's war of the Triple Alliance saw Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay aligned against Paraguay
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After the American Civil War, some Southerners moved to Brazil where the government offered land grants and slavery was still permitted
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May 13th Slavery was abolished in Brazil. Some 4 million slaves had been imported, the most of any nation in the western hemisphere.
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Nov 15th, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Emperor Dom Pedro II was overthrown and military officers established a Republic.
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The 12th of October, the Rio de Janeiro 98-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer was unveiled atop Corcovado Mountain as a belated monument to 100 years of independence from Portugal (1822). It was designed by Brazilian artist Carlos Oswald and French sculptor Paul Landowski.
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Brazillian women got the right to vote Women had long been without many rights until lawyer Berta Lutz organized educated women to campaign for suffrage.
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Aug 22nd, Brazil declared war on the Axis powers. They were the only South American country to send combat troops into Europe.