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Enviado el: viernes, 26 de abril de 2002 03:53 There was no "reported effort" of Sa~o Paulo to secede from Brazil in the 19th century. Elements in the Republican movement/Party in the province of Sa~o Paulo in the 1880s talked about political independence, in part because in the rest of Brazil the Republican movement was going nowhere. There were ideas about an independent flag but no common design was agreed on. The events of 1889-1894, following the overthrow of the Imperial regime, gave to the new state of Sa~o Paulo the substance of what it wanted, political and economic autonomy, so that formal independence became pointless. Sa~o Paulo further played a leading role in the running of the federal government at Rio de Janeiro. Out of eleven presidents, no less than 5 came from Sa~o Paulo. The overthrow of the Old Republic in 1930 and the restoration of the pre-1889 system under Getulio Vargas led to the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolt in Sa~o Paulo which sought a return to the 1889-1930 autonomy with talk of secession from Brazil. The revolt failed. Roderick J. Barman Professor, Department of History 1297-1873 East Mall University of British Columbia Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1 Canada telephone: 604-224-3983 (home) fax: 604-224-9388 (fax) roderick.j.barman@ubc.ca
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