August 5: An assassination is attempted against journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda outside his home at 180 Rua Tonelero, where he and one of his bodyguards are injured. Air Force major Rubens Florentino (serving as Lacerda's bodyguard) is killed. That same day, further investigations uncover the involvement of a member of President Getúlio Vargas' security are involved in the assassination attempt.[1][2][3]
August 8: Gregório Fortunato, head of Vargas' personal security, confesses to masterminding the assassination attempt. The Air Force take charge of the investigations and Fortunato is apprehended.[4]
August 23: PresidentVargas meets with his ministers to analyze the political crisis that arose after the attack. It is decided that Vargas will go on leave until the end of the investigations.[7]
^Brasil, CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. "Getúlio Dornelles Vargas". CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-24.
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