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Prestes Column | |||||||
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Part of Tenentism | |||||||
![]() The column's command[a] | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Prestes Column
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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 1924 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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