Luís Carlos Prestes

Luís Carlos Prestes (1898–1990) was a Brazilian revolutionary and communist politician who led the Prestes Column and later served as general secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party.

Olga Benário Prestes: Olga Benário Prestes was a German communist revolutionary and Brazilian political activist. She joined Prestes in Brazil and was deported to Nazi Germany while pregnant with their daughter.
Prestes Column: The Prestes Column was a Brazilian rebel force that marched through the countryside from 1925 to 1927. Prestes became its most famous commander during its armed opposition to Brazil’s First Republic.
Brazilian Communist Party: The Brazilian Communist Party is a political party founded in 1922 that organized workers and pursued socialist politics. Prestes became its general secretary and one of its most prominent public figures.
Tenentismo: Tenentismo was a movement of young Brazilian military officers demanding political and social reforms in the 1920s. Prestes’s early rebellion grew from the officer movement’s opposition to the First Republic.
Getúlio Vargas: Getúlio Vargas was a Brazilian political leader who governed as president and dictator. His government suppressed the 1935 communist uprising and imprisoned Prestes.
1935 Communist uprising in Brazil: The 1935 Communist uprising in Brazil was a failed military revolt organized by communists and allied officers. The revolt led to Prestes’s arrest and a severe crackdown on the communist movement.
Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935: The Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935 was an attempted revolt against the government of Getúlio Vargas. Its defeat helped justify repression that weakened the party Prestes led.
Brazilian First Republic: The Brazilian First Republic was the republican regime that governed Brazil from 1889 to 1930. Its oligarchic politics and recurring military revolts formed the setting for Prestes’s early career.
Artur Bernardes: Artur Bernardes was president of Brazil from 1922 to 1926. His government faced the military rebellion that launched the Prestes Column.
Estado Novo: The Estado Novo was Getúlio Vargas’s authoritarian Brazilian regime from 1937 to 1945. Its repression kept Prestes imprisoned for much of the regime’s duration.

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