March 26, 1964
Lucas Garabini
When, on March 13, 1964, President João Goulart gathered at least 100,000 people at Central do Brasil and announced his Reformas de Base (Basic Reforms), the conservative response, it cannot be denied, came quickly and came in full force.
Six days after the great Reform Rally, an even bigger crowd gathered at Praça da Sé in São Paulo. Somewhere within the imprecise range of 200,000 to 500,000 people, brought together by clerical associations, employer unions and civil groups from the urban middle and upper classes, marched with Rosary in hand against the feared "communist threat". It was the March of the Family with God for Freedom.
It was the signal the conspiracy had been waiting for to roll up its sleeves, the justification the calculating military men needed to kick off the plan to depose the Jango government. The next day, General Castello Branco, Chief of the Army General Staff, drafted a circular addressed to the country's barracks, in which he wondered whether it was not already time for the Armed Forces to take action.
With a few exceptions, the reception of the circular among the highest ranks of the Armed Forces was favorable. In short, the climate was ripe for the Coup, and the call to action had already been made.
The confidential circular, marked as off-limits to the press, ended up in the hands of Jango and the columnist from
Jornal do Brasil,
Carlos Castello Branco, who despite the name had no relation to the General. After being published, it was retracted 24 hours later, in the same column. This was because the military Castello claimed
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The letter was "unfounded"
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to which Castello, the journalist, added:
apócrifa e peça falsa produzida pelo serviço de inteligência de Goulart
Image description: The image is a photograph of a newspaper dated Thursday, March 26, 1964. It is in black and white. At the top, there is a date and a number, followed by a reference to the section and the newspaper. Below that, there is the title of a column, which mentions "Coluna do Castello," and the subtitle "Dividir o Poder antes da ruptura da legalidade."Trechos de Coluna do Castello.
Jornal do Brasil, 26 de março de 1964. Rio de Janeiro. Hemeroteca da Biblioteca Nacional.