Luís Carlos Prestes
Brazilian politician (1898-1990) · Brazil · Politicians · Died at 92
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A young Prestes in military uniform
Luis Carlos Prestes in Bolivia in 1928, shortly after the end of the Prestes Column's march through Brazil's interior
Prestes at the Security Court in 1937
Prestes (bottom right) speaking on the floor of Congress as Senator in 1946
Prestes in exile in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s
Prestes (left) with Leonel Brizola (center), whom Prestes supported in the 1980s after leaving the PCBAwards
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Luís Carlos Prestes was a Brazilian revolutionary, military officer, and politician who served as general secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party from 1943 to 1980 and as a senator for the Federal District from 1946 to 1948. He first achieved national prominence for his role in the 1924 tenentist revolt and in the subsequent march of the Prestes Column, which earned him the nickname The Knight of Hope.
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