Revista de Estudios Brasileños

The Revista de Estudios Brasileños reaches its 20th issue and does so in an important year, the Bicentennial of Brazilian Independence. This special anniversary could not be ignored by the journal and the content of the Dossier is dedicated to it. The dossier is coordinated by the current director of the Centro de Estudios Brasileños, professor at the University of Salamanca, and specialist in Brazilian History, José Manuel Santos. In the section were published six articles from authors from different universities and different countries, who analyze some aspects of the roots of current Brazil, Independence itself, and the first problems to be addressed by the new State. This issue is completed with three attractive interviews. The first one is with Stuart B. Schwartz. This Yale’s professor is probably one of the most recognized and influential specialists among historians of colonial Brazil. The second interview is with the professor and researcher at USP, Prof. Amancio Jorge de Oliveira, vice director of the Ipiranga Museum, in the occasion of the reopening of the institution, one of the most significant events of the Bicentennial, which can be valued as a success, as it makes it possible to relive this significant moment of Brazil's Independence. In the last interview, Prof. Pedro Dallari (USP) interviews Rubens Ricupero, responsible, in 2022, for the José Bonifácio Chair, of the Institute of International Relations (IRI, USP), whose research topic was the Bicentennial of Independence from Brazil. All that makes this news issue of the Revista de Estudios Brasilñeos particularly interesting for those who wants to know more about the past or present of Brazil.