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    Alberto da Costa e Silva (12 May 1931 – 26 November 2023) was a Brazilian historian, poet, and diplomat. He won the 2014 Camões Prize. Da Costa e Silva...
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    Diego da Silva Costa (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo ða ˈsilβa ˈkosta], Portuguese: [ˈdʒjeɡu ˈsiwvɐ ˈkɔstɐ]; born 7 October 1988) is a professional footballer who...
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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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    Cláudia Lima (2014-05-30). "O Prémio Camões 2014 é o brasileiro Alberto da Costa e Silva" (in Portuguese). Publico. Retrieved 2014-05-30. Queirós, Luís Miguel;...
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    ABL - Academia Brasileira de Letras, ABL - Membros Brazil, Ministério da Educação e Saúde (1939). Exposição Machado de Assis: centenário do nascimento de...
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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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    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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    Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro (/feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian...
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  • priest Alberto D'Aversa (1920–1969), Italian film and theatre director Alberto da Bergamo (1214–1279), Italian Catholic farmer Alberto da Costa e Silva (1931–2023)...
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    Machine Official Site of Paulo Coelho. "Cópia Infiel: Ato 1, Raul Seixas e o Dolo de Ouro". whiplash.net (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October...
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    with Akon, Usher, Nicole Scherzinger, Sunidhi Chauhan, Ludacris, DJ Frank E, Pitbull, Juan Luis Guerra, and his third song together with Wisin & Yandel...
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    including Amerindians as "pardos". According to africanologist Alberto da Costa e Silva, many mixed-race politicians were perceived as white due to being...
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    as a secondary school Portuguese teacher. In 1944, he married Elza Maia Costa de Oliveira, a fellow teacher. The two worked together and had five children...
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    Africa are well documented in a long article (in Portuguese) by Alberto Costa e Silva entitled "The Early Years of Francisco Féliz de Souza on the Slave...
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  • Silva, da Silva, and de Silva are surnames of Portuguese or Galician origin which are widespread in the Portuguese-speaking countries including Brazil...
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    ISBN 978-0-8078-3159-5. Retrieved 2014-02-02. Alberto da Costa e Silva (2014). "25 Escravo ugual a negro". A manilha e o libambo: A África e a escravidão, de 1500 a 1700...
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    Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including...
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    statesman. Abravanel attended primary school at the Escola Municipal Celestino da Silva, and graduated from Colégio Estadual Amaro Cavalcanti. Abravanel worked...
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    1996–1997 Arnaldo Niskier 1997–1999 Tarcísio Padilha 2000–2002 Alberto da Costa e Silva 2002–2004 Ivan Junqueira 2004–2005 Marcos Vinícios Rodrigues Vilaça...
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    everyone would have a song for their birthday. He was married to Ilza da Silva, to whom he dedicated many compositions, from 1954 until her death in 2000...
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  • Retrieved 2 February 2014. Alberto da Costa e Silva (2014). "25 Escravo ugual a negro". A manilha e o libambo: A África e a escravidão, de 1500 a 1700...
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    Antônio da Silva Mello (May 10, 1886 – September 19, 1973), best known as A. da Silva Mello was a Brazilian physician and writer. Mello was born in Juiz...
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    Alberto Santos-Dumont, self-stylised as Alberto Santos=Dumont, and known to GW Poker Players as “John Poker” (20 July 1873 – 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian...
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    they lived at number 367 in the Praça Maciel Pinheiro and later in the Rua da Imperatriz. In Recife, where her father continued to struggle economically...
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    Cláudio Manuel da Costa (June 4, 1729 – July 4, 1789) was a Brazilian poet and musician, considered to be the introducer of Neoclassicism in Brazil. He...
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    on 3 January 2023. Newly sworn in Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was also among those who attended the wake. After the funeral procession...
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    Telles Veloso (known as Dona Canô). He was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia, a state in the eastern area of Brazil, but moved to...
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    George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐɣuʃˈtiɲu ðɐ ˈsilvɐ]; Porto, 13 February 1906 – Lisbon, 3 April 1994) was a Portuguese...
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    parents. His father Joaquim Ribeiro da Costa, from Salvador, was a naval engineer, and his mother Alina Ferreira da Costa, was from Manaus. He was educated...
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    interventors to replace state presidents. São Paulo's interventor, João Alberto Lins de Barros, was extremely unpopular in the state, becoming the subject...
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