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...that the Pernambucan Revolt of 1817 was a conflict to establish independence for the current Brazilian state of Pernambuco from Portugal?
...that the Baháʼí community in Brazil was established when Leonora Holsapple Armstrong, the first Baháʼí permanent resident in South America, arrived in Brazil in 1921?
...that over 25% of Brazil's electricity is generated by a hydroelectric plant at Itaipu on the Paraná River?

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