Diretas Já (Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒiˈɾɛtɐz ˈʒa], Direct (Elections) Now) was a 1984 civil movement in Brazil which demanded direct presidential elections...

José Sarney from 1986 to 1987. He is well known for his work with the Diretas Já movement, which fought for the direct election of presidents in Brazil...

there was great political turmoil in favour of the movement known as Diretas Já, a civil action that mobilized the youth and proclaimed direct elections...

military government of João Figueiredo. It is the largest protest during the Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history...

took to the streets in all the major cities demanding a direct vote (Diretas Já!) in the choice of the next president. In April 1984, Congress failed...

the general public. On 16 April 1984, Sócrates spoke out in support of Diretas Já (Free Elections Now), a popular movement that called for direct presidential...

government concessions to Rede Globo, which had very poor coverage of the 1984 Diretas Já protests. In 2013, pressured by protests in Brazil, Rede Globo admitted...

[citation needed] During 1984, the network was able to stand out in the Diretas Já movement that swept throughout Brazil. That same year, it covered the...

and growing dissatisfaction with the military rule, culminating in the Diretas Já protests of 1984, which clamored for direct elections for the Presidency...

the military regime. In the previous year, a series of rallies known as Diretas Já gathered thousands of peoples in the streets of major cities to demand...