Pada tahun<!--In 1989 the Repulic ituwas proclamated dipimpinled olehby MarsekalMarshal [[Deodoro da Fonseca]], yangwho digulingkandeposed Brasilthe KaisarBrazilian Emperor Dom [[Pedro II dari Brasilof Brazil|Pedro II]] danand membentukformed pemerintahana sementaraprovisional government. DuaTwo tahunyears kemudianlater, pada tahunin 1891, KonstitusiConstitution was dituliswritten, yangbased berbasisin dithe [[federasifederative republikrepublic]] dariof the [[AmerikaUnited States of SerikatAmerica]] danand negarathe sendiricountry bernamaitself Republikwas Amerikanamed SerikatRepublic Brasilof the United States of Brazil. Deodoro terpilihwas sebagai presidenelected consitutional olehpresident parlemenby padathe tahunparliament yangin samathe namunsame mengundurkanyear diribut sepuluhresigned bulanten kemudianmonth danlater and [[Floriano Peixoto]] diresmikanwas inaugurated. Peixoto ituwas succeded olehby the presidenfirst terpilihelected pertamapresident diin Brazil, Prudente de Morais.
MeskipunAlthough ituit secarawas teoritheoretically a [[demokrasiconstitutional konstitusionaldemocracy]], Republikthe LamaOld Republic was caracterized olehby kekuatanthe daerahpower of regional [[oligarki oligarchy| oligarkioligarchies]] danand the strict alternance ketatof kekuasaanpower antarabetween negara-negarathe [[negarastates bagianof [[São Paulo state|São Paulo]] danand [[Minas Gerais]]. PemungutanThe suaravote diin pedesaanthe seringcountryside dikendalikanwas olehoften pemilikcontrolled tanahby lokalthe local land owner, danand kurangless darithan 6% pendudukof the population had the memilikiright hakof suaravote.
Pada tahunIn 1930, presidenthe president [[Washington Luiz]], yangwho didukungwas olehsupported by São Paulo oligarkioligarchies, melanggarbroke aturanthe rule of alternance antarabetween São Paulo danand Minas danand didukungsupported calona yangcandidate jugawho dariwas also from São Paulo, [[Júlio Prestes]]. Prestes memenangkanwon pemilihanthe election, tapibut Washington Luiz digulingkanwas deposed three weeks tigabefore mingguthe sebelumend akhirof masahis jabatannyaterm.-->
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