Claim

Claim 850

A State Department cable said the crisis that led to the Fifth Institutional Act began with a speech by opposition deputy Marcio Moreira Alves on the floor of Congress that the military considered insulting to the army.

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

Statement: A State Department cable said the crisis that led to the Fifth Institutional Act began with a speech by opposition deputy Marcio Moreira Alves on the floor of Congress that the military considered insulting to the army.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Origin in the Moreira Alves speech
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

Current crisis had its precise beginnings in a speech by opposition deputy Moreira Alves on floor of Congress which was insulting to army.