1945 in Brazil

Events in the year 1945 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Vice governors

Events

Brazilian Expeditionary Force shoulder sleeve insignia (Army component)
  • February - A fourth transport of troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force reaches Italy, in preparation for the Spring 1945 offensive.
  • 2 May - Brazilian troops arrive in Turin on the same day that the cessation of hostilities is announced.
  • May - Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa, an outspoken critic of the regime of President Getúlio Vargas and of the Vatican's alleged relationship with fascist regimes,[1] gives newspaper interviews accusing Brazil's Papal nuncio of Nazi-Fascist spying, and accusing Rome of having aided and abetted Hitler. Shortly afterwards he establishes the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.
  • 29 October - President Vargas resigns, beginning the period known as the Second Brazilian Republic. José Linhares becomes acting president.
  • 2 December - A general election is held, the first since the establishment of Getúlio Vargas' Estado Novo.[2] The presidential election is won by Eurico Gaspar Dutra of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which also wins a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Arts and culture

Books

Films

  • O Cortiço
  • O Gol da Vitória
  • Não Adianta Chorar

Births

Deaths

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See also

References

  1. ""Rebel in Rio", Time Magazine, July 23, 1945". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  2. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
  3. Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 21.
  4. Suárez, José I., and Tomlins, Jack E., Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works (Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 2000).
  5. EsSA Max Wolff Filho Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Portuguese)

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