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  1. Macaco Tião Elected Mayor of Rio de Janeiro 1988

    In the 1988 mayoral election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an unexpected character ran for the position. A literal monkey, from the local zoo, named Macaco Tião. This was proposed as a protest and apolitical vote by a comedy magazine and congressman Gabeira (PV). He got more than 300k votes back...

  2. Benedita da Silva becomes mayor of Rio de Janeiro in 1992?

    The 1992 mayoral election, which pitted César Maia (a former ally of Leonel Briola who broke off with him a year prior due to disagrements on policy) and Benedita da Silva (a federal deputy who belonged to the Workers' Party), was one of the closest in the city's history, second only to the ones...
  3. Taunay

    New Republic, New Elections - A Brazilian TL

    Hi, I wanted to do a TL on my own for the first time. My main inspiration for this idea is the Birth and Rise of the New Republic TL made by @Vinization . This TL will have a lot of focus on the main political events, however, it won't be as detailed as a TL about politics normally is. I wanted...
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