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How does the world see Brazil? Where does the cliché of the country of soccer, samba and Carnival come from? In this special series, divided into six episodes, BBC News Brasil delves into 5 centuries of history to understand how the country's image was constructed abroad – and how it has changed over time. From the colonial period to the 21st century, including the construction of the image after independence, the international expeditions of D. Pedro II, the issue of sanitation at the beginning of the Republic and Brazil as a “grave of foreigners”, Luso-tropicalism and the myth of racial democracy, the rapprochement with the United States via the Good Neighbor Policy of the 1930s (with its repercussions in cinema), the Bossa Nova phenomenon, the period of the dictatorship and redemocratization. This second episode covers the period of the first and second reigns, when the Brazil described by travelers during the colonial period meets the “Brazilian”, independent Brazil, the one that begins to write its own history and tries to project the image of an orderly country on the path to modernization. The signal sent to the world and the one that arrives from the other side, however, do not always coincide. As the English naturalist Charles Darwin, who left Brazil in the 1830s with a less than favorable impression of the country, attests. Follow our reporter Camilla Veras Mota on this dive into our history. See other episodes in the series playlist: • Brazil from a foreign perspective Did you like it? Subscribe to the BBC News Brasil channel! And if you want to read more news, click here: https://www.bbcbrasil.com #bbcnewsbrasil #history #documentary