Revolution of 1930
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The Revolution of 1930 was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent president Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolut
Getúlio Vargas (center) and his followers pictured by Claro Jansson during their short stay in Itararé, São Paulo en route to Rio de Janeiro after a successful military campaign.
Júlio Prestes, the 1930 Presidential Republican Party of São Paulo candidate, supported by Washington Luís and São Paulo.
Army troops being deployed in southern Brazil.
Getúlio Vargas in a moment of relaxation.
First Brazilian Republic
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The First Brazilian Republic, also referred to as the Old Republic, officially the Republic of the United States of Brazil, was the Brazilian state in the period from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic be
Revolution of 1930
…The Revolution of 1930 (Portuguese: Revolução de 1930) was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent president Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, concluding…
President Venceslau Brás declares war on the Central Powers, October 1917.
President Artur Bernardes (1922–1926) and ministers of state, 1922. National Archives of Brazil.