The Forgotten Betrayal of Southern Brazil’s Black Revolutionaries
The Forgotten Betrayal of Southern Brazil’s Black Revolutionaries
By
Andrew Jenner
A 19th-century massacre reveals fault lines coursing through Brazil today.
This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on youth in Latin America.
Every September, the famously proud residents of Rio Grande do Sul state celebrate Farroupilha Week, a remembrance of a 19th-century revolution in which the region tried — but ultimately failed — to secede from the rest of Brazil. In the state capital of Porto Alegre, festivities feature parades, a rodeo and a mind-boggling amount of churrasco, grilled cuts of meat that...
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