Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto

Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (November 5, 1893 Barbacena – Rio de Janeiro, November 30, 1991) was a Brazilian lawyer known for his human rights activism and devout Catholicism. He strongly opposed dictator Getúlio Vargas and worked against Brazil's later military regime following the military coup of 1964.

References

• (1) http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exdulsob.html
• (2) http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/dulres.html

Further reading

• Dulles, John W. F. (2002) Sobral Pinto, "The Conscience of Brazil": leading the attack against Vargas (1930-1945). Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71616-2
• Dulles, John W. F. (2007) Resisting Brazil's Military Regime: an account of the battles of Sobral Pinto. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71725-1

See also

• Sobral – O Homem que Não Tinha Preço