Brazil:Military Dictatorship

“Fight against communism”

Ellie GuapoJennifer Dobson

Before: Joao Goulart

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Reason:

Avoid Brazil becoming a communist country

Keep Brazil in power of USA

Army: Marshal Castelo Branco • 1964-1967• Was elected as a provisional

president. His goal was reorganize the economy and then go back in a democracy.

• The principal point in his government was the decrease of inflation the biggest problem in Brazil that time. “Economic miracle”

• Increase the army in more than 70%

• He also established the AI 1,2 and 3

Against the protests

Costa e Silva

• Was elected to control the protests against the authoritarian government.

• Decrease of regulation to open the country for multinationals

• Established Act 4 and 5• Student organization

dissolved• Parliament closed.• Censorship

Brazil, the country of the soccer

•Brazil, love it or leave it. •World cup •AI-5•GNP

The crisis of oppression

Geisel

• Start to open Brazil to democracy

• diplomatic relation with China (communism)

• First country in the world to recognize Angola as a country

• Stop the AI-5 • avoid the total

alliance with US and start relation with Africa and Europe

The open for democracyFigueiredo

• Amnesty of all the politics that were exiled because of intiturionals acts what caused the ruturn of most politics, writers and singers.

• End of just 2 parties• Right wing parties

protests against democracy

• Gave up of power and open for elections.

How did they achieve power:

Propaganda

Control of media: Most of the books, songs and TV shows were censored by the government

Fear: Torture was frequently used during that time

How did the dictatorship ended

• The last president favored democracy and finished his presidential term with open election for the next president.

Economy:

Today

• Dilma Rouselff: fought against the dictators, was arrested and tortured.

• Can not go to USA because of her “political crimes”

• Polemic about being a communist

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