The military dictatorship in Brazil, sometimes called the Fifth Brazilian Republic, was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces with support from the United Stat
João Goulart was the left-leaning president ousted by the Armed Forces.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy (left) and President Goulart during a review of troops on 3 April 1962. Kennedy mulled possible military intervention in Brazil.
Field marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Field marshal Artur da Costa e Silva
Brazilian history from 1985 to the present, also known as the Sixth Brazilian Republic or New Republic, is the contemporary epoch in the history of Brazil, beginning when civilian government was resto
Military dictatorship in Brazil
…Population • 1970 94,508,583 • 1980 121,150,573 HDI (1980) 0.545 low Currency Cruzeiro ISO 3166 code BR Preceded by Succeeded by Fourth Brazilian Republic Sixth Brazilian Republic The military dictatorship in Brazil (Portuguese: ditadura militar ), sometimes called the Fifth Brazilian Republic, was established on 1 April 1964…
Diretas Já movement
President Neves would be the first elected president since the Brazilian military coup, however, the president died before inauguration
The president Sarney
Collor (smiling) and Franco (glasses). After the impeachment of Collor, his former vice-president took office