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**Diretas Já** (English: Direct Now) was a grassroots social movement
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that emerged in [Brazil](Brazil "wikilink") in the
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[mid-1980s](Timeline_of_Libertarian_Socialism_in_South_America "wikilink")
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demanding the end of [military
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dictatorship](military_Dictatorship_of_Brazil "wikilink") and creation
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of a [liberal democracy](Representative_Democracy "wikilink").
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## Background
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Since 1962, Brazil had been a US-backed military dictatorship that
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oppressed its population and horribly mismanaged its economy that hurt
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the poor. After a politician proposed a law to democratise the country,
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the social movement emerged.
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## Events
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The first protests occurred on the 31st of March, with just simple
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marches that occurred throughout the years. Combined with increasingly
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disgruntled soldiers who had seen their wages eroded by threatening
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their commanders, the government began to fear an all out uprising. They
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subjected the new law to vote in the parliament and shut down all TV and
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Radio stations and mobilised the military. Fortunately, the law was
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voted on and the country began to democratise.
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## Results
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The movement successfully toppled the dictatorship in Brazil and created
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a democratic government. |