Sobral Pinto
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese. (April 2011) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (5 November 1893 – Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 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.
Early life
He was born on 5 November 1893 in Barbacena, Minas Gerais,[1][2] to Príamo Cavalcanti Sobral Pinto, a station master working for the Central do Brasil railroad in the town, and his wife Idalina.[1]
See also
References
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
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
  | This Brazilian law-related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |