Brazil’s literacy plan ended when the 1964 coup overthrew Goulart

Evidence

In 1961, when the populist, João Goulart was elected president of Brazil, he had widespread support, and was particularly interested in having Freire implement his literacy program throughout the country. The implementation of the program was projected to reach 5 million adult learners who would be taught to read and write within a two-year period. The prompting of Goulart’s interest was based on the success of Freire’s earlier work in Angicos where 300 rural farm workers learned to read and write within forty-five days (Freire, 1996). … The implementation process was short-lived as Freire and his team were preparing for this massive literacy project the Goulart administration was overthrown by a military coup d’etat in 1964, resulting in Goulart fleeing the country to neighboring Uruguay, with another approximately 10,000 officials being dismissed of their duties, with many of them also going into exile 1 The text was first published in Spanish in 1968, and later in English in 1970. — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 101

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: This connects to the article ‘On Sacrifice’ theme in the sense of political upheaval, but more directly offers a concrete case study for understanding how mass education threatens elites.
• XREF: Parallels with the Contras era literacy program in Nicaragua and later African revolutionary literacy drives. — connects to: Fear of mass literacy for the voter rolls helped trigger Brazil’s 1964 coup — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 105; A military coup halted Brazil’s national literacy plan and exiled Freire — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 587; Brazil’s 1964 coup jailed Freire for his literacy work — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 106

Broader Connections

• A military coup halted Brazil’s national literacy plan and exiled Freire #corroborates (0.95) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 587
• Brazil’s 1964 coup jailed Freire for his literacy work #expands (0.85) — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 106