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The military history of Brazil comprises centuries of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Brazil, and the role of the Brazilian Armed Forces in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For several hundreds of years, the area was the site of intertribal wars of indigenous peoples .
The military dictatorship in Brazil (Portuguese: ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, [3] [4] was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, [5] against president João Goulart. The Brazilian dictatorship lasted for 21 ...
Films about military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985). The Brazilian dictatorship lasted for 21 years, until 15 March 1985. [1] [2] The military coup was fomented by José de Magalhães Pinto, Adhemar de Barros, and Carlos Lacerda (who had already participated in the conspiracy to depose Getúlio Vargas in 1945), then governors of the states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Guanabara ...
This is a list of movies that are related to the military dictatorships in Latin America and Caribbean that appeared during the context of the Cold War. Argentina [ edit ]
Since 1648 the Brazilian Armed Forces have been relied upon to fight in defense of Brazilian sovereignty and to suppress civil rebellions. The Brazilian military also has three times intervened militarily to overthrow the Brazilian government. [18] The Brazilian Armed Forces were subordinated to the Emperor, its Commander-in-Chief. [19]
Cold War military history of Brazil (1 C, 3 P) Conscription in Brazil (1 P) E. Military of the Empire of Brazil (2 C, 4 P) F. Forts in Brazil (36 P) M.
The Brazilian Army (Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordinating itself, in the Federal Government's structure, to the Ministry of Defense, alongside the Brazilian Navy and Air Force.
This is a list of wars involving the Federative Republic of Brazil and its predecessor states, starting from 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves, up to the present day.