A primeira greve nacional da classe trabalhadora brasileira: 5 de julho de 1962.

In early July 1962 a general strike paralyzed much of the country. Its purpose was essentially political: to intervene in the struggle between President Joao Goulart and the National Congress, to favor the first in the definition of the composition of the Parliamentary Council of Ministers. The strike paralyzed the entire region that included the old state of Guanabara (today the city of Rio de Janeiro) and the state of Rio de Janeiro, all the Baixada Santista, the Port of Paranaguá (PR), Rio Grande do Sul and most northeastern capitals. Because If its size, the movement drew attention to the U.S. intelligence service. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development and significance of that which was the first national strike of the Brazilian working class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]