Brazil celebrates Independence Day with a tribute to democracy

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Brazil celebrates Independence Day on Thursday with the theme Democracy, sovereignty and union, and a huge parade on the capital's Esplanade of the Ministries, which will be attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. teleSUR

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00:00 Brazil celebrates Independence Day in defense of democracy, sovereignty and union, with

00:05 a grand parade in the capital, attended by the President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

00:10 The parade, which started at 9 a.m. local time, gathered around 30,000 people on the

00:15 Esplanade of the Ministries in Brasilia.

00:18 This year, the theme of the jubilee is democracy, sovereignty and unity.

00:22 The celebrations for the week of the Homeland began on Friday, September 1, with the inauguration

00:27 of the Independence Exhibition, with a display of military equipment such as ships, combat

00:33 vehicles, weapons and airplanes.

00:35 The Independence Day of Brazil resulted after a series of political and military events

00:40 in Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo between 1821 and 1824, that led to the independence

00:48 of the Kingdom of Brazil from the United Kingdom of Portugal.

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