The National Liberation Alliance was a left-wing movement formed by sectors of different anti-imperialist, anti-fascist and anti-integralist organizations. The collective had the support of the Brazil
Communist civilians and rebel soldiers stand guard near the captured aircraft
Luís Carlos Prestes
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Luís Carlos Prestes was a Brazilian revolutionary, military officer, and politician who served as general secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party from 1943 to 1980 and as a senator for the Federal
National Liberation Alliance (Brazil)
…thousands of people. The manifesto was read by Carlos Lacerda, a student who would later become one of the biggest opponents of communism. At the time, Luís Carlos Prestes, who was in the Soviet Union and commanded prestige due to his role as leader of the Prestes Column, was acclaimed honorary president of the organization…
Luis Carlos Prestes in 1959
A young Prestes in military uniform
Luis Carlos Prestes in Bolivia in 1928, shortly after the end of the Prestes Column's march through Brazil's interior
Prestes (bottom right) speaking on the floor of Congress as Senator in 1946