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    Artur da Costa e Silva (Portuguese: [aʁˈtuʁ dɐ ˈkɔstɐ i ˈsiwvɐ]; 3 October 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a Brazilian Army Marshal and the second president...
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    Bridge (in Portuguese: Ponte Rio-Niterói), officially the President Costa e Silva Bridge, is a box girder bridge spanning the Guanabara Bay, connecting...
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  • Alexandre "Xande" Nascimento da Costa e Silva (born 16 March 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Major...
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    Alberto da Costa e Silva (12 May 1931 – 26 November 2023) was a Brazilian historian, poet, and diplomat. He won the 2014 Camões Prize. Da Costa e Silva was ambassador...
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    dictatorship Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva General Emílio Garrastazu Médici General Ernesto Geisel General João...
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    José da Costa e Silva (25 July 1747 – 21 March 1819) was a Portuguese architect. His work helped establish Neoclassical architecture in Portugal and colonial...
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  • José Luís Lopes Costa e Silva (born 17 May 1958), known as José Luís, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in...
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    of reserve forces before being appointed chief of staff to Artur da Costa e Silva from 1957 to 1960. After the military coup Médici became Brazil's military...
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    October 30, 1969, between the sudden illness of President Artur da Costa e Silva and the swearing-in of Emílio Garrastazu Médici as his successor. At...
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    regime (known as linha-dura) with the support of War Minister Artur da Costa e Silva, wanted to stay in power for a greater period of time in order to achieve...
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  • Kevyson Costa e Silva (born 29 March 2004), simply known as Kevyson is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos. Mainly a left back, he can also play...
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    the Brazilian military government, with Artur da Costa e Silva as the sole candidate. Costa e Silva was elected with 295 votes from the ruling National...
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    Diego da Silva Costa (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo ða ˈsilβa ˈkosta], Portuguese: [ˈdʒjeɡu dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈkɔstɐ]; born 7 October 1988) is a professional footballer who...
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    Brazil. The highway was inaugurated in 1971 as Elevado Presidente Costa e Silva; its name was changed in 2016 after a law was passed changing names...
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    30 October 1969) that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici...
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    Jorge Alberto Costa e Silva (Vassouras, 26 March 1942) is a Brazilian psychiatrist. He graduated from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the State University...
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    completely subservient. For example, in the late 1968 President Artur da Costa e Silva demanded that Congress prosecute the congressman Márcio Moreira Alves...
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    a late Baroque-Rococo building. Later, it was entrusted to José da Costa e Silva and Francisco Xavier Fabri, who planned a magnificent building in the...
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    extrajudicial killing by the regime. It was issued by President Artur da Costa e Silva on December 13, 1968. Institutional Acts were not subject to judicial...
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    Heitor da Silva Costa (25 July 1873 – 21 April 1947) was a Brazilian civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio...
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  • politician Artur da Costa e Silva, Brazilian military officer and politician Asoka de Silva, 9th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Asoka de Silva, 42nd Chief Justice...
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    the dictatorship, he criticized the governments of Castelo Branco and Costa e Silva, having an erratic political position, at first a hard-line and later...
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    Africa are well documented in a long article (in Portuguese) by Alberto Costa e Silva entitled "The Early Years of Francisco Féliz de Souza on the Slave Coast"...
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    Contemporânea do Brasil. Retrieved 12 May 2024. Lemos, Renato. "SILVA, Costa e". Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil. Retrieved...
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    On that same date, Arthur da Costa e Silva was sworn in as President succeeding Castello Branco. Since Costa e Silva, therefore, all presidents of Brazil...
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    groups, governors and officers without ESG training, such as Artur da Costa e Silva, Olímpio Mourão Filho, Amaury Kruel and Joaquim Justino Alves Bastos...
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    Felipe Santos da Costa e Silva (born 8 August 1984) is a water polo player from Brazil. He was part of the Brazilian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics...
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    José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva (10 February 1727, Santo Antão — 30 October 1799, Angra) was the 23rd Bishop of the Diocese of Angra, governing...
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  • João Filipe Rabelo da Costa Silva (born 11 June 1988), known as João Filipe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays a central defender or a defensive midfielder...
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    Congress of Brazil voted to select Artur da Costa e Silva as the nation's 23rd President. Costa e Silva, a former General of the Brazilian Army and the...
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