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Meeting At Automóvel Clube
The meeting at the Automóvel Clube was a solemnity of sergeants of the Military Police and Armed Forces of Brazil, on March 30, 1964, in Rio de Janeiro, at which President João Goulart gave a speech. Taking place amid the repercussions of the 1964 Sailors' Revolt, it was one of the immediate factors in the coup d'état that began the following day. Days earlier, the , (the lower ranks of the military), whose support the president sought, had been at the center of a mutiny in the Navy, and Goulart's response had been deemed insufficient by the opposition and the military. However, the president did not back down, and although warned that his appearance would be political provocation, he met with the sergeants and the same sailors as the previous days. In his speech, considered by most authors to be the most radical, he insisted that the would be achieved, pointed out the impending coup d'état and defended himself from the criticism that he was an enemy of military discipli ...
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Military Police Of Rio De Janeiro State
The Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State ( pt, Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) (PMERJ) like other military polices in Brazil is a reserve and ancillary force of the Brazilian Army, and part of the System of Public Security and Brazilian Social Protection. Its members are called "state military" personnel. The primary mission of PMERJ is ostensively preventive policing for the maintenance of public order in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Under the United Nations, in cooperation with the Brazilian Army, the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State has served in Angola, Mozambique, East-Timor, Sudan, and Haiti. History The first militarized police in Portugal (when Brazil was still a colony) was the '' Royal Police Guard of Lisbon'' ( pt, Guarda Real de Polícia de Lisboa), established in 1801, which followed the model of the National Gendarmerie (french: Gendarmerie Nationale) of France, created in 1791. When the Portuguese Royal Family was transferred to Brazi ...
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Military Apparatus During The João Goulart Government
The term "military apparatus" refers to a policy of appointing officers of the Brazilian Armed Forces during the government of João Goulart (1961-1964), consisting of favoring, in promotions and nominations to important commands, military officers considered reliable. It is considered the work of the head of the President's Casa Militar (Brazil), Military Cabinet, , who, however, later denied its existence. The filling of the high commands with loyal officers was supposed to assure the president's mandate and was considered relevant both within the government and the opposition. However, it did not prevent the deposition of Goulart in the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, 1964 coup d'état, which was joined by members of the "apparatus", some of whom had participated in the preceding conspiracy. Goulart's military politics The governing authorities use various strategies to mitigate the risk posed by the military to their power. In Brazil, where the presence of officers willing to over ...
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