Federated Republic of Brazil

State · 1967–1986 CE · at its largest around 1967 CE

Brazil's generals ruled through censorship, torture and exile of opponents, while overseeing the 'Brazilian miracle' of rapid industrial growth and huge projects like the Trans-Amazonian Highway. Tropicália musicians such as Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil defied the regime with song.

On its lands while it lasted

Pablo Neruda (1904 CE – 1973 CE): Chilean poet and diplomat, author of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair and Canto General; Nobel Prize in Literature 1971.
Pelé (1940 CE – 2022 CE): Brazilian footballer who won three World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970) and spent most of his career with Santos; widely regarded as one of the greatest players.
Chico Mendes (1944 CE – 1988 CE): Brazilian rubber tapper and environmentalist who campaigned to protect the Amazon rainforest; murdered by a rancher in 1988.
1973 Chilean coup (1973 CE): On 11 September 1973 the armed forces bombed La Moneda palace and overthrew Allende, beginning Augusto Pinochet's 17-year dictatorship.