[leandrod]

This is beyond ridiculous. I was already 14 in 1985, and coming from a quite politicised family I already read newspapers, both for our momentous point in History at the time, and for the Cold War (glad we won that).

Even if the military government did try to boost our national pride with History that, given what we still know, does necessarily begin with Cabral — previous landings were inconsequential — there is no way they would not be happy to claim a Roman connection.

If there is anything to Marx’s claims, it would be because he was (seen as) a plunderer.

Anyway, the military government finished in March, and then we had a populist, centre-right government who could not care less for History.