Integralist Brazil

The State of Brazil was an political regime that ruled over Brazil between 1935 and 1944, covering the late 1930s and most of the Great Revolutionary War. The state was run as a dictatorship by Plinio Salgado and the political party Brazilian Integralist Action, who, following their role in suppressing the Brazillian Revolution, instituted a fascist government influenced by those in Europe. Unlike most fascist movements, the Integralists were not officially racialist, however, many key members held anti-Semitic views. Integralism was instead more heavily influenced by Catholic fundamentalism, which manifested itself in extreme forms of homophobia. The Integralist regime surrendered to the Allies in 1944, reinstating the House of Braganza to the revived Brazilian throne.