#Coup1964

People (2)

• Humberto Castelo Branco General Humberto Castelo Branco led the April 1964 military coup that overthrew Brazilian President Joao Goulart and served as Brazil's first post-coup military president from 1964 to 1967, overseeing mass political purges, the suppression of Petrobrás, and the opening of the Amazon to American corporate investment.
• Lincoln Gordon Lincoln Gordon served as U.S. Ambassador to Brazil from 1961 to 1966 and was the central American official in coordinating the 1964 military coup that overthrew President Joao Goulart, later becoming assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs.