Claim

Claim 848

The United States Embassy said the Institutional Act decreed on the night of December 13, 1968 amounted to a self-issued license letting the executive govern without the trappings of democracy.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The United States Embassy said the Institutional Act decreed on the night of December 13, 1968 amounted to a self-issued license letting the executive govern without the trappings of democracy.
Field: action
Value: Fifth Institutional Act decreed December 13, 1968
About: incident 1968-brazil-institutional-act-five-press-controls
Source: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume XXXI, Document 236
Publisher: Office of the Historian, United States Department of State
Method: primary document
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1968-12-14

Quotation from the source

Institutional act decreed last night amounts to a self-issued license authorizing executive to govern without trappings or inconveniences of democracy.