# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1968-brazil-institutional-act-five-press-controls)
- Source: Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume XXXI, Document 236. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v31/d236
- 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.

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