Uruguay, 1964 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 24 January 1964, in the early phase of the military disquiet that would culminate a decade later in Uruguay's 1973 coup. In early 1964 Uruguay, long regarded as a model democracy, was governed by the collegial nine-member National Council of Government, which the National Party had controlled since its 1958 electoral victory shifted the government and the army's senior command rightward. The country faced near-zero growth, inflation running at 40 to 50 percent, and a large budget deficit, and by late 1964 U.
S. diplomats reported, for the first time in many years, rumours of serious unrest in the Uruguayan military and the possible threat of a coup. Regional pressures compounded the strain: Brazil's military seized power in April 1964, and deposed Brazilian president Joao Goulart took exile in Uruguay, prompting some Brazilian officers to favor a Uruguayan coup if Montevideo failed to restrict Brazilian exiles.
The January coding sits in this period of gathering military and economic stress rather than a single dated plot.
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
16501241964
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Uruguay's collegial civilian government held in 1964; the military did not seize power until the 1973 coup.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. 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
New York Times
The Philadelphia Inquirer Public Ledger
The Sun
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 →