The slightly curious name of Porto de Galinhas, meaning “Chicken Port”, derives from a history of slave running; tax-dodging, life-dealing smugglers would arrive to shore proclaiming they had a shipment of “Angolan chickens”. Today, Porto de Galinhas, on the southern coast of Pernambuco, has a number of very fine beaches, notably Muro Alto, Serrambi […]
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The population of Brazil is around 180 million, making it the fifth most populous country in the world. Of this, about 55 percent is white (Portuguese, German, Italian, etc), 38 percent of mixed white and black descent and 6 percent black, with "others" (including Amerindian) accounting for a mere 1 percent.
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