Italy will also soon have in Brazil, through Pirelli, already established in 1929 as the owner of the Conac cable factory, the most important, if not the only, rubber product factory in South America. Agreements just concluded with Mecanica Importadora
In the 28-year ban on free emigration, which led to the practical cessation of emigration, the Italian element in Brazil has had ease and the possibility of selection; the less capable and more unfortunate part has given in, with the
The Brazilian urbanization process began in 1940, as a result of economic modernization and great industrial development thanks to foreign capital inflows into the country. Transnational companies preferred to settle in cities where population concentration was greater and with better
The name Amazonas , which was transmitted from the river to the region and, later, to the largest state in Brazil, is due to the Spanish Francisco de Orellana, who in 1541 claimed to have fought a tribe of hardened