First published at 16:47 UTC on January 9th, 2023.
Salgado adapted virtually all Fascist Roman hallmarks; firmly rejecting racism and organizing a group with green-shirted uniformed ranks,[1] disciplined street demonstrations, and inciteful, thought provocing speeches. The Roman salute was accompani…
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Salgado adapted virtually all Fascist Roman hallmarks; firmly rejecting racism and organizing a group with green-shirted uniformed ranks,[1] disciplined street demonstrations, and inciteful, thought provocing speeches. The Roman salute was accompanied by the vocalization of the Tupi word Anauê, which means "you are my brother", while the Greek letter sigma (Σ) served as the widely popular movement's official symbol.[1] Salgado himself was never an anti-jew.
The Integralist Action drew its support from lower middle class Italian immigrants (who hated communism), a large part of the Portuguese community, lower middle class Brazilians, and military officers, especially in the Brazilian Navy. As the party grew, Vargas turned to Integralism as his only mobilized base of support on the right-wing, which was elated by his Fascist corrections. In 1934, Salgado's movement targeted the Communist Party, then under the leadership of Luiz Carlos Prestes, as an underground party, mobilizing a conservative support base mass to engage in urban activism.
On 1937, Salgado launched his presidential candidacy for the general elections scheduled to take place in January 1938.[1] He supported his Estado Novo coup, hoping to make Integralism the doctrinal basis of the new regime,[1] once Vargas had promised him to take office as the Minister of Education.[2] The President, however, banned the Integralist party, treating it the same way he had treated other political parties after transforming Brazil into a single-party state.
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