The Brazilian history… good starters are this and this book. On the latter one: if Brazil is thriving today, this is mainly thanks to Lula reaping the fruits of Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s work as Brazil’s Finance Minister in the early 90s and then as president from 1995 to 2002.
Interesting is the below video on the expansion on Brazil’s territory from 1700 to today. Two main points of interest:
1811:
Expansion of Brazil to the South. Until then Porto Alegre and Florianopolis were “Spanish territory”
1821:
Further expansion Southwards, all down to the Rio de la Plata.
1828:
Uruguay
1839:
Juliana Republic and Riograndense Republic
1862:
Riograndense Republic abolished
Since the bite into Bolivia (treaty of Petropolis) in 1903, the Brazilian territory hasn’t changed.
Despite the many changes, Brazil hasn’t know any real wars worth the name, except for the “small troubles” down South in the early 19th century.
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