Estado Novo (Brazil)
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The Estado Novo, or Third Brazilian Republic, began on 10 November 1937, and consolidated Getúlio Vargas' power. Vargas had assumed leadership of Brazil following the 1930 revolution that ended the First Republic. The Estado Novo ended politically on 29 October 1945, and officially on 31 January 1946. It was characterized by Brazilian nationalism, centralized power, anti-communism and authoritarianism.
Getúlio Vargas and Franklin Roosevelt meeting in Rio de Janeiro in 1936.
Vargas on 12 May 1940 at the inauguration of Avenida do Contorno with Benedito Valadares, governor of Minas Gerais, and then-mayor of Belo Horizonte Juscelino Kubitschek
Vargas visiting Porto Velho in 1940
The inauguration of Goiânia in 1942 was the start of a "march to the west" that culminated with the construction of Brasília many years later.
Getúlio Vargas
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Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 14th and 17th president of Brazil, from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Due to his long and controversial tenure as Brazil's provisional, constitutional, and dictatorial leader, he is considered by historians as the most influential Brazilian politician of the 20th century.
Official portrait, 1930
Getúlio Vargas' parents, Cândida and Manuel Vargas
Vargas at age 12, c. 1894
Vargas's graduation photo, 1907