The redemocratization of Brazil (Portuguese: abertura política, lit. 'political opening') was the 1974–1988 period of liberalization under the country's...

Portuguese, until 1815, when Brazil was elevated to a kingdom in union with Portugal. During the 300 years of Brazilian colonial history, the main economic...

combating the "hardliners" inside the government and supporting a redemocratization policy, Figueiredo could not control the crumbling economy, chronic...

unofficial support for the government of Jair Bolsonaro. After the redemocratization of Brazil, MDB became a big tent party without a clear ideological program...

Brazil officially entered World War II on August 22, 1942, when it declared war against the Axis powers, including Germany and Italy. On February 8, 1943...

constitute Brazil were occupied, fought over and settled by diverse tribes. Thus, the history of Brazil begins with the indigenous people in Brazil. The Portuguese...

The federative units of Brazil (Portuguese: unidades federativas do Brasil) are subnational entities with a certain degree of autonomy (self-government...

president of the Federative Republic of Brazil is the chief executive of the government of Brazil and commander in chief of the country's Armed Forces. Below...

Constitution of 1988 – the current constitution, drafted in the process of redemocratization. It is marked by a reaction to the military dictatorship...

Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement. Later, colonists were heavily dependent on indigenous labor during the initial phases...

accusing Vargas of not allowing Brazilians to search for oil. As World War II ended in 1945, pressures grew for redemocratization. José Américo de Almeida's...

Nieuw-Holland), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization...

pre-Cabraline history of Brazil is the stage in Brazil's history before the arrival of Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500, at a time when the...

The Brazilian Army (Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country...

of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was a pluricontinental monarchy formed by the elevation of the Portuguese colony named State of Brazil to the status...

and the armed struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship. This focus continued even after redemocratization. During the Araguaia Guerrilla campaign...

population. For the first time since the redemocratization in Brazil (over 30 years ago), a tributary reform was approved in congress; Among its main points is...

though most state censorship ended before the period of redemocratization that started in 1985, Brazil still experiences a certain amount of non-official censorship...

the 1967 constitution. The acts were rescinded in the late 1970s during the redemocratization of Brazil. The first Institutional Act, written by Francisco...

of Brazil, refers to the period of Brazilian history from 1889 to 1930. The Old Republic began with the coup d'état that deposed emperor Pedro II in 1889...

the redemocratization. List of years in Brazil List of scandals in Brazil Maria Helena Moreira Alves (2014). State and Opposition in Military Brazil. University...

the National Symbols and the enforcement of this norm. Since the redemocratization of the country, far greater artistic liberty has been allowed regarding...

promote penalization in an effective way. Several penal reforms have been carried out year after year, since the country's redemocratization (1985), with the...

The independence of Brazil comprised a series of political and military events that led to the independence of the Kingdom of Brazil from the United Kingdom...

disputed since redemocratization. Dilma was sworn in as 36th President of Brazil on 1 January 2015 in a ceremony conducted by Renan Calheiros in the floor...

propaganda as a justification for repression. The slow redemocratization process initiated by Ernesto Geisel in the second half of the 1970s yielded its first...

which was unexpected by the Brazilian political class. A succession of military presidents continued until redemocratization and the New Republic of 1985...

military-led coup d'état Brazilian Labour Party (current), a centre-right party founded, in the period of redemocratization, the return to democratic...

ships in Brazil. With the fall of the military dictatorship and the start of the redemocratization process, accusations of endemic corruption in all spheres...

in Brazil. See also the timeline of Brazilian history. For only articles about years in Brazil that have been written, see Category:Years in Brazil....