Movement of legality (1961): rescuing Mauro Borges’ leadership

• Autor(a) principal: Pires Favaro, Tereza Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Anos 90 (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/anos90/article/view/25398
• topic: Coup; Military; Strength; Legality; Democracy; Golpe; Militares; Resistência; Legalidade; Democracia; História; Estado; política

This communication aims at rescuing the leadership of Governor Mauro Borges in the Movement of Legality. With the resignation of Jânio Quadros in 1961, the military ministers tried to prevent the taking up office of João Goulart, which triggered a broad mobilization in and outside the Congress, in order to ensure the Constitutional order. Initially, two governors - Mauro Borges (GO) and Leonel Brizola (RS) - rose against the coup and put themselves in their states, willing to resist peacefully and militarily up to extremes to defend the Constitution. This spark leads to the Movement of Legality. The participation of Mauro Borges was significant, with extensive experience in military strategies he devised a detailed plan and tactics, including logistics, foreseeing the possibility of an armed confrontation against the coup forces. Face to pressures, as a conciliatory way, is set up a parliamentary, and Goulart took office as president of Brazil (1961). However, political developments take Mauro Borges to support the coup that overthrew Goulart from power in 1964.