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The 1961-1964 period was a high point of anti-communist sentiment in Brazil. It was associated with the Cold War and Brazilian anti-communists were mostly pro-American and considered communism as the work of Soviet imperialism , but the sentiment had local roots since the 1930s, when the Communist Uprising took place.
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.
Brazil experienced several decades of authoritarian governments, especially after the US-backed [15] 1964 Brazilian coup d'état against social democrat João Goulart. Under then- President John F. Kennedy , the US sought to "prevent Brazil from becoming another China or Cuba", a policy which was carried forward under Lyndon B. Johnson and ...
With the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, on April 2 the National Congress of Brazil declared the presidency of the Republic occupied by João Goulart vacant. Since the vacancy was foreseen for the president's departure from the country without the authorization of Congress, which was not the case, the act had no constitutional support.
President: . João Goulart (until 1 April); Ranieri Mazzilli (from 1 April to 15 April); Marshal Castelo Branco (from 15 April); Minister of War: . Dantas Ribeiro (until 4 April); Artur da Costa e Silva (from 4 April)
USS Forrestal in 1962. Operation Brother Sam was the use of the United States Navy and Air Force in support of the coup in Brazil in 1964.With the deterioration in relations with João Goulart's government and the favorable attitude of the groups conspiring against him, the idea of an operation to ensure the success of an uprising arose.
The first official group of Korean immigrants to Brazil. There has been a large flow of documented Korean migrants to Brazil. 1964: 31 March: The military overthrows Brazilian President João Goulart in a coup, starting 21 years of dictatorship in Brazil. 1 April: Deployed military rule in Brazil ended the then government of President João ...
The redemocratization of Brazil (Portuguese: abertura política, lit. 'political opening') was the 1974–1988 period of liberalization under the country's military regime , ending with the decline of the regime, the signing of the country's new constitution , and the transition to democracy . [ 1 ]