Brazilball/History

== Pre-colonial history (before the 1500s) ==
 Brazilball was born as many Armendian tribes such as the Tupi-Guaraníball (southern Brazil), Caribball (northern Brazil), and Arawakball and Pano-Tacananballs (western Brazil). There were also the natives of the island of Marajo that had a thriving society from the 800s to the 15th century, as well as the Kuhikugu culture in Mato Grossoball at the Xingu river. The Tupian, Guarani, Pano-Tacanan, Arawakan, and Cariban languages were spoken all around Brazil. All the natives living at the coast lived in peace until 04/22/1500, when Kingdom of Portugalball arrived with Pedro Álvares Cabral and claimed that Brazil was part of Portugalball. Portugalball adopted it, and then, it became Portuguese Brazilball.
== Invasions! (around 1500) ==
The Spanish Empireball saw everything and started trying to negotiate with the Kingdom of Portugalball to get Brazil's guard. However, Kingdom of Portugalball denied, and a tension started between the two Iberian brothers. A war was just a matter of time... But, the two siblings signed a treaty.
 Kingdom of Portugalball and Spanish Empireball signed in 1494 the Treaty of Tordesillas, an agreement to divide the South American territories conquered by the two countries during the relatives navigations,and Braziball's Clay was divided in Portuguese and Spanish control, meanwhile, Brazilball was planting sugar cane with the work of 8ball, its slave.
Meanwhile, in Europe, Dutch Empireball decided to invade Brazilball's clay and take to itself, and took Recifeball and placed the Count Maurice of Nassau in the command of the New Holland colony, but Kingdom of Portugalball invaded the colony's clay and reconquered Recifeball from the Dutch Empireball.
 Franceball also tried to invade Brazilball in Rio de Janeiroball, and Kingdom of Portugalball crushed its too. Kingdom of Portugalball bravely fought to defend its biggest child.
By the end of the seventeenth century, due to colonial competition, Brazilian sugar exports began to decline, but the discovery of gold by the bandeirantes in the 1690s opened a new cycle for the extractive economy of the colony, promoting a gold fever in Brazil, which attracted thousands of new settlers, coming not only from Portugal, but also from other Portuguese colonies around the world
== Hue Independence, or death! (1700–1822) ==
In 1700, Kingdom of Portugalball started to expand the now minor Brazilball's territories. Spanish Empireball didn't care about it, and Brazilball started to get even more huge and rich and around 2 million 8balls were brought over to the Amazon for coffee and cotton. However, many 3balls died as a consequence of the diseases moving over... Eventually, the Treaty of Madrid in 1750 completed this expansion between Brazil and the Spanish viceroyalties.
In the mid of 1800, Franceball was raping everyone in Europe, Kingdom of Portugalball was scared about this, so it fled to its child's clay, and turned it into a United Kingdom with itself (United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarvesball), taking Uruguayball from the Liga de los Pueblos Libresball. However, Brazilball was inspired by the colonies rebelling against their parents after the 1820 Liberal Revolution, so it decided a plan to attack its parent and become a fully independent country.
On January 9, 1822, D. Pedro I (Brazilball's first emperor) received a letter from the courts of Lisbonball, demanding his return to Kingdom of Portugalball. The Portuguese had long insisted on this idea, since they intended to recolonize Brazil, and the presence of Dom Pedro impeded this ideal. However, D. Pedro responded negatively to the calls of Kingdom of Portugalball, who later received a new letter from Kingdom of Portugalball that cancelled the Constituent Assembly and demanded its immediate return to the metropolis. This news reached the hands of D. Pedro I, who it raised its sword and marked the Independence of Brazilball.
In September 7 of 1822, Brazilball got its independence and become an independent kingdom, and in December 1822, with Pedro I's crowning and consecration, the kingdom became the Empire of Brazilball.
The war of independence of Brazilball, initiated throughout this process, spread by the North, Northeast and to the South regions of Brazilball. The last Portugalballs surrendered on March 8, 1824, and independence being recognized by Portugalball on August 29, 1825, in the treaty of Rio de Janeiro.
== Imperial Days (1822 - 1889) ==
In its early days as an independent country, Brazilball was already of stronk, raping a lot of neighbors such as United Provinces of the Río de la Plataball and its son Uruguayball (A.K.A Cisplatinaball), and a lot of rebellious provinces.
In 1825, when Cisplatinaball declared independence (as Banda Orientalball), Brazilball declared war on United Provinces of the Río de la Plataball, starting the Cisplatine War. UKball interrupted and made Cisplatinaball an independent country, and Uruguayball was created. In 1851, it won the Platinean war against Argentine Confederationball.
In the mid of 1864, Paraguayball tried to invade it, Brazilball then, formed an alliance with Argentinaball and Uruguayball, and together they defeated Paraguayball during the Paraguayan War. After this, it became even more stronger, even challenging UKball to another war.
A lot of rebellions occurred inside Brazilball during the period of 1831-1840. The most important were the Cabanagem (1835-1840), the Balaiada (1838-1841),Ragamuffin War (1835-1845), and the Sabinada (1837-1838).
Only after years of commercial and maritime pressure exerted by the UKball under the Bill Aberdeen Act did Brazilball agree to abandon international slave trade in 1850. Despite this it was only in 1888, after a long process of internal mobilization and debate for the moral and legal dismantling of slavery, that it was formally abolished in Brazilball. On May 13, 1888, Princess Isabel, the presumptive heir of the Empire of Brazilball, signed a law that abolished slavery in Brazilball, who was in force for about three centuries, from the beginning of colonization to the signing of this law.
Brazilball had years of glory, and in November 15, 1889 throughout a coup d'état it became the First Brazilian Republic with the (coup d'etat) Proclamation of the Republic.
This was the result of a political-military uprising that started the Presidential Federative Republic. The figure of Marcehal Deodoro da Fonseca is marked as responsible for the effective proclamation and as the first President of the Brazilian Republic in a provisional government (1889-1891).
== First Republic (1889 - 1930) ==
Initially, the republic was a centralized and authoritarian military dictatorship, ruled by the perpetrators of the coup. In 1891, a new constitution created the United States of Brazilball, a democratic state. However, this democracy was just an illusion, like a "oligarchic democracy", as the presidency alternated between rural landowners from São Pauloball and Minas Geraisball. In order to maintain this political scheme, elections were frequently rigged and, in rural areas, people were even forced to vote on a specific candidate. However, after an economic crisis caused by excessive amounts of coffee and popular discontent with the falsified elections, a revolution erupted in the 1920s
In 1896, a conflict started between the state of Brazil and some settlers who had founded a community named "Canudos" in the northeastern state of Bahiaball.
The great ranchers of the region began a strong pressure group with the recently installed Republic, requesting that measures be taken against the community. After a number of unsuccessful attempts at military suppression, it came to a brutal end in October 1897, when a large Brazilian force overran the village and killed nearly all the inhabitants of the region.
In this first period, the new republican country maintained a relative balance in relation to foreign policy, which was only broken by a territorial dispute against Boliviaball over Acreball (1899-1902) and by the country's involvement in World War I (1914-1918).
In the term of the Conservative Rodrigues Alves, Brazilall faced some uprisings, but Alves was a good president. Alves organized major works in the city of Rio de Janeiroball and enjoyed a strong economy. It was during its term that Acreball became part of Brazilball
Another Conservative president, Hermes da Fonseca (nephew of Deodoro da Fonseca) created the "politics of salvation", where it used federal troops to guarantee intervention in the Brazilian stateballs to fignt the oligarchies... but it was unsucessfull. He also faced a wave of workers' strikes in several states. He decreed the State of Siege in the capital (Rio de Janeiroball) as a way of controlling the labor movement and containing the strikes. Hermes da Fonseca also decreed State of Siege in the state of Cearáball. It was a measure to control and weaken the social movement known as Juazeiro's Revolt, which was led by the Catholic Priest Father Cicero.
In the government of Venceslau Brás (successor of Hermes da Fonseca) Brazilball entered World War I, against the Central Powers. Brazilball sent a corps of doctors and an expeditionary group to the war.
The cycle of the First Republic comes to an end with the coup of 1930, when a guy named Getúlio Vargas assumed the presidency.
== Vargas Regime (1930–1945)==
In 1930, after killing some Porpoises in Porpoises Battle in Gibraltar channel in World War I, Brazilball was at war with himself in a revolution, Revolution of 1930, that would depose the original republic, and be replaced with a totalitarian dictatorship led by its newest president Getúlio Vargas.
The elections for the President of the Republic were held. This election gave victory to ruling candidate Julio Prestes. Prestes, however, did not take office. The Liberal Alliance (name given to the allied states of Minas Geraisball, Rio Grande do Sulball and other states) refused to accept the validity of the elections, claiming that the victory of Julio Prestes was due to fraud.
Getúlio Vargas, another candidate, took advantage of this to use it in its favor, blaming the opposition, as well as the economic crisis accentuated by the crisis of 1929; so the indignation increased, and the Brazilian army began to mobilize and formed a governmental board composed of army generals. Julio Prestes was deposed and the power then was passed to Getúlio Vargas putting an end to the Old Republic.
At 1937, Getúlio Vargas installed a totalitarian dictatorship called Estado Novo which ideals were inspired in Fascist Italy.
During World War II, Getúlio Vargas initially adopted a neutral stance, when USAball get into war, they were preocupated of the countries in the rest of Latin America get into Axis, and started the good neighbor policy with all praticaly improving economics and diplomatics relationships and preseting their cultures, especially with Brazil, because the regime was similar to Italy and Germany, but in 1942 shifted to the allied powers after some Brazilian ships were sunk by German and Italian submarines just like World War I. During this time, Brazil contributed to the war effort by accepting USA to construct an Air Bases at the Nordeste region to North Africa Campaing, and at 1944 providing a small expeditionary force to fight in Fascist Italy, fighting with some Nazi Germanyballs too, along with USAball who helped with him with military resources and training. But Brazil surprised the expectations, had an outstanding peformance and some importance on that area in the war.
Many economic changes were done in that era, leading to a development of the economy from Brazilball. Because of the industry development helped by USAball , they created the first steel industry of Brazilball.
== The Fourth Republic (1946–1964) ==
After the end of the war, Getúlio Vargas would not remain in the presidency for too long. He was deposed, and in 1946, democracy returned to Brazilball. This, however, would be Brazilball's most unstable days, with only two of the presidents serving their full terms. Getúlio Vargas attempted to return to power, but committed suicide due to political pressure. Did I mention the killer bee release? Anyway, in 1955, the social-democrat Juscelino Kubitschek was elected president and took office in January 1956, although it faced attempted coups. His government was characterized by the so-called developmentalism, a doctrine that stopped in the technical-industrial advances as supposed evidence of a general advance of the country. The motto of "developmentalism" under Kubitschek was 50 years in 5. In 1960, Kubitschek inaugurated Brasiliaball, Brazilball's current capital.
In 1961, the conservative Jânio Quadros assumed the presidency of the republic, having as vice-president the social-democrat João Goulart (there were elections for president and for vice-president in two different plates).
With the resignation of Quadros on August 29, 1961 and after a period of institutional instability, Goulart assumed the presidency of the country.
== The Military Dictatorship (1964–1985) ==
In its term as vice-president, João Goulart wasn't interested in anything other than in visiting Chinaball for a diplomatic mission, during the middle of the Cold War, plus there were army rebellions happening all the time. São Pauloball and former Guanabaraball (now capital of Rio de Janeiroball) plus civil society got to the streets demanding the deposition of João Goulart. Such popular strata had no effective participation in the overthrow of the government, because the military planned a coup d'état to take place in the first week of april but Minas Geraisball anticipated the coup a week and gone alone with only a few tanks to take power, what could've result in a bath of blood but some say predicted the government self coup that was planned a week after. The government of President João Goulart was deposed and the military regime began a few days later after the parliamentary election of Castello Branco as president.
The military occupied the streets on March 31, 1964. And on April 2 congress deposed João Goulart. After the coupe d'état, the president decided to take refuge in Uruguayball and the next day the military took over the government of the country.
The dictatorship issued many authoritarian institutional acts that strengthened its power, like extending the term of Castelo Branco and closing the parliament, preventing civilian vice president Pedro Aleixo from assuming after the death of Costa Silva (successor of Castelo Branco). The dictatorship also sided with USAball during the Cold War.
Many communists were unsatisfied with the new regime and started numerous guerillas. It was only with the "election" of the last two military presidents, who were also reformists, that democracy began to return gradually to Brazilball. Many of these communists wanted to overthrow the military dictatorship to... implement a communist dictatorship. However, oppression was not limited to those guerrilla rebels, but also reached institutional opponents, artists, journalists and other members of civil society in addition to the military and police themselves who demonstrate that they are not in line with the regime (like Marshal Lott and Lieutenant-Brigadier Rui Moreira Lima) and relatives of political prisoners.
 Brazilballs could no longer vote for president, governor of statesballs or mayors of Brazilian stateballs capitals cityballs, as well they also have the risk of being arrested and tortured without the right to a court (without right to be heard) for simple rumors about the possibility of being communist (even though in reality being a social democrat or a liberal), because for the paranoid military, anyone who was against the regime was a Communist (whether true or not)
Despite its brutality, like other authoritarian regimes, due to an economic boom, known as an "economic miracle", the regime reached a peak in popularity in the early 1970s, although many think that, in the long term, this caused more harm than good to Brazilball.
===Presidency of Geisel===
Each president had their own style to govern but the most excentric one was from the fourth, Geisel, because it was a bit oriented by former dictator Getúlio Vargas ideals. Before taking office as president it worked as the secretary over the Mining and Energy ministry under Emílio Médici, during this when the chance to sell state-run Petrobras fell on its lap, a little before the oil crisis in 1974, it strongly rejected it. This guy became the next president because jobs were pouring in from Médici's term and it was seen as a democratic reformist, congress thought it would give a good candidate against the other candidate from civil party MDB that voted in favour of the military in 1964 and elected again the military guy but by a fair majority (400 votes against 76 its adversary).
The end of the military government culminated with the hyperinflation, and great part of the pharaonic works paralyzed by the interior of Brazil. Because of international economic crises since 1973 (oil crisis), strong Brazilian economic growth was halted, and social pressure increased. Demands of the middle class for greater liberties, for the end of censorship, for amnesty and for control of inflation, were destabilizing the Brazilian government until the end of the decade. The government then struck a slow transmission to democracy. Initiated by President Geisel in 1976, some freedoms were returned to the Brazilian people, but slowly.
===Presidency of Figueiredo===
Army general João Figueiredo was elected by the Brazilian Electoral College in 1979, with the promise of returning democracy to Brazil. In its government, general and unrestricted amnesty to all political exiles was secured, and some political and economic reforms were practiced, such as the return of direct elections to state governors and multiparty parties. However, inflation increased.
Social pressures led by the PMDB (opposition party to the military regime) culminated in 1984, with the Diretas Já movement, a series of popular demonstrations that called for direct elections for president of the republic and an end to military interference in the Brazilian government.
The end of the military dictatorship in Brazilball happened in 1985, stimulated by some movements and inflamed by the great displeasure of the population by the high inflation and recession that the country faced.
This period divide the opnions and have a lot of controversies, because some people love it, another hated it.
== Modern Day (1985–present) ==
Tancredo Neves was the first civilian to be elected in 24 years. He did not take office because it died due to health problems. That is why the vice-president, José Sarney, took office and ruled the country until 1990. On October 5, 1988, a new and current Federal Constitution after the re-democratization was promulgated.
===Collor de Mello and Franco's Presidencies===
The first direct presidential election after 29 years was held on October 15, 1989 (first round) and November 15, 1989 (second round). The Liberal Fernando Collor de Mello from the PRN won the run-off election with 53% of the vote for a five-year term.
Although it had massive support amongst the voters, the administration had a small parliamentary base as Collor's recently founded party had few deputies and no senators and faced fierce opposition from parties that had splintered from the Democratic Alliance: the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), Liberals (PFL), and Social Democrats (Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB).
===Presidency of Fernando Henrique Cardoso===
 PSDB candidate and former Finance Minister, Fernando Henrique Cardoso started its first term on January 1, 1995 and was reelected in 1998 defeating PT candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (twice). President Cardoso sought to establish the basis for long-term stability and growth and to reduce Brazil's extreme socioeconomic imbalances. His proposals to Congress included constitutional amendments to open the Brazilian economy to greater foreign investment and to implement sweeping reforms – including social security, government administration, and taxation – to reduce excessive public sector spending and improve government efficiency.
===First Presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva===
After losing the presidency four times, in 2002, São Pauloball deputy Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (he was born in Pernambucoball, electoral based in São Pauloball) of the Workers' Party (PT... a Social Democratic party) won the presidency with more than 60% of the national vote. In the first months of its term, inflation rose perilously, reflecting the markets' uncertainty about the government's monetary policy. However, the markets' confidence in the government was regained as Lula chose to maintain its predecessor's policies, meaning the continuation of Central Bank's task of keeping inflation down. Since then, the country has undergone considerable economic growth and employment expansion. On the other hand, Lula's mainstream economic policies disappointed its most radical leftist allies, which led to a schism in the PT (Workers' Party) that resulted in the creation of PSOL. The introduction of social programs such as Bolsa Família and Fome Zero were hallmarks of its time in office. As President, Lula played a prominent role in international matters including activities related to the nuclear program of Iranball and global warming, being described as "a man with audacious ambitions to alter the balance of power among nations" After its presidency, Lula was arrested on 7 April 2018 and sentenced to 12 years in prison, having been charged with money laundering and passive corruption. Lula is the fifth President of Brazilball who has ever gone to jail and the first to be arrested for corruption.
===Presidency of Dilma Rousseff and the Impeachment===
On October 31, 2010, Workers' Party candidate and Lula's Chief of Staff, Dilma Rousseff, elected as President of Brazilball. She was the first woman to hold the Brazilian presidency and the first diectly elected female president of Brazilball and the first one to be re-elected. Brazilball became the sixth Latin American countryball to have a female leader and the third South American countryball to have a female leader.
With its term beginning in the January 1, 2011. In its victory speech, Rousseff, who had also been a key member of Lula's administration, made clear that its mission during its term would be to continue its predecessor's policies to mitigate poverty and ensure continued economic growth.
On June 2011, Rousseff announced a program called "Brasilbola Sem Miséria" (Brazilball Without Poverty), with the ambitious goal of drastically reducing absolute poverty in Brazilball by the end of its term. Poverty afflicted 16 million people, a little less than a tenth of the population. The program involved broadening the Bolsa Família social welfare program and creating new job opportunities and establishing professional certification programs. In 2012, another program labeled "Brasilbola Carinhoso" (Tenderful Brazilball) was launched with the objective of providing extra care to all children in Brazilball who lived below the poverty threshold.
In 2014, Rousseff won a second term by a narrow margin against Aécio Neves of PSDB, but failed to prevent its popularity from falling. In June 2015, its approval dropped to less than 10%, after another wave of protests, this time organized by opponents who wanted its out of power, amid revelations that numerous politicians, including some from its party, were being investigated for accepting bribes from the state-owned energy company Petrobras from 2003 to 2010, while it was on the company's board of directors.
On 12 May 2016, the Senate of Brazil suspended Rousseff's powers and duties for up to six months or until the Senate decided whether to remove its from office or to acquit her. Vice-President Michel Temer of Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, assumed its powers and duties as Acting President of Brazil during its suspension. On 31 August 2016, the Senate voted 61–20 to impeach, finding her guilty of breaking budgetary laws and removing its from office.
===Presidency of Michel Temer===
After a process of impeachment opened against Rousseff in late 2015 culminated with its temporarily removed from power in May 12, 2016 with Vice-President Michel Temer (from PMDB ... a Centrist party) assuming temporarily until the final trial was concluded in August 31, 2016, when Rousseff was officially impeached and Temer was sworn President until the end of the term. During the Impeachment process, Brazil hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiroball. But now Brazilball is on a political crisis by corruption scandals who are investigated on "Operation Lava Jato" involving bribes, schemes with giant companies like Petrobras, JBS and Odebrecht, the last one is involved with the most bribe payment of all history of entire world.
It's common to see Brazilball portrayed talking to its states and the Federal District. Brazil is not very concerned about politics most of the time, only caring about HUE and HUELITCS (political memes).
===Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro and the COVID-19 Pandemic===
On 7 October 2018, longtime Rio de Janeiroball deputy Jair Bolsonaro from PSL (a Conservative party), came first in the first round of the presidential election, together with running mate, Hamilton Mourão. A run-off between him and PT candidate, the former São Pauloball mayor Fernando Haddad and running mate, Manuela d'Avila. He took office on January 1, 2019. During its first months of presidency, On 25 January, at least 110 people died in the Brumadinho dam disaster in Minas Geraisball. In March, it created alongside another south american balls, the PROSUL, a intergovernamental organization replacing the UNASUL. On February 2020, Brazilball's crime rate has hit a big low since 12 years thanks to Bolsonaro's tough stance on crime.
Recently, things have been strange. Bolsonaro's sons are being investigated for corruption, the congress and its ministers because of sudden cuts in the education budget and the struggling adoption of the Social Security Reform. But good and bad things will come, though only time will tell.
===Second Presidency of Lula Da Silva===
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