Jair Bolsonaro allowed the Brazilian Armed Forces to celebrate the anniversary of the coup d'etat

The government spokesman said that the Brazilian president did not consider the overthrow of Joao Goulart as a coup d'etat.

A new controversy has been created around the decisions of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonario. The president authorized the armed forces to organize "appropriate commemorations" in the barracks on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the coup d'etat of 31st 1964.

"Our President has decided that the Ministry of Defense will organize appropriate commemorations relating to March 31, 1964, including the reading of an agenda sponsored by the Ministry of Defense, which had already been approved by our President." said the spokesman. Government, Otávio Rego Barros.

Without much detail, Rego Barros said that acts should be consistent with "what commanders consider in their respective garrisons and in the context in which they are to be executed".

The head of the Brazilian state denies that the uprising that overthrew President João Goulart in 1964 and that ruled the country until 1985 constitutes a coup d'etat. He even baderts that this "civil and military" movement allowed the defeat of leftist guerrillas and prevented the installation of a communist regime in Brazil.

"The President does not consider March 31, 1964 as a coup d'etat.Considered that the society gathered, aware of the danger that the country was living," got that day, uniting "civilians and military, recovers and return to our country the cape "and that" if that had not happened, we would now have government that would be good for no one, "said the spokesman.

Bolsonaro is the president that more military has appointed at the highest levels of government in recent years. His cabinet is surrounded by retired uniformed: there are eight of the 22 portfolios, including a former captain and his vice-president, a general.

SOURCE Diario Popular