Leonel Brizola
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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 Jo…
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Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter
2025 · TV
Invencíveis
2025 · Movie
Dossiê Jango
2013 · Movie
Brizola
2024 · Movie
1961
2025 · TV
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
2012 · Movie
Legacy of Silence: The Remnants of the Military Dictatorship in Porto Alegre
2025 · Movie
1964: 40 Years After
2004 · Movie
Matheus Schdmit, um caso de amor pelo Brasil
2019 · Movie
Beijoqueiro: Portrait of a Serial Kisser
1992 · Movie
O Evangelho Segundo Teotônio
1984 · Movie
1º de Abril, Brasil
1989 · Movie