The Brazilian Tenentes after the Revolution of 1930

Bibliographic Data

ID4547646
AuthorsRobert J Alexander (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume15
Issue2
Pages221-248
Publication date1973-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/174698
OpenAlexW2784267566
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

The "Tenentes" or "lieutenants" were an important factor in Brazilian politics between 1922 and the end of the government of President Castelo Branco early in 1967. They had an active and occasionally decisive role in most major political events for almost half a century. The emergence of the Tenentes in the 1920s was part of a broader movement of discontent with the Old Republic, a relatively loose confederation of states dominated by rural landed interests and the politicians associated with them. Subsequently, the Tenentes played a key part in overthrowing the Old Republic in the Revolution of 1930.Getúlio Vargas came to power in the 1930 Revolution and stayed in the presidency for fifteen years. As provisional chief executive for more than three years, he suppressed a serious revolt against his authority by the state of Sao Paulo between July and October of 1932, and summoned the assembly that wrote the Constitution of 1934 and chose him to be the first president under it

Constitution · Economic history · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Presidency · State (computer science) · The Republic · Brazilian cultural history and politics · History · Law · Urban Development and Societal Issues · Youth, Politics, and Society

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