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Building of Brasilia
In 1960, Brazil opened a new capital city in its remote central plains.
The city was designed by modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer and was supposed t…
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The murder that shocked Brazil
In 2002, an investigative journalist called Tim Lopes was brutally killed by a drug gang in Rio de Janeiro. The murder sent shockwaves throughout Bra…
4 years ago
Doomed hero of Brazilian democracy
In March 1985, Brazil experienced the most traumatic moment in its transition to democracy when the first civilian president-elect in more than 20 ye…
4 years ago
Mikhail Gorbachev: Release of Irina Ratushinskaya
Mikhail Gorbachev - the last leader of the Soviet Union - has died aged 91. On the eve of an important summit on nuclear disarmament between the Sovi…
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Mikhail Gorbachev: Perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died aged 91.
Gorbachev came to power in 1985 at a time when the Soviet economy was on th…
4 years ago
Princess Diana dances with John Travolta
It's the 25th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash in an underground tunnel in central Paris on the 31st August …
4 years ago