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42-518: PC (as he was colloquially known) was a successful and famous campaign treasurer in Alagoas and a relatively unsuccessful businessman before associating himself with Collor in 1981. As campaign treasurer, PC typically collected much more than he spent on the campaign. The remainder (which was estimated to be over 50 million US dollars ) was invested in his own businesses (such as an air taxi service) or hidden in anonymous overseas accounts. Once Collor

84-495: A province . In 1839, the capital of the province was changed definitively from the town of Alagoas to Maceió, mainly due to the increasing growth of the city because of its port. According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 3,173,000 people residing in the state. The population density was 109.9 inhabitants/km . Urbanization : 67.4% (2006); Population growth : 1.3% (1991–2000); Houses : 779,000 (2006). The 2022 census revealed

126-624: A .38 Special caliber Rossi revolver in PC's beach house in Maceió . Local police ascribed the deaths to a crime of passion, where Suzana, fearing the imminent dissolution of the relationship, shot PC and then herself. Others would claim it was a form of "destruction of evidence" over what PC may know and subsequently reveal. In 1999, both their bodies were exhumed and subjected to another round of forensic examinations by three separate experts from three different institutions. Their conclusions were that while there

168-517: A 0-24% survival rate. Any temperature at or higher than 36°C has a survival rate of 0%. There is low 38% survival rate in cold temperatures at 13°C. Mytella strigata can survive at salinities as low as 2 ppt (parts per thousand) and as high as 22.5 ppt. They can also survive large fluctuations in salinity for long and short periods of time. Mytella strigata contain byssal threads , these rope-like structures are made from collagen and act like tethers. Byssal threads can reach approximately 160% of

210-499: A French naturalist, in 1842, where it was assigned the synonym Mytilus charruanus . They are less than an inch long (2.5 cm), and range from brown to black in color. The charru mussel is native to Panama , Argentina , Brazil and Venezuela , but is invasive to Southeastern U.S. , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and India . Specifically, the indigenous range of the mytilid Mytella strigata extends along

252-637: A competitor with the names of the lagoons of Manguaba , a lagoa do sul ("the southern lagoon"), and Mundaú , a lagoa do norte ("the northern lagoon"), already in the 16th century, when settlements were founded near the Alagoa do Norte and the Alagoa do Sul, the Alagoas, with the inclusion of the rest of the lagoons in the area. The suffix -ano is characteristic of Brazil: paraibano , pernambucano , alagoano , sergipano , baiano , goiano , and later acriano . The state's name originates with

294-431: A computerized air conditioning, with commercial spaces that will be occupied gradually. The parking area was more than tripled. Demand will be able to grow to 1.2 million passengers a year since the new passenger terminal has 24,000 square meters, the triple of its former size. The check-in counters were doubled and can reach higher numbers without any structural remodeling. The building is "intelligent", meaning controlled by

336-608: A computerized system that regulates factors ranging from the lighting level to air temperature and even the speed of the escalators. This system also controls access to restricted areas and the fire protection system, among others. The Port of Jaraguá is located in Maceió. The commercial and economic development of the Port of Jaraguá, on the margins of the Mundaú lagoon, was responsible for the emergence of an important settlement that received

378-634: A long time. The Dutch invasion in Pernambuco was extended to Alagoas in 1631. The invaders were expelled in 1645, after intense fighting in Porto Calvo, leaving the economy in ruins. The escape of African slaves during the Dutch invasion created a serious labour shortage problem on the sugarcane plantations . Grouped in villages called quilombos , the Africans were only completely dominated at

420-574: A mussels length. These threads help mussels adhere to solid surfaces. Like other bivalves, M. strigata has a protective shell made from calcium. Two interior adductor muscles are used to open and close the shell. Mytella strigata has a spawning period between July and October. Embryos develop into free-swimming larvae, then mature into a bivalve veliger that resembles a small clam. The veliger matures, and under certain conditions may experience sexual reversal. Insemination and fertilization has not been observed in M. strigata . Mytella strigata

462-421: A panoramic deck, chapel, seven escalators, nine elevators and four boarding bridges. The whole terminal was designed to permit access by the physically disabled, with ramps and special bathroom fixtures. In the new terminal, Infraero also brings to Maceió "Aeroshopping" – a concept that is transforming the country's airports into centers for leisure and high-quality products and services. The entire building has

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504-401: Is 16th in population . It is also one of the largest producers of sugarcane , coconuts , and natural gas in the country. Alagoas also has oil exploration , mostly of onshore deposits. Land of the sururu (or Charru Mussel), lagoon shellfish which serves as food for the coastal population, and of coconut water, Alagoas also possesses some of the country's richest folklore . Initially,

546-628: Is an epifaunal tropical and subtropical mussel colonizing rocky substrates in estuaries primarily along the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts of South America. Mytella strigata feed on phytoplankton and deleterious materials which are macronutrients. Since the charru mussel is Native in warmer climates, such as Central and South America, the species has  invaded other close by warm waters. M. strigata populations moved to southeastern United States, specifically Florida and Georgia and has since been found at these areas. The population density

588-529: Is depicted in the 2024 documentary film Morcego Negro . Alagoas Alagoas ( Brazilian Portuguese: [alaˈɡoɐs] ), officially State of Alagoas , is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region . It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is

630-696: Is much lower than that of their native habitats where M. strigata densities can reach to more than 11,036 mussels m . In 2014-2015, M. strigata has been reported to have invaded the Philippines , specifically in Manila South Harbor , Manila Bay, Luzon Island . Subsequently, these mussels have appeared in Singapore in 2016, in Thailand in 2018, and in India in 2019. Charru mussels have great dispersal ability and appear to readily colonize

672-538: Is the area long dominated by sugar cane. Still farther inland lies the Sertão of the Northeast region of the nation. The Sertão is a high dry region dominated by scrub that is often thorn-filled and sometimes toxic, the caatinga . This area and its people are famed in legend and song. It is the land of the cowboy who is clad from head to toe (if he is lucky) with very thick leather to avoid the sharp vegetation. During

714-517: The Land of the Marshals ( Terra dos Marechais ), for being the birthplace of Deodoro da Fonseca and Floriano Peixoto , the first two presidents of Brazil , Alagoas gave the country numerous illustrious Brazilians among whom are the anthropologist Arthur Ramos, the maestro Hekel Tavares, the philologist Aurélio Buarque de Holanda , the musicians Djavan and Hermeto Pascoal the poet Jorge de Lima ,

756-676: The Eastern coast of South America from Venezuela to Argentina and in the Pacific from Sonora, Mexico to El Salvador . It is also said that they are native to the Galapagos Islands , the Pacific coast from Mexico to Ecuador and, again, the Atlantic coast from Argentina to Venezuela. Mytella strigata can survive best in temperatures from 20°C - 23°C with a survival rate of 83-88%, but have been found in temperatures between 13°C-36°C. Higher temperatures around 28°C - 36°C have about

798-573: The Portuguese lagoa , coincidentally with the Spanish lagona and Mirandese llagona , suggests a change in suffix, already documented in a 938 document from Valencia , under the spelling lacona , and in another from 1094, in Sahagún , under the spelling lagona . The Portuguese lagoa under the spelling lagona (perhaps lagõna ), is documented in the 14th century, and alternated with

840-611: The beginning of the 20th century, the region's hinterland lived through the pioneering experience of Delmiro Gouveia, an entrepreneur from Pernambuco who installed the Estrela thread factory, which came to produce 200 spools daily. Delmiro Gouveia was killed in October 1917 in circumstances still unclarified, after being pressured, according to rumor, to sell his factory to competing foreign firms. After his death, his machines would be destroyed and thrown into Paulo Afonso Falls . Nicknamed

882-473: The captaincy of Pernambuco, gave the control of the region back to the Portuguese, running the territory as part of his captaincy. He increased the number of sugar cane plantations and built some sugar mills, as well as founding the cities of Penedo and Alagoas – this last one originally baptized by Portuguese as Santa Maria Madalena da Alagoa do Sul (Saint Mary Magdalene of the Southern Lake), currently

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924-567: The city of Maceió . It has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.8% of the Brazilian GDP . It is made up of 102 municipalities and its most populous cities are Maceió, Arapiraca , Palmeira dos Índios , Rio Largo , Penedo , União dos Palmares , São Miguel dos Campos , Santana do Ipanema , Delmiro Gouveia , Coruripe , and Campo Alegre . It is the second smallest Brazilian state in area (larger only than Sergipe) and it

966-504: The end of the 17th century with the destruction of the most important quilombo, Palmares . During the empire , the separatist and republican Confederation of the Equator received the support of noteworthy figures from Alagoas. Throughout the 1840s, political life was marked by the conflict between the lisos (lit. "straights", not the sexual orientation connotation), conservatives , and the cabeludos (lit. "hairies"), liberals . At

1008-534: The first three centuries of its history, Alagoas was part of the captaincy of Pernambuco, only becoming an independent captaincy in 1817. As a reprisal against the Pernambuco Revolution , the King John VI of Portugal ordered a vast portion of the territory of Pernambuco to be taken from it, most including its southern portion, one part was given to the captaincy of Bahia , the other portion

1050-406: The following numbers: 1,887,865 Brown ( Multiracial ) people (60.4%), 915,400 White people (29.3%), 298,709 Black people (9.6%), 20,095 Amerindian people (0.6%), 5,505 Asian people (0.2%). According to a genetic study from 2013, Brazilians in Alagoas have 53.7% European, 26.6% African and 18.7% Amerindian ancestries, respectively. Portuguese is the official national language, and thus

1092-408: The historic heritage town of Deodoro da Fonseca. In 1570, a second expedition ordered by Duarte Coelho and led by Cristóvão Lins , explored the north of Alagoas and founded the settlement of Porto Calvo and five sugar mills, which two of them still endure, Buenos Aires and Escurial. In 1630, the territory was taken by the Dutch, whose interest was to manage the commerce of sugarcane in most parts of

1134-568: The ideals of the French Revolution ( liberté, égalité, fraternité ), while the five-pointed star refers to the coat of arms of Brazil . Mytella charruana Mytella strigata is a bivalve , commonly known as the charru mussel or charrua mussel . This species was described by Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley based on a specimen from the Philippines . It was found in Central and South America and by Alcide d'Orbigny ,

1176-583: The jurists Pontes de Miranda and Marcos Bernardes de Mello, besides the writers Lêdo Ivo and Graciliano Ramos . The Latin lacus , "reservoir, lake" is the origin, in the primitive vocabulary heritage, of the Portuguese , Spanish, and Italian lago , French lac , one of its derivatives, the Latin lacuna , "pitfall, hole", "lack, want, neglect", explains the Spanish and Italian laguna . But

1218-482: The lakes along its coast near the city of Maceió. The coast is bordered by fringing reefs and many fine beaches. Behind the beaches, sometimes only hundreds of meters and defined by steep scarps, lies a stretch of green coastal hills having enough rainfall for considerable agriculture and scarce remnants of the Atlantic Forest that now is largely limited to steep hill tops or steep valley sides and bottoms. This

1260-515: The name of Maceió and later became the present capital of Alagoas. The Port of Jaraguá is situated in a natural port area that facilitates the ships docking. During the colonial period, the most important products exported through the port were sugar, tobacco, coconut and spices. Alagoas provides visitors and residents with various sport activities. There are several football clubs based in the state, such as ASA de Arapiraca, CRB , CSA , Murici, Coruripe, CSE, Santa Rita, Penedense and Ipanema. Maceió

1302-557: The northeastern region of Brazil. As part of one of the wealthiest Brazilian captaincies, Alagoas prospered along with the sugar trade . They built Fort Maurits in Penedo, on the river São Francisco. However, the Dutch colonizers abandoned the territory after being defeated in 1646. Decades before Alagoas was formed in 1817, its sugar industry had 200 mills, and agriculture also involved cotton, tobacco and corn plantations. With Brazilian independence from Portugal in 1822, Alagoas became

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1344-412: The other for a long time; the prosthesis is then explained by the introduction of the article, chiefly in locution ( na lagoa , vindo da lagoa ) ( in the lake , coming from the lake ), and for morphologic regularization with the derivatives of the verb alagar ( to inundate ) ( alagadiço, alagado, alagador, alagamento, etc.) ( swampish, waterlogged, flooding, overflow , etc.). The name appears as

1386-426: The peak period. Such loads still take place with less frequency. Another local industry is based on chemical products from brine pumped from deep wells on the outskirts of Maceió. In the last twenty years the tourist industry has found the beaches and Maceió itself has changed from a rather sleepy little port with coconut palm plantations along its beaches to high-rise hotels. The northern coast, particularly around

1428-451: The primary language taught in schools. But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum. Alagoas is one of the poorest states of Brazil. It has the second worst HDI in the country, ahead only of the state of Maranhão , though its indicators have improved in recent years. The service sector is the largest component of GDP at 55.8%, followed by the industrial sector at 36.9%. Agriculture represents 7.3% of

1470-527: The state's GDP (2004). Alagoas exports consist of: sugar 58.8%, alcohol 29.4%, chemicals 9%, tobacco 2.1% (2002). The economy has been agricultural , dependent largely on large sugarcane plantations with some tobacco farming that is concentrated around the city of Arapiraca. Sugar cane formed the basis for an alcohol industry that is in decline. Small to medium-sized tanker ships took alcohol on board in Maceio's port with considerable frequency during

1512-462: The territory of Alagoas constituted the southern part of the Captaincy of Pernambuco and only gained its autonomy in 1817. Its occupation pushed the expansion of the captaincy's sugarcane farming, which required new areas of cultivation, southward. Thus arose Porto Calvo , Alagoas (now Marechal Deodoro) and Penedo , nuclei which guided the colonization, economic, and social life of the region for

1554-602: The towns Maragogi and Japaratinga is beginning to see some of this development in the form of resorts attracting people from the south and from Europe . There is considerable European investment (as of 2007) in beach property north of Maceió with walled compounds of beach homes. Alagoas gained a new airport complex, Zumbi dos Palmares International Airport , in the Maceió Metropolitan Area, designed by homegrown architect Mário Aloísio, which combines glass, metal and granite. It includes space for art exhibitions,

1596-432: Was elected, PC Farias masterminded the vast corruption scheme that rendered Collor's presidency a high-priced toll booth for government favors. He set up dummy companies to collect bribes, with 30 percent of the money going to him and 70 percent to Collor. As much as US $ 9 million went to PC's accounts between 1990 and 1992. As the corruption scandal emerged in 1992, it was revealed that a fraction of money from PC's businesses

1638-409: Was made independent, creating Alagoas as a new Brazilian captaincy. Initially, in the first years of the 16th century, Alagoas settlement went on slowly, however helped by Africans turned into slaves whose work urged the local economy. In the period of the 16th and 17th centuries, French pirates invaded its territory attracted by the commerce of brazilwood . Some time later, Duarte Coelho , owner of

1680-423: Was not enough evidence to rule out suicide, there was evidence to suggest it was not a suicide. Subsequently PC Farias' brother, Augusto Farias , and eight others were charged with the murder. Four former police officers who were working as PC's bodyguards were put on trial for failing to prevent the killing, the jury found the four men not guilty. The jurors also ruled that the death was a double homicide. Farias

1722-472: Was one of the 18 candidates to host games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup , for which Brazil was the selected host, but it did not make the final cut. The coat of arms symbolizes the first Alagoan settlement of Porto Calvo. Some plantations, sugarcane, and cotton that provided wealth in the past are incorporated in the design. The colors red, white, and blue refer to the French Tricolore , symbolizing

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1764-724: Was sent directly to Collor to finance the president's personal expenditures, including household staff and extensive landscaping at his home in Brasília . After Collor's impeachment, PC fled to the UK and Thailand , where he was arrested by the Interpol and extradited back to Brazil. In 1994, he was condemned to 7 years in prison . In December 1995, the Supreme Court (STF) granted a conditional release. In 1996, PC and his young girlfriend Suzana Marcolino were found both dead, shot by

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