 At the time of the Second World War, the Brazilian government prohibited the use of enemy languages in the country, such as Italian and German spoken so widely at the time, so it was renamed "Sociedade Beneficente Brasileira".The change was imposed on many institutions and associations throughout Brazil; state capital football team Società Esportiva Palestra Italia became Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras.The municipality's population has historically middle class, showed little social segregation and has a peaceful profile.