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The 1937 Brazilian coup d'état was led by President Getúlio Vargas with the support of the Brazilian Armed Forces on 10 November 1937. Vargas had risen to power in 1930 with the backing of the military, following a revolution that ended a decades-old oligarchy. He ruled as provisional president, ineligible for re-election, but he and his allies were unwilling to abandon power, and there was strong sentiment for a dictatorial government amongst the military. Senior military officers used the Plano Cohen, a fraudulent document, to provoke the National Congress of Brazil into declaring a state of war, after which Vargas opponents were undermined or forced into exile. On 10 November 1937, the military surrounded the National Congress, and Vargas proclaimed the new regime, the Estado Novo (New State). In the coup's aftermath, an authoritarian state was installed, based on European fascism. Individual liberties and rights were stripped away, and Vargas's term of office was extended by six years.