BRASÍLIA, Brazil -- Brazil moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília last night -- a tribute to a nation's hopes and one man's dream.

Riots at the Brazil capital. ... The same map of Brasilia now shows the 8-kilometer or 5-mile path from the army headquarters to the Congress building through which the protestors marched.

The dream of a new capital to replace old Rio precedes Brazil’s independence from Portugal in 1822. But it is uniquely Kubitschek’s accomplishment, for until he set up the government-owned ...