Article by André Luis de Lima Carvalho and Ricardo Waizbort

Article by Gabriela Martins Silva and Emerson Fernando Rasera

“It is up to us now to plant the flowers of a Brazilian spring in the asphalt of the streets, for winter has lasted too long in these sunny tropics,” states UFF professor Marcelo Badaró Mattos.

“It was a beautiful demonstration, spontaneous and very concerned with making its peaceful intentions clear and with rebuffing the small groups that intended to resort to violence and that stood sharply apart in the crowds,” says HCSM science editor Jaime Benchimol.

In the opinion of André Felipe Cândido da Silva, Rocha Lima failed to gain fame because of his ties to German medicine, which continued even during the Nazi era.

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