What is Military dictatorship in Brazil?
The '''military dictatorship in Brazil''' was created on 1 April 1964, after a [[coup d'état]] by the [[Brazilian Armed Forces]], with support from the [[United States]] government against President [[João Goulart]]. The Brazilian [[Military dictatorship|dictatorship]] lasted for 21 years, until 15 March 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=Document No. 12. U.S. Support for the Brazilian Military Coup d'État, 1964|url=http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195375701/pdf/SPD12_US_Support_Brazil_Coup.pdf|access-date=2022-10-24|archive-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320222215/https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195375701/pdf/SPD12_US_Support_Brazil_Coup.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Blakeley|first=Ruth|url=http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415462402/|title=State Terrorism and Neoliberalism: The North in the South|date=2009|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-0-415-68617-4|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rft8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 94]}}</ref> The military coup was led by [[José de Magalhães Pinto]], [[Adhemar de Barros]], and [[Carlos Lacerda]]. They were then governors of the states of [[Minas Gerais]], [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo]], and [[Guanabara (state)|Guanabara]]. The coup was planned and started by commanders of the [[Brazilian Army]]. It had the support of almost all high-ranking members of the military, along with the [[Catholic Church in Brazil|Catholic Church]] and [[anti-communist]]s. It was supported by the [[United States Department of State|State Department of the United States]] through its embassy in [[Brasilia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195375701/pdf/SPD12_US_Support_Brazil_Coup.pdf|title=Document No. 12. U.S. Support for the Brazilian Military Coup d'État, 1964|access-date=2022-10-24|archive-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320222215/https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195375701/pdf/SPD12_US_Support_Brazil_Coup.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><r