Plínio Salgado was a Brazilian politician, writer, journalist, and theologian. He founded and led Brazilian Integralist Action, a political party inspired by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini.
Plínio Salgado in 1959
Closing session of the Integralist Congress. Salgado is seated at the center. Blumenau, 1935.
Brazilian Integralist Action
Brazilian Integralist Action was an integralist/fascist political party in Brazil. It was based upon the ideology of Brazilian Integralism as developed by its leader Plínio Salgado. Brazilian Integralism supported a revival of spirituality in Brazil in the form of Brazilian nationalism to form a shared identity between Brazilians. It denounced materialism, liberalism, and Marxism. It was violently opposed to the Brazilian Communist Party and competed with the Communists for the working class vote.
The Integralist salute "Anauê!". It means "you are my brother!" (believed by some to have originated in a Tupi language expression)
Closing session of the Integralist Congress in Blumenau, 1935
Departamento Feminino e de Juventude (Women and Youth Department).