Tag: bicentennial
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Ex-emperor’s heart returns to Brazil for bicentennial event
President Jair Bolsonaro welcomes embalmed heart of Pedro I, who declared Brazil’s independence in 1822, for ceremonies, but critics say the far-right leader is playing “politics with bicentennial”. Pedro I’s heart is kept in a glass vase with formaldehyde at the Church of Our Lady of Lapa in Portugal. (AP) The embalmed heart of the…