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Between 1862 and 1889, the Brazilian government under Emperor D. Pedro II (1831-1889) perceived international exhibitions as an excellent opportunity for promoting and projecting an idealized image of the "modern nation". Although most exhibitions, such as the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873, focused on Brazil's economic development and its vast natural resources, representations of Its population and culture also played an important role in the elites' project to disseminate the image of a "new Brazil" abroad. However, these events were not as harmonious as It would seem at first glance, a fact that illustrates the growing divisions within the Empire during this period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines how the Papel Periódico Ilustrado (Illustrated Newspaper) was part of the Colombian Nation-State reconfiguration process promoted by the Regeneration. It argues that the History section printed historiographic texts and visual representations which contributed to structuring a new viewpoint of the nation's present, characterized by three temporal dimensions: of the present as a double allusion to the past and from the present to the future, anchored In tradition. This process highlights elements of continuity with the idea of the Spanish heritage and the foundational myth of the nation related to the Independence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]