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Fabio Leite - Brazil, Syncretism and Being All Things at Once | WAWTAR #125

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Brazil's Independence Is Not Against Monarchy

Brazil's independence was not against monarchy, it was to defend monarchy. King John saw what was happening in Europe and he said, you know what, Europe is lost. So his plan is, let's protect the old world by taking it to South America. And so Rio de Janeiro was the capital of a global European Empire. But Brazil had to go back to a colony status and lose everything.

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