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1890 Feb 20

Giovanni Rossi left Italy with a group of anarchists, from Genoa, headed to Palmeiras, Paranà, in Brazil, where they established the anarchist "Cecilia Colony".

Source:(http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/RossiGiovanni.htm)

Its population, primarily male, had about 300 members. This experiment in anarchist communism and free love lasted for about five years, running up against not only material problems, but especially emotional and sexual difficulties. The colony dissolved in 1894, but Rossi remained in Brazil, in Taquary, then Rio dos Cedros, as director of an agricultural research station. He published the book “Le Paranà au 20° siècle.”