Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian military officer and politician who served as the 26th president of Brazil, the first leader of the Brazilian military dictatorship following the 196
Official portrait, 1964
Castelo Branco (left) and Amaury Kruel at the Military School of Porto Alegre, c. 1912–1917
Castelo Branco with future presidents Artur da Costa e Silva and Ernesto Geisel during a military ceremony in the Laranjeiras Palace, 1966
Inauguration of Castelo Branco on 15 April 1964.
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Artur da Costa e Silva was a Brazilian Army Marshal and the second president of the Brazilian military government that came to power after the 1964 coup d'état. He reached the rank of Marshal of the B
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…when his term was due to run out in 1966. However, the hard-line officers within the regime (known as linha-dura) with the support of War Minister Artur da Costa e Silva, wanted to stay in power for a greater period of time in order to achieve their political goals. Events reached a breaking point in October 1965, when…
Official portrait, 1968
Drawing commissioned for The New York Times, 1966. By Reginald Gray
Costa e Silva (fifth from left, front row) with vice president-elect Pedro Aleixo and others in front of the National Congress building before their swearing-in ceremony, 15 March 1967.
Eighth page of the Institutional Act Number Five (AI-5), the most repressive of all Institutional Acts enacted by the military regime, with signatures of President Costa e Silva and other officials.