Paraíba
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The flag of Paraíba features a red field with a black diagonal stripe running from the lower-left to the upper-right, bearing the word 'NEGO' (I refuse) in white letters. The red represents the bloodshed in the state's political struggles, while the black stripe with 'NEGO' commemorates the refusal of politician João Pessoa to accept political manipulation, which ultimately led to his assassination in 1930 and helped trigger the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
Paraíba's easternmost point, Ponta do Seixas, is the easternmost point of all the Americas, making it the closest spot in the Western Hemisphere to Africa.
Adopted: 1930
