Hora Actual en Machado, Brasil — BRT.

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, sometimes called Bruxo do Cosme Velho, was a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek later in life.

From Machado the nearest of our reference hubs are São Paulo (~221 km), New York (~7,520 km), London (~9,278 km), while Tokyo sits about 18,367 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.

Machado sits inside Brasil — the South America subregion, capital Brasília, languages Portuguese, currency BRL (R$).

Poço Fundo (13 km), Paraguaçu (24 km), Alfenas (27 km), Campestre (34 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Machado — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Machado: Labour Day, Corpus Christi, Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Brasil.

Closest curated airport references from Machado: GRU São Paulo (203 km), CGH São Paulo (230 km), GIG Rio De Janeiro (302 km).

In 2004, CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.