Sobral Pinto
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Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (November 5, 1893 – Rio de Janeiro, November 30, 1991) was a Brazilian lawyer known for his human rights activism and devout Catholicism. He strongly opposed dictator Getúlio Vargas and worked against Brazil's later military regime following the military coup of 1964.
He was born in Barbacena, Minas Gerais.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Dulles 2007, 177
- (1) http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exdulsob.html
- (2) http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/dulres.html
Bibliography
- Dulles, John W. F. (2002) Sobral Pinto, "The Conscience of Brazil": leading the attack against Vargas (1930-1945). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71616-2
- Dulles, John W. F. (2007) Resisting Brazil's Military Regime: an account of the battles of Sobral Pinto. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71725-1
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