>>40528 >In Latin America, the attitude presented may, for example, imply that the “sacred trust of the armed forces” requires intervention to “clear the mess made by the politicians” in order to achieve “social/national progress, while respecting property rights/individual rights.” In the sense of "cleaning the mess" that was the reasoning behind every intervention, but it wasn't quite anti-politician because it was always in favor of one section of the old political class, even in 1964. The main rhetoric was either that Goulart was a communist or that he was the one outside the law and thus the rebels were the real legalists. Disdain for the old political system was more important as part of hardliner ideology once the regime was in place. >Is it known where? Not remote by any means. Each shifted through several hideouts. For Costa e Silva one was Botafogo, Rua Estácio Coimbra, 84. For Castello Branco, Flamengo, Avenida Rui Barbosa, 460, 7th, then Copacabana, Avenida Atlântica, 3.916, Apartment 101. Later he'd go to ECEME. The owners of those apartments and the entourages of officers following the generals are known.