Leonel Brizola

Leonel Brizola

Leonel de Moura Brizola (22 January 1922 – 21 June 2004) was a Brazilian politician. Launched into politics by Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas in the 1930–1950s, Brizola was the only politician to serve as elected governor of two Brazilian states. An engineer by training, Brizola organized the youth wing of the Brazilian Labour Party and served as state representative for Rio Grande do Sul and mayor of its capital, Porto Alegre. In 1958 he was elected governor and subsequently played a major role in thwarting a first coup attempt by sectors of the armed forces in 1961, who wished to stop João Goulart from assuming the presidency, under allegations of communist ties. Three years later, facing the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état that went on to install the Brazilian military dictatorship, Brizola again wanted the democratic forces to resist, but Goulart did not want to risk the possibility of civil war, and Brizola was exiled in Uruguay. One of the few Brazilian major political figures able to overcome the dictatorship's twenty-years ban on his political activity, Brizola returned to Brazil in 1979, but failed in his bid to take control of the reemerging Brazilian Labour Party as the military government instead conceded it to Ivete Vargas. Brizola founded the Democratic Labour Party on a democratic socialist, nationalist and populist platform descended from Getúlio Vargas' own trabalhismo legacy, promoted as an ideology he called socialismo moreno ("tanned socialism"), a non-Marxist, Christian and markedly Brazilian left-wing political agenda for a post-Cold War setting. In 1982 and 1990 he was elected governor of Rio de Janeiro, after a failed 1989 bid for the presidency, in which he narrowly finished third, after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the 1990s, Brizola disputed for preeminence in the Brazilian left with future president Lula Workers' Party, later briefly integrating his government in the early 2000s. He was also vice-president of the Socialist International and served as Honorary President of that organization from October 2003 until his death in June 2004. Known for his sharp, energetic rhetoric and frank, direct style, Brizola is considered one of the most important historic figures of the Brazilian left.

  • Title: Leonel Brizola
  • Popularity: 0.266
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1922-01-22
  • Place of Birth: Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Leonel Brizola Movies

  • 1993
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    Beyond Citizen Kane

    Beyond Citizen Kane

    7.7 1993 HD

    Beyond Citizen Kane (1993) is a British documentary film directed by Simon Hartog, produced by John Ellis, and broadcast on Channel 4. It details...

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  • 1984
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    Jango

    Jango

    6.9 1984 HD

    The story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military.

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  • 2022
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    Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho

    Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho

    8.25 2022 HD

    A documentary on the career of Beth Carvalho, the Brazilian singer who became a well known samba legend from the 1970s onwards, edited together from...

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  • 2013
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    Dossiê Jango

    Dossiê Jango

    7 2013 HD

    João Goulart (known as Jango) had been democratically elected president of Brazil, but was expelled from office after the coup of April 1,...

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  • 1984
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    O Evangelho Segundo Teotônio

    O Evangelho Segundo Teotônio

    1 1984 HD

    Passages from the life of former Alagoan senator Teotônio Vilela, with emphasis on the process of his formation as a public figure, from his...

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  • 2007
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    Brizola - Tempos de Luta

    Brizola - Tempos de Luta

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2004
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    1964: 40 Years After

    1964: 40 Years After

    1 2004 HD

    Documentary that shows the events that culminated in the deposition of President João Goulart, on March 31, 1964, and the implementation of...

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  • 1985
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    Muda Brasil

    Muda Brasil

    1 1985 HD

    The documentary recalls the political reopening of the country, and narrates in detail the events that culminated in the election of Tancredo Neves...

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  • 2012
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    The Day That Lasted 21 Years

    The Day That Lasted 21 Years

    7.6 2012 HD

    Stunning espionage documentary on the US conspiracy that led to the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson original...

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  • 1990
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    Zona Eleitoral

    Zona Eleitoral

    1 1990 HD

    Humorous short about the 1989 Brazilian presidential election.

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  • 1989
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    1º de Abril, Brasil

    1º de Abril, Brasil

    1 1989 HD

    The daily routine of a women's Republic in the late days of 1963 and early 1964 - before the military coup - is presented from the perspective of...

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  • 2014
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    Democracia em Preto e Branco

    Democracia em Preto e Branco

    6 2014 HD

    Brazilian soccer players Sócrates, Casagrande and Vladimir lead a historic movement in sports by adopting a democracy within their team,...

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  • 1997
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    O Velho - A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes

    O Velho - A História de Luiz Carlos Prestes

    7.4 1997 HD

    Chronicles the life of military lieutenant, later communist militant and Brazilian politician Luiz Carlos Prestes.

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  • 2013
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    Darcy, um Brasileiro

    Darcy, um Brasileiro

    1 2013 HD

    Darcy Ribeiro was a renowned anthropologist, politician and writer. In this documentary, Maria Maia seeks to expose a bit of his personality with...

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  • 2024
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    Brizola, Anotações para uma História

    Brizola, Anotações para uma História

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2019
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    Matheus Schdmit, um caso de amor pelo Brasil

    Matheus Schdmit, um caso de amor pelo Brasil

    1 2019 HD

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