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* {{flagicon image|Coat of arms of the Brazilian Army.svg}} [[Brazilian Army]]
* {{flagicon image|Naval_Jack_of_Brazil.svg}} [[Brazilian Navy]]
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|combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Socialist red flag.svg}} '''National Liberation Alliance'''
* {{flagicon image|PCB logo.svg}} [[Brazilian
'''Supported by:'''<br>{{Flagicon image|Comintern_Logo.svg}} [[Communist International|Comintern]]
|commander1 = {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Getúlio Vargas]]
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The '''Brazilian communist uprising of 1935''' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: ''Intentona Comunista'') was a military revolt in [[Brazil]] led by [[Luís Carlos Prestes]] and leftist low-rank military against [[Getúlio Vargas]]'s government on behalf of the [[National Liberation Alliance (
== Background ==
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These efforts gave the revolutionaries connections to most garrisons in the country by October 1934, although three factions would form within the revolutionary movement, causing a clash of ideas. The first group, based in [[São Paulo]], was led by military officers and civilians seeking social reform. The second faction was made up of military personnel who shared [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] ideals, while the third was composed of communists within the military, both enlisted and officers.
The movement during this time would find itself infiltrated by the [[Communist International|Comintern]], [[MI6]] agent Johann Heinrich Amadeus de Graaf
Senior military leaders were rightfully fearful that the communist element in their midst would take over their movement. The Brazilian Communist Party, which was then called the Communist Party of Brazil, began its efforts to take control of the movement by January 1935 after the planning for an uprising caught the attention of the [[Soviet Union]]. Communist agents identified these political divisions within the movement, particularly the differences between officers who rallied with Artur Bernardes and those who wished for social reform. The communists took full control of the movement by March 1935 after expelling unsympathetic officers from the cause. This would act to hinder the movement, which had initially intended to begin the uprising during Carnival week, in 1935.
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== Aftermath ==
[[File:At Rio de Janeiro 2019 574.jpg|thumb|Monument to the Victims of the Uprising, at Praia Vermelha, [[Urca]], [[Rio de Janeiro]]]]
Despite its failure, the communist revolt gave Vargas the pretext for acquiring more power. After November 1935, the National Congress of Brazil approved a series of laws that restricted its own power, while the executive gained almost unlimited powers of repression. This process culminated in the coup of 10 November 1937, which closed the National Congress of Brazil, canceled the upcoming 1938 presidential elections, and installed [[Getúlio Vargas]] as a dictator. This period of dictatorship is called the ''[[
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There is no complete assessment of the victims, with loyalists and insurgents joining in all the events that took place. Among the insurgents it is difficult to find a complete list with the names of the victims, but it is estimated that at least one hundred died in the Recife uprising alone and another twenty in the Praia Vermelha uprising in Rio de Janeiro, which leaves uncounted the deaths occurring in Natal and other barracks in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Correio da Manhã - 11/26/1935|year=1935}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title="The Communist Intentona: what is a fact and what is a rumor" .|url=http://www.pitoresco.com/historia/republ207.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230554/http://www.pitoresco.com/historia/republ207.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
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