And in December of that year, the regime passed their ultimate act of repression with AI-5, a bill that shuttered the National Congress, imposed strict censorship on media, and suspended habeas corpus.
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By 1968, Silva’s military government cracked down on dissent of all stripes, be they industrial strikes, student protests, or critical songs.
Goulart was elected on an economic nationalist platform that sought to narrow the gap between wealthy and poor, and keep multinational companies from siphoning their profits out of the country, much to the ire of the rich and powerful. In 1964, a CIA-backed military group (a junta ) brought down the elected government of President João Goulart, installing the army general Costa e Silva instead. In the wake of the Summer of Love in 1967, this collective sought to make their country’s pop music as impactful as the sounds emanating from the UK, Europe, and America-though their work almost didn’t make it out of a turbulent Brazil. Led by future stars Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Gal Costa, as well as irascible talents like Tom Zé and Os Mutantes, Tropicália combined adventurous rock’n’roll and avant-garde sounds with the native rhythms of the country.
But it was the scene’s bold and adventurous take on música popular brasileira (Brazilian pop music) that made the most noise around the world.
It was a vivid, multi-disciplinary blossom, ranging from poetry to films, theater to visual art. Tropicália was a revolution, a movement of subversion and beauty that swept Brazil in the late 1960s.
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