Thu 08 May, 2008
| Posted in: In the local Indian language Ipojuca translates literally as dark water, and for centuries it has been famed as a place with somber undercurrents.
Nearby Porto de Galinhas (Port of Hens) earned its name after converting itself into the main entry point for illegal slaves, or ‘hens’ as they were dubbed by smugglers, after the slave trade was banned in 1850.
Only recently has the northeastern state of Pernambuco, one of the poorest in Brazil, started to...