The war of conquest still isn't over. Learn how the indigenous population was decimated and follow their ongoing fight for land demarcation.
More than 12 million Africans were brought to Brazil as slaves. The Palmares War led to wounds that still affect the country today.
In Latin America's greatest conflict, the Paraguayan War, Brazil joined forces with Uruguay and Argentina. More than 370,000 people died in the five-year war.
It's the Vargas Era and the end of the Old Republic. Júlio Prestes wins the election but Getúlio swoops in to occupy the presidential palace by force.
A portrait of the failed prison system presents a study of organized crime, which runs the prisons, controls trafficking, and kills more than 60,000 people a year.
