The Pampas Republic (República dos Pampas in Portuguese), also known today as the Movement for the Independence of the Pampas is a separatist movement for the establishment of an independent nation in southern Brazil (the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná). The movement has risen out of many factors, including the proximity to the neighboring Spanish-speaking countries, and the strong presence of European immigrants of German, Italian and Slavic origin, which gives the southern people a distinct identity. Separatism involves setting oneself or others apart. ... One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ... Rio Grande do Sul (English: Great River of the South) is the southernmost state of Brazil. ... Santa Catarina is the name of several places: One of the federal states of Brazil; see Santa Catarina, Brazil. ... Other meanings: Paraná, Argentina, Paraná River Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the southern part of the country, bordering Paraguay and Argentina. ... This article is about the continent. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples currently living in Europe. ...

Early history

Inhabitated by the gauchos, Rio Grande do Sul has been once independent. In September 1836, Antônio de Sousa Netto, a leader in the Farroupilha Revolution had proclaimed the Piratini Republic. The first president was Bento Gonçalves. The newly-proclaimed republic had international recognition from the United Kingdom. However, in February 1845 the Ponche Verde Treaty returned the ephemeral republic back into the Brazilian Empire. Gauchos and chinas dancing A gaucho is a South American cattle herder, the equivalent to the North American cowboy in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and (with the spelling gaúcho) southern Brazil, and formerly the Falkland Islands. ... The Piratini Republic was a separatist state that existed in what is now southern Brazil during the Victorian era. ... Bento Gonçalves (1902 - 1942) Bento António Gonçalves (1902-1942) was one of the first Secretary Generals of the Portuguese Communist Party, he was born in Montalegre, near Bragança, in the North of Portugal. ... After its independence from the Portuguese on September 7, 1822, Brazil became a monarchy, the Brazilian Empire, which lasted until the establishment of the Republican government on November 15, 1889. ...

Once again, in September 1892, a revolt proclaimed the independence of Rio Grande do Sul that lasted till 1894.

Later history

In 1992, a nurse named Irton Marx started to publish and make a campaign for a voting to decide whether or not the majority of the people would want the secession of the southern states, whose official languages would be, Portuguese, German and Italian. Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity. ...

Irton Marx was persecuted by the Brazilian Federal Police, and for a brief time he sought refuge in Uruguay. Later, he was prosecuted and condemned by his ideas, being ultimately released. Due to his right-wing ideology, he has been accused by the media of planning to create a fascist state, not withstanding his Jewish ancestry. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... An ideology is a collection of ideas. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

External link

A brief explanation about the movement today (in English)