User:Carmo14/Operação Trinta Horas

Operation Thirty Hours (Portuguese: Operação Trinta Horas) was the Brazilian military plan to invade Uruguay in 1971. Brazil was under the Military dictatorship, governed by Emílio Garrastazu Médici. Uruguay was in the electoral process and a possibility of victory of the Frente Amplio (Broad Front), on the left-wing, frightened the Brazilian rulers, in addition to the Tupamaros, an Uruguayan urban guerrilla group. However, the Frente Ampla was defeated at the polls and the plan.

Category:1971 in Uruguay Category:Brazilian military government Category:History of South America Category:History of Uruguay