Brazil

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The Federative Republic of Brazil, or Brazil (Brazilian: Brasil), is the largest country in South America and in the Latin America region.

Originally a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815, Brazil achieved its Independence in 1822 with the formation of the Empire of Brazil.

History

Portuguese colonization

The land now called Brazil was claimed by Portugal in April 1500, on the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral. The Portuguese encountered stone age natives divided into several tribes, most of whom spoke languages of the Tupi–Guarani family, and fought among themselves. Though the first settlement was founded in 1532, colonization was effectively begun in 1534, when King Dom João III of Portugal divided the territory into twelve hereditary captaincies.

Independence and empire

After the Portuguese military had successfully repelled Napoleon's invasion, the Portuguese government, guided by the new political regime imposed by the Liberal Revolution of 1820, attempted to turn Brazil into a colony once again, thus depriving it of its achievements since 1808. The Brazilians refused to yield and Prince Pedro stood by them declaring the country's independence from Portugal on 7 September 1822.

On 12 October 1822, he was declared the first Emperor of Brazil and crowned Dom Pedro I on 1 December 1822. At that time most Brazilians were in favour of a monarchy and republicanism had little support. The subsequent Brazilian War of Independence spread through almost the entire territory, with battles in the northern, northeastern, and southern regions. The last Portuguese soldiers surrendered on 8 March 1824 and independence was recognized by Portugal on 29 August 1825.

Contemporary era

After 3 dictatorships throughout the centuries, the civilians finally returned to power in 1985 when José Sarney assumed the presidency but, by the end of his term, he had become extremely unpopular due to the uncontrollable economic crisis and unusually high inflation. However after achieving economical stability within two decades, and the peaceful transitions of power via Presidency, Brazil had finally succeeded in achieving its long-sought political stability.

Assassin's activities

The Sao Paulo team

Little is known about the Assassin's activities on Brazilian territory, however, by the end of the XXI century there was a Assassin team based on Sao Paolo. As of the year 2012, a double agent in the team was leaking their position to the Templars, which forced them to delay their progress and find the spy.

After having done so successfully, they cut off contact with the Assassin headquarters and presumably moved to another city.

Finding the Power Cell

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As the modern-day Assassin Desmond Miles and his team found the Great Temple, by the end of the year 2012, it was revealed that the Temple's power sources were running low, and that they needed to be replaced. Thanks to Shaun Hastings tracking some down, the second power source was found in Brazil.

It was in the possession of a wealthy woman who was set to attend a mixed martial arts tournament somewhere in Brazil. After arriving at the stadium and sneaking across through the rafters, Desmond arrived at the room the woman was staying in, only to find the Templar operative Daniel Cross. After Daniel shot the woman and her husband, he attempted to flee with the power source. However, Desmond managed to catch up to him, eventually besting him in hand-to-hand combat and incapacitating him once more. With the power source in hand, Desmond returned to the Grand Temple. Template:Spoiler End