Instituto Brasileiro de Ação Democrática

The Instituto Brasileiro de Ação Democrática (Brazilian Institute for Democratic Action) or IBAD, founded in May 1959 by Ivan Hasslocher, was one of two Brazilian conservative think tanks (the other was the IPÊS) established in order to prevent what was seen as the advance of Communism in Brazil. The IBAD arose as a reaction to the government of Juscelino Kubitschek, regarded as populist and lenient on fighting inflation, and intensified its action in the João Goulart's administration, with campaigns of anti-Communist content on radio, television and newspapers. The IBAD owned his own advertising agency, the "Incrementadora de Vendas Promotion" and created a political movement called the "Ação Democrática Popular" (Popular Democratic Action) or Adep, explicitly geared towards raising money and promoting anti-Communist candidates, particularly during the electoral campaign of 1962 to the Brazilian legislature.

The overt involvement of the IBAD-Adep in the 1962's campaign, which included the rent for 90 days of the Carioca daily "A Noite" and the publishing by the newspaper "O Globo" of the book "Assalto ao Parlamento" (or Storming the Parliament, published in the United States as And Not A Shot Is Fired) of the Czech writer Jan Kozak, led to the creation of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) in 1963. Although the IBAD has destroyed many of its documents before they could be analyzed by the CPI, the remaining were sufficient to demonstrate that the institute was funded by foreign companies, from the U.S. mostly. Then, President João Goulart ordered an investigation by the Judiciary, that would determine what should be done with the institute. Finally, on December 20, 1963, IBAD and ADEP were dissolved by court order.

See also

• Covert United States foreign regime change actions

External links

• Assaltos ao Parlamento: estudo comparativo dos episódios do Ibad e do Mensalão  Template:Pt icon