Brazil, 1956 — military coup attempt
Event Summary
The dataset records an attempted military coup in Brazil on 11 February 1956, weeks after President Juscelino Kubitschek took office on 31 January 1956 amid intense military factionalism following the suicide of Getulio Vargas and the constitutionalist crisis of November 1955. Kubitschek had been guaranteed his inauguration only by the preventive countercoup of War Minister General Henrique Teixeira Lott in November 1955, which blocked hardline anti-Kubitschek officers from annulling the election. The new government faced continued plotting from that defeated faction, most visibly in the Jacareacanga revolt of an air force group later that month.
The February 1956 attempt did not unseat Kubitschek, who governed through his full term, launched the construction of the new capital Brasilia, and handed power to his elected successor Janio Quadros in 1961.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
14002111956
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: President Juscelino Kubitschek survived and completed his term, handing power to an elected successor in 1961.
Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
The Sun
New York Times
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →