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JOAQUIM, Brazilian political writer. Born in Recife in 1849, he was educated as a lawyer and became an attaché with the Brazilian legation in Washington. He was elected to the Brazilian Chamber in 1878, and was active in the movement to abolish slavery. When Brazil adopted a republican constitution, he left politics and engaged in writing a history of the reign of Pedro II. He represented Brazil in London from 1901 to 1905, and in Washington from 1905 till his death. His works include: "Pensées detachées et souvenirs" (1906). He died in 1910.