getúlio vargas

In 1950, elections were held to elect the president and the vice-president of Brazil (these were separate elections), in the presidential election, former president and dictator Getúlio Vargas won handily, but the margin was narrower with the vice-presidential election, where Café Filho...

According to the book "A UDN e o Udenismo", Getúlio Vargas actually considered backing the UDN's candidate during the election. Eduardo Gomes was a member of the Armed Forces just like his main rival Eurico Gaspar Dutra. Both were somewhat conservative, but what matters the most is the political...

As with all elections during the Old Republic, the 1930 presidential race was less a matter of campaigning and more of making alliances with the powerful oligarchic groups that controlled their respective states, thanks to rampant fraud. Júlio Prestes won this dispute easily, thanks in no small...

The most important political leader Brazil had in the 20th century, Getúlio Vargas was president from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. His first administration was marked by a combination of multiple achievements, such as laws establishing workers' rights and the construction of the Companhia...

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Luís Carlos Prestes was, by far, the most prominent representative of Brazilian communism, having served as general secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB, not to be confused with PCdoB, which had a Maoist inclination) from 1943 until 1980. The "Knight of Hope", as he was known, became...

To the Brazilian Election of 1930, the two representants of the “Coffee and Milk Republic”, São Paulo (Coffee) and Minas Gerais (Milk) had a discussion about who would be the government candidate to the election, with São Paulo supporting his representant Julio Prestes (breaking the tradition of...

In July 5, 1924, a group of military rebels (the Tenentes) led by Isidoro Dias Lopes led a revolt in São Paulo against the Brazilian Old Republic and its president, Artur Bernardes. However, although they eventually took the city after a few days, by the time their control of it was secured they...

Osvaldo Aranha was a lawyer, diplomat and one of Getúlio Vargas' most trusted subordinates, serving in a variety of cabinet posts during both of his administrations as minister of justice (1930-31), finance (1931-34 and 1953-54) and foreign relations (1938-44). Most famously, perhaps, he was...

Getúlio Vargas was, without a doubt, one of the most important figures in Brazilian history. President from 1930 to 1945, and again from 1951 until his suicide in 1954, he first took power in a revolution, became a dictator and was deposed only to be democratically five years after his removal...