Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (; 7 November 1868 – 1 July 1920) was a Brazilian

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who served as tenth

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He was born in

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...

state to a Portuguese father and to a

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mother who traced her ancestry back to the early settlers of Brazil. Delfim Moreira, elected vice president under

Rodrigues Alves Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, PC (; 7 July 1848 – 16 January 1919) was a Brazilian politician who first served as president of the Province of São Paulo in 1887, then as Treasury minister in the 1890s. Rodrigues Alves was elected the f ...

in 1918, provisionally ruled the country as the

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provided for new elections in case of disability of the president before completing two years in office. Rodrigues Alves never even entered office, for he was stricken by the "

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" and died on 16 January 1919. Delfim Moreira himself also did not have good health, suffering from some psychological conditions, therefore his short tenure was known as "the republican regency" since the government Minister of Transportation and Public Works,

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, stood out in the president's decision-making. Three days after the new government took over the country, a

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hit the

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and the city of

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. The president ordered the closure of unions in Rio de Janeiro, on 22 November. On 21 June 1919, a dissident faction of the

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founded the

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. Four months later, the government expelled from the country about a hundred of them, mostly foreigners, who worked in the workers movement of the cities of

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, Santos,

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and

, due to the discovery of an alleged plot aimed at overthrowing the government. When

Epitácio Pessoa Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa (; 23 May 1865 – 13 February 1942) was a Brazilian politician and jurist who served as 11th president of Brazil between 1919 and 1922, when Rodrigues Alves was unable to take office due to illness, after being ...

assumed headship of the government, Moreira became his vice president. As vice president, he also served as the President of the Senate. He died in the city of Santa Rita do Sapucaí, on 1 July 1920. He was succeeded by

Bueno de Paiva Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva (17 September 1861 – 4 August 1928) was a Brazilian politician who was Vice President of Brazil from 11 November 1920 to 14 November 1922 under Epitácio Pessoa. As the ninth vice president of Brazil, he also se ...

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