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.
Brazilian Revolution of 1930
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The Revolution of 1930 was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent president Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, concluding the political hegemony of a four-decade-old oligarchy and beginning the Vargas Era.
Getúlio Vargas (center) and his followers pictured by Claro Jansson during their short stay in Itararé, São Paulo en route to Rio de Janeiro after a successful military campaign.
Júlio Prestes, the 1930 Presidential Paulista Republican Party candidate, supported by Washington Luís and São Paulo.
Army troops being deployed in southern Brazil.
Getúlio Vargas in a moment of relaxation.