At the time of the discovery of Brazil, the Brazilian natives were naked. This is how the Portuguese settlers found them. Costumes and decorations were commonly used in rituals and celebrations, as they are today in many tribes, especially the most isolated.

Dengue is an acute febrile viral disease that greatly affects the populations of tropical and subtropical countries, both in summer and after the rainy season.

The Transnordestina was planned due to the importance of railway transport for the sustainable economic, social and environmental development.

As with what happened in other Brazilian states, football in Pernambuco was also introduced by a Brazilian who had studied in Europe, in this case Guilherme de Aquino Fonseca, a Pernambuco native.

A city in Pará, 120km from Santarém and 850km from the state capital, Belém, carries today the name of one of the twentieth century’s greatest exponents of capitalism.