The Brazilian military dictatorship, inaugurated by the April 1964 coup, governed under the banner of “order” and anti-communism but relied on brutal repression and a technocratic developmental model.  On March 31–April 1, 1964, army officers deposed President João Goulart – a left‐leaning reformist – after a bloodless revolt by junior officers and hostile governors in … Continue reading Brazil’s Military Regime: Technocrats, Torturers, and the Myth of Order (1964–1985)