Constitutionalist Revolution
1932 civil war in Brazil
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- The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 was the uprising by the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the 1930 revolution, when Getúlio Vargas assumed the nation's presidency.
- The movement grew out of local resentment over Vargas' rule by decree, unbound by a constitution, in a provisional government.
The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 was the uprising by the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the 1930 revolution, when Getúlio Vargas assumed the nation's presidency. Vargas was supported by the people, the military and the political elite of Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraíba. The movement grew out of local resentment over Vargas' rule by decree, unbound by a constitution, in a provisional government. The 1930 revolution affected São Paulo by eroding the autonomy that Brazilian states had under the 1891 constitution, preventing the inauguration of São Paulo governor Júlio Prestes (who had been elected president of Brazil in 1930 and overthrowing President Washington Luís, governor of São Paulo from 1920 to 1924. These events marked the end of the First Brazilian Republic.
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