by Eurico Mendes | Apr 29, 2025 | Expressamendes
In many countries, it is traditional to welcome the New Year with a dip in the sea, and in Brazil and Angola it is a very old tradition. In Rio de Janeiro, three million Brazilians welcomed 2025 on Copacabana beach, watching 15 tons of fireworks set off into the open...
by Eurico Mendes | Apr 29, 2025 | Expressamendes
John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854, and his 170th birthday is being celebrated in several places in the USA. He was born in Washington DC, the son of a German mother (Elizabeth Trinkhous), who gave him a Germanophile education, and João António Sousa, who...
by Eurico Mendes | Apr 2, 2025 | Expressamendes
With flags at half-mast, the United States bid farewell to James Earl Carter Jr., better known as Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29, 2024, at the age of 100, at his home in Plains, Georgia. Born on October 1, 1924, in a state where racism remains an essential...
