The sleeping room

Leaving Joinville

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July 6th 2008
Hi Yesterday we left Joinville for Sao Paulo. I will then be working in SP for the remaining of my internship. A few words about the place I have been working in over the last few months. Joinville is a peaceful small city of about 500.000 inhabitants. It is in the southern part of Brazil where people are mainly of European decendant. In order to establish the control over this par ... read more

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more