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Halfway between Guanabara and the border with Minas Gerais, it was the closest force and the first that could face Mourão Filho's troops. [123] They continued towards Entre Rios (Três Rios) in buses requested from Viação Única. [126] This movement became known to the coup plotters after noon. [127]
Guanabara Bay (Portuguese: baía de Guanabara, baía da Guanabara, [1] [ɡwɐ̃nɐˈbaɾɐ]) is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias , and on its eastern shore are the cities of Niterói and São Gonçalo .
The old Federal District became a state, named Guanabara. [1] Throughout its 15-year existence, Guanabara was a unique state in many ways. Comprising only one city (albeit a large one), Guanabara was the smallest Brazilian state by land. It also had the peculiarity of being the only Brazilian state that was not divided into municipalities.
Some time before the enacting of Law 641, the banker Irineu Evangelista de Souza requested permission to build a railway connecting the Port of Mauá, in the Bay of Guanabara, to Raiz da Serra. This railway became effectively the first-ever Brazilian railway, being inaugurated on 30 April 1854, with only 14.5 km of track and 1,676m (5' 6") gauge.
This Union, a clear attempt to regroup the resistance unions, saw the immediate adhesion of 13 class entities. Even in August, despite the repression, a strike at Companhia Cantareira e Viação Fluminense, which operated on the crossing of Baía da Guanabara between Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, took on the shape of an insurrection. The ...
Planejamento e Administração Guanabara (1960–1965) Headquarters: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Key people: Ralph O'Neill (founder) Paulo de Oliveira Sampaio (CEO 1943–1955; 1961–1965) Mário Wallace Simonsen (owner 1961–1965) Celso da Rocha Miranda (owner 1961–86) Rodolfo da Rocha Miranda (owner and CEO 1986-present)
The Guanabara Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Guanabara, formerly known as Paço Isabel) is located on Pinheiro Machado Street (formerly Guanabara Street), in the Laranjeiras neighborhood , in the south zone of Rio de Janeiro, capital of the homonymous state. It is the official seat of the government of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
The Port of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Porto do Rio de Janeiro) is a seaport in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil located in a cove on the west shore of Guanabara Bay. It is the third-busiest port in Brazil, [1] and it is managed by Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro.