FORDLÂNDIA, Brazil — When he was a young man, Luiz Magno Ribeiro felt nothing but pride in his city. It was, he believed, the most miraculous town in Brazil, a place of many firsts. The first ...

Há 100 anos, na edição inaugural d’O Globo, um Brasil desconhecido era escrito em letras grandes, logo abaixo do cabeçalho: “Voltam-se as vistas para a nossa borracha!”. Naquele 29 de ...

Since the 1990s, residents have pushed Brazil’s National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN) to grant Fordlandia historical recognition, a status which would protect its buildings ...

Brazil, in an early example ... "He thought this was the perfect way to save rural life," said Greg Grandin, a historian and the author of "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten ...

W hen he was a young man, Luiz Magno Ribeiro felt nothing but pride in his city. It was, he believed, the most miraculous town in Brazil, a place of many firsts. The first settlement deep in the ...

Descubra o valor surpreendente das cidades fantasmas brasileiras. Locais esquecidos que se tornaram tesouros de história, cultura e turismo no país.

In the 1920s, Ford built an entire Detroit-style suburb in Brazil, ... I've been thinking about Fordlandia—a slice of suburban Detroit dropped by Henry Ford, ...

In 1942, Fordlandia finally produced its first usable rubber, 14 years after the process began. ... Fordlandia was sold straight back to Brazil in 1945 for just $250,000.

Argentina ‘s Pampa Films and Lungo Films are teaming up with U.S.-based Bravura Media to produce series, ‘Fordlandia.’ ...

Há 100 anos, na edição inaugural d'O Globo, um Brasil desconhecido era escrito em letras grandes, logo abaixo do cabeçalho: "Voltam-se as vistas para a nossa borracha!Naquele 29 de julho de ...

Fordlândia, Brazil — When he was a young man, Luiz Magno Ribeiro felt nothing but pride in his city. It was, he believed, the most miraculous town in Brazil, a place of many firsts. The first ...