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    Costa, from Salvador, was a naval engineer, and his mother Alina Ferreira da Costa, was from Manaus. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle...
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    José Sarney de Araújo Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ saʁˈnej dʒi aɾaˈuʒu ˈkɔstɐ]; born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa; 24 April 1930) is...
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    Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa ([ɡaw ˈkɔs ta]...
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    It Was"), "Maria, Maria", "Canção da América" ("Song from America"/"Unencounter"), "Travessia" ("Bridges"), "Bailes da Vida", and "Coração de Estudante"...
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    História Contemporânea do Brasil. Retrieved 12 May 2024. Ramos, Plínio de Abreu; Costa, Marcelo. "FIGUEIREDO, João Batista". Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação...
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    1936) is a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Lagoa da Canoa, Alagoas, Brazil. Pascoal is best known in Brazilian music for his orchestration...
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    Pio Soares Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho Piauí:...
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    Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias (from 12 September) Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado...
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    15 March) Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti (from 15 March) Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa (until 15 March) Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza (from 15 March)...
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    Pio Soares Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho Piauí:...
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    Pio Soares Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho Piauí:...
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    Clarice, uma vida que se conta (in Portuguese), São Paulo, Ática, 1995; Ferreira, Teresa Cristina Montero, Eu sou uma pergunta (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro...
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    31 January) Antônio Juarez Farias (from 31 January) Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Vacant Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida Rio de Janeiro:...
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    Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃du mejˈɾɛlis]; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best...
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    political movement in Brazil, created in October 1932. Founded and led by Plínio Salgado, a literary figure somewhat famous for his participation in the...
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    Brazil. He was the seventh of eight children of Aristides Inácio da Silva and Eurídice Ferreira de Melo, farmers who had experienced famine in one of the poorest...
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    Affonso Arinos de Mello Franco. Fernanda Montenegro was born as Arlette Pinheiro Esteves da Silva, the daughter of Vitório Esteves da Silva, a mechanic of...
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    spirit of these early Miranda films. The 1939 musical Banana da Terra (directed by Ruy Costa) gave the world her "Baiana" image, inspired by Afro-Brazilians...
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    censurado, Plínio Marcos também foi repórter". tab.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-03-31. "Folha de S.Paulo - Especial - Plínio Marcos"...
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    Franco Fontana (born 9 December 1933) is an Italian photographer. He is best known for his abstract colour landscapes. Franco Fontana was born in 1933...
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  • Schiavo - Leandro Eduardo Di Tarso - Leonardo Geraldo Peninha - Avelino da Costa Eliene Narducci - Dona Carmem Camila Capucci - Anália Maria de Souza Ana...
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    Paulinho da Viola (born Paulo César Batista de Faria on 12 November 1942) (Portuguese pronunciation: [pawˈlĩɲu daviˈɔlɐ]) is a Brazilian sambista, singer-songwriter...
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    comic books named "Turma da Mônica" or "Monica and Friends". At 17 years of age, he worked for a daily newspaper called Folha da Manhã as a crime reporter...
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    television show that was a success. About the same time he bought the company (Baú da Felicidade pt) and in a short time expanded the leading brand of the group...
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  • political theorist Plínio Salgado (1901–1975) politician Raymundo Faoro (1925–2003) sociologist Rinaldo de Lamare (1910–2002) physician Roberto da Matta (born...
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    Martinho da Vila (born February 12, 1938) is a Brazilian singer and composer who is considered to be one of the main representatives of samba and MPB....
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  • Silvino Pedro Cardoso Pedro Neschling Perry Salles Petrônio Gontijo Piolin Plínio Marcos Rafael Almeida Rafael Baronesi Rafael Cardoso Rafael L. Silva Raul...
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    That same year, Bethânia and her sister met singers Gilberto Gil and Gal Costa; Caetano had been invited to put on an MPB show to inaugurate the Teatro...
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    Vaughan, Diane Schuur, Sting, Barbra Streisand, Take 6, Toots Thielemans, Dan Costa (musician) and Nancy Wilson. Ivan Lins was born in Ituverava - São Paulo...
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    Jyväskylä, Finland: Sportti Kustannus / Publishing Ltd. "Carlos Lopes - O Homem da Maratona - Documentários - RTP". www.rtp.pt. Retrieved 3 March 2024. Wunsche...
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