Coluna Prestes

Prestes Column
Part of Tenentism

The column's command[a]
Date1925–1927
Location
Result

Government victory

  • The Prestes Column was chased for about 25,000 kilometers within Brazil by the Brazilian government forces.
  • Surviving rebels fled to Bolivia.
Belligerents

Prestes Column

  • Rebel soldiers
  • Armed civilians

Brazil

Commanders and leaders
Luís Carlos Prestes
Miguel Costa
Artur Bernardes
Cândido Rondon
Horácio de Matos
Bertoldo Klinger
Strength
1,500 14,000—20,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
600 Unknown

The Coluna Prestes, also known as Coluna Miguel Costa-Prestes, in English Prestes Column, was a social rebel movement that broke out in Brazil between 1925 and 1927, with links to the Tenente revolts. The rebellion's ideology was diffuse, but the main issues that caused it were the general dissatisfaction with the oligarchic First Brazilian Republic, the demand for the institution of the secret ballot, and the defense of better public education. The rebels marched some 25,000 km (15,534 mi) through the Brazilian countryside. They did not aim to defeat the forces of the Federal government in battle, but rather to ensure their survival and their ability to continue threatening the government.
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