Aluízio Pinheiro Ferreira: Freemasonry, the 1930 Revolution and the creation of the Federal Territory of Guapore in Brazil

The article discusses the biography of Aluizio Pinheiro Ferreira from 1897 to 1943. It emphasizes two features of his lifetime: his public activity and his Masonic affiliation, during the 1930 Revolution (1930-1945) and the secession of Brazilian Freemasonry (1927). The period culminated with the cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Ribeiro da Fonseca, Dante
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/37470
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rehmlac/article/view/37470
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Aluízio Pinheiro Ferreira
Freemasonry
Revolution
Guapore
Federal Territory
Maçonaria
Revolução
Guaporé
Território Federal
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Summary:The article discusses the biography of Aluizio Pinheiro Ferreira from 1897 to 1943. It emphasizes two features of his lifetime: his public activity and his Masonic affiliation, during the 1930 Revolution (1930-1945) and the secession of Brazilian Freemasonry (1927). The period culminated with the creation of the Federal Territory of Guaporé (now the state of Rondônia) in 1943, during harshest period of the government of exception (1937 to 1945), and the appointment of Aluizio Ferreira as Rondônia’s first governor.