Brazilian military dictatorship

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The Brazilian military dictatorship was an authoritarian regime that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, marked by political repression, censorship, and widespread human rights abuses against opponents of the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian regime ⓘ
military dictatorship ⓘ
period of Brazilian history ⓘ
capital Brasília ⓘ
characteristic censorship ⓘ
forced disappearances ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
restriction of civil liberties ⓘ
suppression of political opposition ⓘ
torture of political prisoners ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
currency Brazilian cruzeiro ⓘ
linked to: cruzeiro
endEvent indirect election of Tancredo Neves in 1985 ⓘ
endTime 1985 ⓘ
event AI-5 decree of 1968 ⓘ
Brazilian Miracle ⓘ
Diretas Já movement ⓘ
followedBy New Republic of Brazil ⓘ
governmentType military junta ⓘ
headOfState Artur da Costa e Silva ⓘ
Emílio Garrastazu Médici ⓘ
Ernesto Geisel ⓘ
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ⓘ
João Figueiredo ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
conservative authoritarianism ⓘ
national security doctrine ⓘ
internationalContext Cold War ⓘ
legalInstrument Institutional Act Number Five ⓘ
Institutional Acts ⓘ
notableDissident Carlos Marighella ⓘ
linked to: Marighella

Vladimir Herzog ⓘ
officialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic Church sectors ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ
left-wing political parties ⓘ
student movements ⓘ
policy censorship of the press ⓘ
import substitution industrialization ⓘ
persecution of left-wing groups ⓘ
state-led economic development ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
precededBy Fourth Brazilian Republic ⓘ
startEvent 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ⓘ
startTime 1964 ⓘ
supportedBy conservative civilian elites ⓘ
sectors of the Brazilian Armed Forces ⓘ
transitionProcess abertura (political opening) ⓘ

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Dilma Rousseff → wasPrisoner → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
Dilma Rousseff → tortureVictimOf → Brazilian military regime ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship
Brazilian military dictatorship → startEvent → 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship
Tropicália → politicalContext → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
Republic of the United States of Brazil → significantEvent → Brazilian military coup of 1964 ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship
Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project → critiques → Brazilian military regime ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship
Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project → period → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
Latin American military dictatorships → notableExample → Brazilian military regime (1964–1985) ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship
Marighella → setInPeriod → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
Artur da Costa e Silva → partOf → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
Emílio Garrastazu Médici → memberOf → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
Emílio Garrastazu Médici → partOf → Brazilian military regime (1964–1985) ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship
Mário Covas → opposed → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party → opposedTo → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
History of Brazil → coversPeriod → Brazilian military dictatorship ⓘ
History of Brazil → includesEvent → 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship
History of Brazil → includesEvent → Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985) ⓘ
linked to: Brazilian military dictatorship