Brazilian military dictatorship

E383910

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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 cruzeiro
surface form: Brazilian 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 Marighella
surface form: Carlos 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 Brazilian military dictatorship self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1964 Brazilian coup d'état
startTime 1964
supportedBy conservative civilian elites
sectors of the Brazilian Armed Forces
transitionProcess abertura (political opening)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dilma Rousseff wasPrisoner Brazilian military dictatorship
Dilma Rousseff tortureVictimOf Brazilian military dictatorship
this entity surface form: Brazilian military regime
Brazilian military dictatorship startEvent Brazilian military dictatorship self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1964 Brazilian coup d'état
Tropicália politicalContext Brazilian military dictatorship