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Júlio Cesar De Arruda
Júlio Cesar de Arruda (born 9 January 1959) is a general in the Brazilian Army. He has served as chief of the army's Department of Engineering and Construction. He was the commander of the Brazilian Army from 30 December 2022 to 21 January 2023. Biography Arruda was born on 9 January 1959 in Cuiabá. He joined the army in 1975. Two years later, he joined the ''Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras''. In his military career, he served in engineering units in Itajubá, Rio de Janeiro, Cuiabá, and Brasília. As lieutenant colonel, he advised the Institutional Security Bureau of the Presidency of the Republic (2000–01) and commanded the 1st Battalion of Special Forces in Goiânia, in the (2005–06). With the rank of colonel, he was a commander at the in Salvador and taught at the in Itajubá, at the , and at the Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército. He was also a military observer for the United Nations Angola Verification Mission II and an advisor for the Brazilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army General
Army general or General of the army is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System. Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime. In countries that adopt the general officer four-rank system, it is the rank of a general commanding a field army. However, in some countries such as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, which have adopted the three-rank system, the rank of army general is immediately above that of divisional general. As such, it is the rank of commander of an army corps or larger formations. The equivalent position in the Commonwealth, U.S., and several other countries is simply general, four-star rank, or informally " full general". Country specific Army general ranks by country * Army general (France) * Army general (East Germany) * Army general (Russia) ** Army general (Soviet Union) * Army general (Vietnam) * Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) *General of the Army (United States) Army generals' army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1º Batalhão De Forças Especiais
The 1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais (1º B F Esp) (English: 1st Special Forces Battalion), also named António Dias Cardoso Battalion, is a special forces unit of the Brazilian Army. History The Battalion was initially formed in 1957 as a jungle rescue unit. However, in 1968 it was reorganized as a special forces unit. In 1983 the unit was expanded and placed under the parachute infantry brigade structure. In 1991, elements of the 1st BFEsp along with participated in Operation Traira, an action taken by the Brazilian Army in response to an attack made in February by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia against a semi-permanent army position in the Taraíra River. BFEsp soldiers killed seven FARC soldiers, imprisoned an unspecified amount and recovered military equipment stolen during the original February 1991 ambush. In November 1991, this operation was followed by operation Perro Loco, intended to dissuade FARC activity on the Brazilian side of the border. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flávio Dino
Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa (born 30 April 1968) is a Brazilian attorney-at-law, attorney, Supreme Court Justice, politician and professor. A former federal judge, Dino was elected to the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies in 2006 under the Communist Party of Brazil, Communist Party banner, serving a four-year term until 2011, representing the state of Maranhão. He was elected as the governor of Maranhão after running in the 2014 election. He became the governor of Maranhão on 1 January 2015. He was reelected in 2018. In 2021, Dino left the Communist Party to join the Brazilian Socialist Party, Socialist Party, and was appointed Minister of Justice by President Lula. Dino also served 3 years as president of Embratur, a federal agency promoting Brazilian tourism, between his legislative term and gubernatorial term. Dino was considered a leading left-wing candidate in the 2022 Brazilian general election, 2022 presidential election but chose to forgo a candidacy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Justice And Public Security (Brazil)
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security (), previously known as Ministry of Justice () and Ministry of Justice and Citizenship (), is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The current minister is Ricardo Lewandowski. Divisions and programs *The Brazilian National Archives. *The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), which regulates economic power and its abuse. *The Brazilian advisory rating system (ClassInd), which establishes the ratings for movies, TV shows, and video games within Brazil. *The Federal Police of Brazil, which provides law enforcement of federal laws, acting as a Federal Judicial Police. It has juristicion in interstate and/or international cases, acting in cooperation with a US federal law enforcement agency, for example: the FBI and the DEA. *The Federal Highway Police (DPRF), which provides the law enforcement of the federal highways. *The Federal Railroad Police (PFF), which provides the law enforcement of the federal railroads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Brazilian General Election
General elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 to elect the President of Brazil, president, Vice President of Brazil, vice president, the National Congress of Brazil, National Congress, the 2022 Brazilian gubernatorial elections, governors, vice governors, and Legislative Assemblies of Brazilian states, legislative assemblies of all Federative units of Brazil, federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha. As no candidate for president (and also for governor in some states) received more than half of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election for these offices was held on 30 October. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the majority of the votes in the second round and was elected President of Brazil for a third, non-consecutive term. Incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro was seeking a second term. He had been elected in 2018 Brazilian general election, 2018 as the candidate of the Social Liberal Party (Brazil), Social Liberal Party but left th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praça Dos Três Poderes
Praça dos Três Poderes () or Three Powers Plaza (more idiomatically ''Three Branches Plaza'') is a plaza in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. The name is derived from the presence of the three branches of government around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto (presidential office); the Legislative represented by the National Congress of Brazil; and the Judiciary, represented by the Supreme Federal Court. The plaza was designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer as a place where the three powers would meet harmoniously. It is now also a tourist attraction. The plaza is home to the largest flag in the world to be flown regularly (in this case, continuously). The Brazilian flag hoisted weighs about 600 kilograms (1300 pounds) and has never been taken down (not counting monthly replacements) since the capital was inaugurated on 21 April 1960. The flag is changed monthly in the presence of Presidential Guard Battalion, Independence Dragoons, other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Brazilian Congress Attack
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Múcio Monteiro
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
