U.S. Overthrows Democracy in Brazil - CIA Coups

The U.S. overthrow of Democracy in Brazil

Declassified CIA & State Dept. documents acknowledge that on March 31st 1964 the United States overthrew the democratic Govt. of Joao Goulart,

under the usual pretexts,

& installed a right wing military junta, to be headed by Castello Branco.

The dictatorship America installed was extremely brutal. Anbody resisting it's
highly repressive rule was branded a Communist.

With U.S. trained & funded police & military, the regime set up torture & death squads.

The U.S. set up it's police training program in Brazil in 1959, in an attempt to create a more invisible form of hegemony there (deaths squads appeared almost immediately in Brazil & more so after the 1964 coup).

In the early 1900s the U.S. used direct military intervention to establish police constabularies abroad, having established police forces in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Rep, Panama, Phillipines & Liberia by 1923.

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Sources:

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State Department, Top Secret Cable from Rio De Janiero, March 27, 1964

"We recommend (A) that measure be taken soonest to prepare for a clandestine delivery of arms of Non-U.S. origin, to be made available to Catello Branco supporters.."

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB118/bz02.pdf


State Department, Secret Cable to Amb. Lincoln Gordon in Rio, March 31, 1964

"The following decisions have been taken in order [to] be in a position to render assistance at appropriate time to anti-Goulart forces if this should be done....Dispatch of US Navy tankers...Immediate dispatch of naval task force for overt exercises off Brazil. Force to consist of aircraft carrier...four destroyers, two destroyer escorts, task force tankers...about 110 tons of ammunition....tear gas for mob control"

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB118/bz05.pdf


CIA, Intelligence Information Cable on "Departure of Goulart from Porto Alegre for Montevideo," April 2, 1964

"Joao Goulart, deposed president of Brazil, left Porto Alegre about 1 P.M. local time for Montevideo."

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB118/bz07.pdf


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GAO

U.S. SECURITY (Senate - March 05, 1992)

"Despite legislation--section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act--passed by Congress in 1974, designed to stop U.S. aid to foreign police committing massive rights abuses, there are a dozen exemptions that have been granted to allow some U.S. training and assistance of foreign police, thereby calling into question why section 660 remains on the books.

In fiscal 1990, five U.S. cabinet level departments trained and assisted police from 125 countries at a cost of approximately $117 million. In 46 countries two or more U.S. programs are operating."

http://www.fas.org/irp/gao/920300-train.htm


ICITAP

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/icitap/press/fact-sheets/2008/oct/fact_sheet.pdf


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Other Sources:

Violence Workers - M.Huggins
Political Policing - M.Huggins
Hidden Terror - A.J.Languth
The Washinton Connection - N.Chomsky
Killing Hope - W.Blum

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[deltapunk21]

Bullshit communist pervert. The US has had nothing to do with the fascist state of Brazil ever. This country is busy overthrowing anti-Communist freedom loving regimes and people and turning them over to the khomeni commies and murdering Diem, installing Soviet loving Hussein and Company in the 60's and betraying Chiang Kai Shek, any "CIA Coups"(bullshit) never really happened from the terrorist mossadegh being overthrown by his own people etc. The CIA was created and staffed by the Soivets.

[CapitalistHolocaust]

Are you exercising Poe's law?

[Cres45]

Something like that happened in Greece in 1967.

[swissdragon15]

so the U.S fights for freedom huh? the U.S could keep it's democracy, and brazil who also fought for it couldn't, hmm i wonder why that is...

great video man!

[613maccabee]

The cia also led a coup in Iraq to over throw a democraticly elected government all because they would not sale their oil for a lower price

[betopernambuco]

Apoiou e devemos agradecer e muito, pois o comunismo so’ nao entrou aqui, como em outros pai’ses por causa da Grande Nacao,,,, e por milhenio os EUA vai administra esse planeta de muita gente imbecil .

[TristanH90]

I bet 98% of the US thinks its a conspiracy. I mean if people believe Karl Rove, W Bush, Dick and Rummy then why not?

[YorySesca]

CIA is the devils playground

[Matheus30741]

@strattfordcrass Yes that time was horrible. Go live in a totalitarian military regime and then return here to say what you think about it.

[Matheus30741]

@strattfordcrass It is a mixture of things. Corrupt elite, ignorance of the people and foreigners taking advantage and not caring about democracy and freedom.

As for Lula, he was not a communist. but he was also arrested at that time, as most of those who disagreed with the Totalitarian state. José Serra was also arrested at that time, FHC fled the military dictatorship to not be arrested.. Do you think they were "communists" too? Of course not.