The press of the River Plate region, especially of Uruguay, showed a hostile attitude against the Brazilian military movement of March 31, 1964, depicting it to the public as a "gorilla coup". This reaction became more explicit in April as the members of the Brazilian Especial Mission to Uruguay landed in Montevideo. The Mission's aim was to obtain from the Uruguayan Government, through the exertion of strong pressure, the formal compromise of confining former president Goulart and his companions to a distant area from the Brazilian border, namely the Montevideo Department, in which it would be easier for the Uruguayan authorities to keep their activities under control. Confronted with the neighboring Republic's refusal to attend its demand, the Mission returned to Brazil, but, curiously enough, taking home what it was not looking for: the recognition of the new Government, which was obtained from the National Council of Government by a scant majority of votes and under strong opposition on the part of the Uruguayan press and public opinion.
Mission to Uruguay; Press of the River Plate Region; Former President Goulart; Territorial Asylum and Confinement; Recognition of the Military Government