Public Forces (Brazil)
The Public Forces ( pt, Forças Públicas) of the Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil were already called "small state armies" in the First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930) due to their martial character. They took part in the various List of rebellions and revolutions in Brazil#1st Republican period (1889–1930), struggles and rebellions of the period alongside, and sometimes against, the Brazilian Army in the First Republic, Brazilian Army. Their character was hybrid, police and warfare. They emerged in the federalism of the First Republic as shields of state power against central power, represented by the Army, and were dismantled by the federal government in the Vargas Era (1930–1945) onwards, losing their conventional warfare capabilities. The Empire of Brazil, Brazilian Empire already had militarized police forces, but its Provinces of Brazil, provinces were not autonomous. Only in the Republic did state presidents (governors) need military forces in their relatio ...
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