View of the Atlantic

Salvador de Bahia & Fortaleza, Brazil

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March 3rd 2010
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil and Fortaleza, Brazil February 25 and 28, 2010 There was great similarity between these two Brazilian cities. Both are coastal commercial cities with between two and three million people. Both were colonized by the Portuguese who were in search of the sugar cane, rubber and gems in the area. Today both struggle with the challenges of any big city in the world. T ... read more

South America » Brazil

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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