PC - Brazilian imperial restoration in the 20th century?

I'm curious but very poorly informed about the subject, and wondering if there was any chance for some Brazilian head of state to pull a Franco and restore the monarchy in the 20th century, or had that boat long since sailed?

Yes? No? ASB no?
 
Sort answer: Very much ASB, the support for monarchy died a few years after it and only appeared again somewhat in the last decades.

Long answer: None of the political movements in the early 20th century had any interest in doing this. From 1889 to 1930, the government was the same oligarchic republic that had overthrown the monarchy, with attempted coups being mainly internal power struggles. The most relevant outsiders in this age, the Lieutenants’ Movement (called this because most supporters were low-ranking officers in the army) were progressive and republican. Furthermore, they came from the exact same army that helped to cast down the monarchy after the perceived lack of support from the imperial government in the aftermath of the Paraguayan War (1864-1870).
The 1930 revolution was based on a mix of the remains of the Lieutenants’ Movement and parts of the republican oligarchy. By the time another change came, in the Vargas self-coup of 1937, the inspiration was mainly Nazi Germany and monarchy was far from thought. When Vargas fell in 1945, the new thing was to try end emulate the democratic USA.
There has been some revival of monarchism in Brazil in the last few decades, but mainly as a response to ineffective or corrupt presidential administrations that struggle to keep support of a Congress with dozens of parties (and often resort to shady deals to do so). Defending monarchy in present-day Brazil is tantamount to defending parliamentarianism, with no meddling presidential figure.
 
Sort answer: Very much ASB, the support for monarchy died a few years after it and only appeared again somewhat in the last decades.

Long answer: None of the political movements in the early 20th century had any interest in doing this. From 1889 to 1930, the government was the same oligarchic republic that had overthrown the monarchy, with attempted coups being mainly internal power struggles. The most relevant outsiders in this age, the Lieutenants’ Movement (called this because most supporters were low-ranking officers in the army) were progressive and republican. Furthermore, they came from the exact same army that helped to cast down the monarchy after the perceived lack of support from the imperial government in the aftermath of the Paraguayan War (1864-1870).
The 1930 revolution was based on a mix of the remains of the Lieutenants’ Movement and parts of the republican oligarchy. By the time another change came, in the Vargas self-coup of 1937, the inspiration was mainly Nazi Germany and monarchy was far from thought. When Vargas fell in 1945, the new thing was to try end emulate the democratic USA.
There has been some revival of monarchism in Brazil in the last few decades, but mainly as a response to ineffective or corrupt presidential administrations that struggle to keep support of a Congress with dozens of parties (and often resort to shady deals to do so). Defending monarchy in present-day Brazil is tantamount to defending parliamentarianism, with no meddling presidential figure.

Thanks for the detailed answer!
 
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