Recent content by Lecen

I'd like to remember that Vargas was not the main cause of Brazilian industrialization. This is historical/political propaganda. Brazil's industrialization was a slow and steady process. It has no single person behind it. Getúlio Vargas is one of the worst possible Brazilians that could be...

I was playing CIV IV: Colonization and I wondered why the producers never made a spin-off, stand-alone or mod based on the 19th century. It could start in 1815 and go up to 1914 or 1918. It would be great to see civilizations and leaders such as Autria (Franz Joseph), Britan (Victoria), USA...

The Portuguese leader will be either Prince Henrique or some king from the times of the great navigations (João II or João III). However, I'd le to see: 1) Dom João I 2) Dom Sebastião I 3) Dom Pedro IV (Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro I) 4) (Perhaps) Dom João V Maria II could be the leader...

A person born in Scotland is British, not English. The name "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" means something to you?

Maria II was Portuguese. Pedro II was Brazilian. "But they shared the same parentes and were both born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!" Yes, but Maria II was born in Rio when the city was considered Portuguese soil, regardless if there was a Kingdom of Brazil. Whoever was born there was not regarded...

Then you met people with no knowledge of their countries' history. You should be embarassed of that, not boasting it in here. Brazil did not buy its independence nor was a deal between father and son. Such a simplistic view of how nations ignores that each had to deal with forces of pressure...

Brazil had a major war of Independence, with more troops mobilized than South American Hispanic colonies. It's importante to remember that Brazilian-born and Portuguese-born fought on both sides. The war had four fronts: The Southeastern front: 8,000 Portuguese were surrounded by 10,000...

It should have been Brasília.

She was Portuguese.

You pronounce the word "c" as in the English word "Savior" or "Sentient".

So you that Brazil is only good to win one type of victory? How boring could that be? "

Because their official name was Força Expedicionária Brasileira (Brazilian Expeditionary Force) and they were called "Expedicionários" (Expeditionaries). Check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Expeditionary_Force_(FEB) The Developers opted for the popular name.

Actually, he got involved a lot. Pedro II was a central piece in Brazilian national politics. That's how he managed to start the slavery abolitionist movement.

Well, it seems everyone was wrong after all. According to na website the Brazilian UU will be the Pracinhas (literally "Little soldiers"). "Pracinha" (in the singular) was the name given to every Brazilian soldier who fought in World War II (Brazil fought in Italy against Nazi Germany)...

Actually, the overly dark scenario isn't wrong at all. According to a French envoy who met Pedro II in 1869: "My meetings take place in a little study, the emperor before his desk, loaded with books, and I beside him, seated on a chair and leaning on the table; in front of us is a querosene...