Brazilian communist uprising of 1935
The Brazilian communist uprising of 1935 was a military revolt in Brazil led by Luís Carlos Prestes and leftist low-rank military against Getúlio Vargas's government on behalf of the National Liberation Alliance. It took place in the cities of Natal, Recife, and the capital Rio de Janeiro between 23 and 27 November 1935. The uprising was supported by the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), then called the Communist Party of Brazil, and the Communist International.
The 3rd Infantry Regiment barracks in Rio de Janeiro on fire after the communist insurrection
Monument to the Victims of the Uprising, at Praia Vermelha, Urca, Rio de Janeiro
Loyalist troops.
Barracks of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, epicentre of the communist uprising.
Luís Carlos Prestes was a Brazilian revolutionary and politician who served as the general-secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party from 1943 to 1980 and a senator for the Federal District from 1946 to 1948. One of the leading communists in Brazil, Prestes has been regarded by many as one of Brazil's most charismatic yet tragic figures for his leadership of the 1924 tenentist revolt and his subsequent work with the Brazilian communist movement. The 1924 expedition earned Prestes the nickname The Knight of Hope.
Luis Carlos Prestes in 1959.
A young Prestes in military uniform
Luis Carlos Prestes in Bolivia in 1928, shortly after concluding the Prestes Column's 3-year march throughout Brazil's interior.
Prestes (bottom right) speaking on the floor of Congress as Senator in 1946.
