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Brazil: 70th anniversary of the military coup

Categories: Latin America, Brazil, Citizen Media, History

Lúcia Hipólito [1] [pt] amasses dozens of comments in a post to remember the anniversary the Brazilian coup d'etat: “In November 10, 1937, exactly 70 years ago, the President Getúlio Vargas, came to power via a coup d'etat, supported by the Army, and established in Brazil one of the saddest chapters of its history: the fascist Estado Novo dictatorship, which lasted from from 1937 to 1945″.