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Aurélio de Lira Tavares (7 November 1905m João Pessoa–18 November 1998) was a general in the Brazilian Army. He was one of the military in the joint military board that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici in October of that same year.[1]
During the government of the junta, the American ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the communist guerilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship.[2]
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References
- ^ CPDOC: Aurélio de Lira Tavares
- ^ Newton, Michael (1 April 2002): "ELBRICK, Charles Burke". In: The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings. Checkmark Books. ISBN 9781438129884
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