Santa Catarina is a state in the South Region of Brazil. Of Brazil's 26 states,it is the 7th smallest state in total area and the 11th most populous. Additionally,it is the 9th largest settlement,with 295 municipalities. The state,with 3.4% of the Brazilian population,generates 3.8% of the national GDP.
Progressistas is a centre-right to right-wing political party in Brazil. Founded in 1995 as the Brazilian Progressive Party,it emerged from parties that were successors to ARENA,the ruling party of the Brazilian military dictatorship. A pragmatist party,it supported the governments of presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,Dilma Rousseff,Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro. Largely it was the party of the politics of Paulo Maluf,a former governor and mayor of São Paulo. Of all political parties,in corruption investigation Operation Car Wash,the Progressistas had the most convictions.
The Federal University of Santa Catarina is a public university in Florianópolis,the capital city of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.
Araranguá is a city located in the southern part of Santa Catarina state,in the south of Brazil. It has 68,867 inhabitants and was settled mainly by Portuguese and Italians. Araranguáis known as "A Cidade das Avenidas" because of its wide roads.
Joaçaba is a city situated in the state of Santa Catarina,Brazil,with approximately 30,404 inhabitants. Located in 27º10'22" S and 51º30'03" W and 516.74 m above sea level,the city was colonized in the early 20th century by German and Italian immigrants.
The Democrats was a centre-right political party in Brazil that merged with the Social Liberal Party to found the Brazil Union in 2021. It was founded in 1985 under the name of Liberal Front Party from a dissidence of the defunct Democratic Social Party (PDS),successor to the National Renewal Alliance (ARENA),the official party during the military dictatorship of 1964–1985. It changed to its current name in 2007. The original name reflected the party's support of free market policies,rather than the identification with international liberal parties. Instead,the party affiliated itself to the international federations of Christian-democratic (CDI) and conservative parties (IDU). The Democrats' identification number is 25 and its colors are green,blue,and white.
Campos Novos is a city in Santa Catarina,in the Southern Region of Brazil. Campos Novos is a pioneer in production of pollen and the biggest grain and oat producer of Santa Catarina. The municipality invests also into fat stock and poultry farming.
The 2008 Recopa Sul-Brasileira was the 2nd staging of this Brazilian football knockout competition. All matches of the competition were played at Estádio Augusto Bauer,Brusque,Santa Catarina. Four clubs participated of the competition:Pelotas,of Rio Grande do Sul,Londrina of Paraná,Atlético Sorocaba of São Paulo,and Brusque of Santa Catarina.
The 2009 swine flu pandemic in Brazil began on April 25,2009,with two people,spreading to 34 over the first two weeks. CDC calculate that Africa and Southeast Asia,which have 38% of the world's population,accounted for a disproportionate 51% of the deaths.
Luiz Henrique da Silveira was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. He represented Santa Catarina in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2015. He was governor of Santa Catarina from 2003 to 2006 and 2007 to 2010. He was a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.
Events in the year 2001 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1999 in Brazil.
Dário Berger is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Santa Catarina in the Federal Senate since 2015. Previously,he was mayor of Florianópolis from 2005 to 2012. He is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party.
Nazism in Brazil began even before World War II,when the National Socialist German Workers' Party made political propaganda in the country to attract militants among the members of the German community. Germans began emigrating to Brazil around 1824. In the 1920s and 1930s another major wave of German immigrants began arriving in Brazil again in the tens of thousands due to the socioeconomic problems faced by Weimar Republic Germany in post World War I. It was this new wave of German immigration that originated most of the Nazis in Brazil,since these new immigrants had stronger ties with Germany than the immigrants who arrived in Brazil in the 19th century.
Victor Fontana was a Brazilian chemical engineer,businessman and politician. He served as the Vice Governor of the state of Santa Catarina from 1983 until 1987 during the administration of then-Governor Esperidião Amin.
Antônio Carlos Konder Reis was a Brazilian politician.
The 2019 President of the Federal Senate of Brazil election took place on 2 February 2019,originally one day before,following the opening day of the 56th Legislature of the National Congress,almost four months after the 2018 elections.
João Paulo Karam Kleinübing is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Santa Catarina,having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019,mayor of Blumenau from 2005 to 2013,and state deputy from 2003 to 2004.
Vilson Pedro Kleinübing was a Brazilian politician who served as Governor of Santa Catarina from 1991 until 1994.
