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Constitutionalist Revolution

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Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 : Every Day

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🏳️ Comemoração dos 90 anos da Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932!

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The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932

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Marche Paris-Belfort - 1932 Brazilian Constitutionalist Revolution Military March

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25 Years Ago: The Day The Russian White House Was Shelled

The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the 1930 coup d'état when Getúlio Vargas forcibly assumed the nation's Presidency; Vargas was supported by the military and the political elites of Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraíba. The movement grew out of local resentment from the fact that Vargas ruled by decree, unbound by a Constitution, in a provisional government. The 1930 coup also affected São Paulo by eroding the autonomy that states enjoyed during the term of the 1891 Constitution and preventing the inauguration of the governor of São Paulo Júlio Prestes in the Presidency of the Republic, while simultaneously overthrowing President Washington Luís, who was governor of São Paulo from 1920 to 1924. These events marked the end of the First Republic. Vargas appointed a northeasterner as governor of São Paulo.
  • Naval Task Force and naval blockade of São Paulo 

  • Aviation in the 1932 Constitutionalist War 

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