Águas de São Pedro–São Paulo 1941 chess tournament
The Águas de São Pedro International Tournament () was a chess tournament held from 2 to 26 July 1941 in Águas de São Pedro and São Paulo. The event, the first international chess tournament of Brazil, was organized by the São Paulo Chess Club and sponsored by Antonio and Octavio Moura Andrade, being the latter founder of Águas de São Pedro and owner of the "Grande Hotel".
Portuguesa (state)
Diego Ruiz de Vallejo and Juan de Villegas in 1549 began exploring the land in the east of the Andes. Years later, on November 3, 1591 Juan Fernandez de Leon founded Holy Spirit Guanaguanare Valley, Guanare today. Its name in the indigenous language means 'Place of seagulls' and also, 'land between the rivers'.