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Brazilians In French Guiana
Brazilians in France number approximately 153,700 and form the largest immigrant group from Latin America in France. Nearly half of them live in French Guiana, including many who have crossed the border illegally. History Background The ancestral origins of the Brazilian nation show recent ancestors of generations predominantly as Italians and Portuguese, but with strong African, Spanish, Japanese, German, British, French, Native American, Slavic and Semitic components, making most Brazilians able to join the European Union. However, they faced very different legal circumstances that Portugal and Italy had long before they joined the EU migration policy, thousands of people a day come to the consulates of Portugal to process the new nationality or obtain a visa; nevertheless, they are not the most numerous among Latin American immigrants in Europe. Demographics The 2012 Census recorded 64,622 Brazilian-born people. Notable people See also * Brazil–France relatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of External Relations (Brazil)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE; pt, Ministério das Relações Exteriores, links=no; literally: ''Ministry of External Relations'') conducts Brazil's foreign relations with other countries. It is commonly referred to in Brazilian media and diplomatic jargon as Itamaraty, after the palace which houses the ministry (originally in Rio de Janeiro, and currently in a second location which also bears this name in Brasília). Since 29 March 2021, the minister responsible is Carlos Alberto França. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs operates the Rio Branco Institute and the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation. History There were three relevant moments that defined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the institution that would later be established. The first was the signature of the 1750 Spanish–Portuguese treaty, which re-established the borders set in the Treaty of Tordesillas. This moment was not a foreign issue policy of Brazil per se, but was instead a pursuit of interests by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress and dancer. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, a Cannes Film Festival Award, Volpi Cup and a César Award. Binoche began taking acting lessons during adolescence and, after performing in several stage productions, was cast in different films. During the 2000s, she maintained an international career, alternating between French and English language roles in both mainstream and art-house productions. In 2010, she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Abbas Kiarostami's ''Certified Copy'', making her the first actress to win the European "Best Actress Triple Crown" (for winning awards at the Berlin, Cannes, and Venice film festivals). Throughout her career, Binoche has intermittently appeared on stage, most notably in a 1998 London production of Luigi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lota De Macedo Soares
Maria Carlota "Lota" Costallat de Macedo Soares (16 March 1910 – 25 September 1967) was a well-connected Brazilian woman who became a well-known landscape designer and architect. Despite not having a degree in either area, she was invited by governor Carlos Lacerda to design and oversee the construction of Flamengo Park in Rio de Janeiro. She was born in Paris, France into a prominent political family from Rio de Janeiro. Biography Lota, as she was known, had a relationship with the American poet Elizabeth Bishop from 1951 to 1967. Bishop dedicated her 1965 volume of poems ''Questions of Travel'' to her. Their relationship is depicted in the Brazilian film '' Reaching for the Moon'', based on the book ''Flores Raras e Banalíssimas'' (in English, ''Rare and Commonplace Flowers)'', by Carmen Lucia de Oliveira, as well as in the book ''The More I Owe You'', by American author Michael Sledge. In 1967, Soares joined Bishop in New York City after a period of extensive hospitali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Do Rio Branco
Paulo Agenor do Rio Branco da Silva Paranhos (Paris, July 10, 1876 – Paris, February 17, 1927) was a French-born Brazilian rugby union player. He was the son of the Baron of Rio Branco and Marie Philomène Stevens (dancer of Belgian origin). He studied Medicine in Paris, where he settled, becoming a surgeon. He was the first Brazilian rugby union player of international level, and became a celebrity in France. He first played as a hooker, but later moved to fullback. Rio Branco was one of the best players for the legendary French team of Stade Français, winning six titles of National Champion, in 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898 and 1901. He was also twice vice champion, in 1896 and 1899. A dual French and Brazilian citizen, he played for France in unofficial matches. He served as a volunteer at World War I, as a civilian physician for the French-Brazilian hospital, depending from the Red Cross. He became a knight of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Peretti
Marie Anne Antoinette Hélène Peretti (born December 13, 1927) is a French-Brazilian artist. Biography Peretti was born in Paris. Her mother was the French model Antoinette Louise Clotilde Ruffier and her father was João de Medeiros Peretti, a Brazilian historian. In France, Peretti studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Still in France, she illustrated various books and magazines and made her first exposition. Peretti has lived in Brazil since 1953, when she moved to São Paulo. There, she won the award of best book cover at the São Paulo Art Biennial. Since then, she made various independent expositions and worked with various architects. Main works There are several Peretti works in various cities. In Brasília, she designed the stained glasses of the Cathedral of Brasília, Panteão da Pátria, Palace of the Jaburu, Chamber of Deputies of Brazil and Federal Senate of Brazil, Superior Court of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliana Carneiro Da Cunha
Juliana Carneiro da Cunha (born January 19, 1949) is a French-Brazilian actress and dancer. She has worked at the Théâtre du Soleil in Paris since 1990. Biography In Europe, Juliana Carneiro da Cunha worked with Maurice Bejart, Maguy Marin and Ariane Mnouchkine. Since 1990, she is part of the Théâtre du Soleil group, directed by Ariane Mnouchkine, with whom she developed a lasting relationship. She was recognized in Brazilian cinema for her award-winning performance in the film To the Left of the Father (2001), directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, in which she plays the mother of André (Selton Mello), the prodigal son who returns to the house and finally shakes the foundations of the family of Lebanese origin. Her most recent cinematographic work is The Venom of the Madrugada (2004), directed by Ruy Guerra, where she works alongside Leonardo Medeiros, with whom she also worked in Lavoura Arcaica. Carneiro da Cunha has also recently appeared in Brazilian television in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Avila
Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo (born 29 June 1979) is a Brazilian and naturalized French mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such an award. He has been a researcher at both the IMPA and the CNRS (working a half-year in each one). He has been a professor at the University of Zurich since September 2018. Biography At the age of 16, Avila won a gold medal at the 1995 International Mathematical Olympiad and received a scholarship for the Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) to start a M.S. degree while still attending high school in Colégio de São Bento and Colégio Santo Agostinho in Rio de Janeiro. He completed his M.S. degree in 1997. Later he enrolled in the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), earning his B.S in mathematics. At the age of 19, Avila began writing his doctoral thesis on the the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisca Of Brazil
Dona Francisca (2 August 1824 – 27 March 1898) was a princess of the Empire of Brazil (as daughter of Emperor Dom Pedro I, who also reigned as King Dom Pedro IV of Portugal, and his wife Maria Leopoldina of Habsburg), who became Princess of Joinville upon marrying François d’Orléans, son of the French king Louis Philippe I. The couple had three children. Through their oldest daughter, Francisca and François are the ancestors of Jean, Count of Paris, the present Orléanist pretender to the French throne. Biography Francisca was born on 2 August 1824 in the Palace of São Cristóvão, in Rio de Janeiro, capital of the Empire of Brazil. Her name in full was Francisca Carolina Joana Carlota Leopoldina Romana Xavier de Paula Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga. Through her father, Emperor Dom Pedro I, she was a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza (Portuguese: ''Bragança'') and was referred to using the honorific "Dona" (Lady) from birth. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Januária Of Brazil
(''The Queen of the Beautiful Waters'') , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = File:Bandeira de Januária.jpg , image_seal = File:Brasão de Januária.jpg , image_map = Image:MinasGerais Municip Januaria.svg , mapsize = , map_caption = Location in Brazil , pushpin_map = Brazil , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_name1 = Southeast , subdivision_type1 = Region , subdivision_type2 = State , subdivision_name2 = Minas Gerais , subdivision_type3 = Mesoregion , subdivision_name3 = North of Minas Gerais , subdivision_type4 = Microregion , subdivision_name4 = Januária , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Manoel Jorge de Castro , established_title = Founded , established_date = October 7, 1860 , established_title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louane (singer)
Anne Peichert (; born 26 November 1996), known by her stage name Louane Emera () or simply Louane, is a French singer and actress. She is best known for being a semi-finalist in the The Voice: la plus belle voix (season 2), 2013 season of ''The Voice: la plus belle voix'' in France with Louis Bertignac as a coach. She was cast in the 2014 film ''La Famille Bélier'', for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Early life Anne Peichert grew up in the French department of Pas-de-Calais, with her four sisters and her only brother Bach. Louane's father, Jean-Pierre Peichert, was French, son of a Polish mother and German father. Her mother, Isabel Pinto dos Santos, was Portuguese, the daughter of a Portuguese father and a Brazilian mother. In 2008, Louane Emera took part in ''L'École des stars'', a French music competition broadcast on channel Direct 8. Louane is an orphan - her rendition of "Imagine (John Lennon song), Imagine" was dedicated to her father who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Antônio Gastão Of Orléans-Braganza
Captain Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza MC ( pt, Antônio Gastão de Orléans e Bragança; 9 August 1881 – 29 November 1918) was a Brazilian prince who served in the forces of the British Empire during World War I. Life Antônio was born in Paris, the third and last son of Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and her husband Gaston of Orléans, count of Eu. His father was a grandson of the last king of France, Louis Philippe I, and his mother was the eldest daughter and heir of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. He was baptised on 27 August 1881. His full name was Antônio Gastão Luiz Filipe Francisco de Assis Maria Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga; his family affectionately called him "Totó". After his grandfather was deposed in a military coup in Brazil, he and his family were sent into exile in Europe. As a child he was chronically sick with bronchitis. He was educated in Paris, and at the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. After graduation, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luiz Of Orléans-Braganza
Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (6 June 1938 – 15 July 2022) was the head of the Brazilian imperial family#The Vassouras line, Vassouras branch of the House of Orléans-Braganza and a claimant to the defunct Brazilian throne. The Vassouras branch claims the throne in opposition to the Petrópolis branch of the Orléans-Braganzas, headed by Pedro Carlos Orléans-Braganza. Although Luiz and Pedro Carlos respectively were and are great-grandchildren of Princess Isabel (daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, D. Pedro II), of the House of Braganza, they disputed leadership over the Brazilian Imperial Family due to a dynastic dispute concerning their fathers, who were cousins. Luiz actively claimed the defunct throne and participated in matters concerning Brazil's imperial past. Early life Luiz Gastão Maria José Pio [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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