Diretas Já
Diretas Já demonstration in São Paulo on April 16, 1984. | |
| Date | March 1983 – April 1984 |
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| Location | Major cities throughout Brazil |
| Participants | Tancredo Neves, Leonel Brizola, Miguel Arraes, Ulysses Guimarães, André Franco Montoro, Dante de Oliveira, Mário Covas, Gérson Camata, Iris Rezende, Orestes Quércia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Eduardo Suplicy, Roberto Freire, Fernando Henrique Cardoso among others. |
| Outcome | Indirect election of Tancredo Neves and approval of a Constituent Assembly |
Diretas Já (Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒiˈɾɛtɐz ˈʒa], Direct (Elections) Now) was a 1984 civil movement in Brazil which demanded direct presidential elections.