Operation Popeye was the advance of the Tiradentes and Caicó detachments of the Brazilian Army and the Military Police of Minas Gerais, from Minas Gerais, to Rio de Janeiro and Brasília during the 196
The Minas Gerais column in Areal
Vitória-Minas Railway (1968)
Brazilian Air Force Gloster Meteor/F-8
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 April 15, 1964.