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The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état (Portuguese: Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964) was the overthrow of Brazilian president João Goulart by a military coup from March 31 to April 1, 1964, ending the Fourth Brazilian Republic (1946–1964) and initiating the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985).
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised ... on 15 November 1889 the Emperor was overthrown in a sudden coup d'état led by a clique ...
The military dictatorship in Brazil (Portuguese: ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, [3] [4] was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, [5] against president João Goulart.
December 17, 1926: President Kazys Grinius was overthrown and Antanas Smetona became the head of state. September 9, 1927: An attempt to overthrow the Lithuanian Nationalist Union and to re-establish the previous government failed. June 6–7, 1934: A failed coup d'état was led by the fascist Iron Wolf.
During the promotion of his book on Brazilian territory in November 2002, Lincoln Gordon, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil in 1964, admitted that the CIA had bought Brazilian congressmen for five million dollars for the coup against João Goulart, [197] in addition to the logistical and military support. [198]
The monarchs of Brazil (Portuguese: monarcas do Brasil) were the imperial heads of state and hereditary rulers of Brazil from the House of Braganza that reigned from the creation of the Brazilian monarchy in 1815 as a constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves until the republican coup d'état that overthrew the Empire of Brazil in 1889.
Although there was no desire in Brazil among the majority of the population to change the form of government, the civilian republicans began pressuring army officers to overthrow the monarchy. [ 238 ] [ 239 ] They launched a coup d'état , arrested Prime Minister Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto and instituted the republic on 15 November ...
Because the monarchy had been overthrown by the Brazilian military, the history of the outset of republic in Brazil is also the story of the development of the Army as a national regulatory and interventionist institution. [3] With the monarchy suddenly eliminated, the Army was left as the country's only long-lasting and powerful national ...