Portrait of Luis Carlos Prestes. Brazil, 1920s. Luís Carlos Prestes (1898 – 1990) was a Brazilian revolutionary and politician who served as the general-secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party from 1943 to 1980 and a senator for the Federal District from 1946 to 1948. One of the leading communists in Brazil, Prestes has been regarded by many as one of Brazil's most charismatic yet tragic figures for his leadership of the 1924 tenente revolt and his subsequent work with the Brazilian communist movement. The 1924 expedition earned Prestes the nickname The Knight of Hope.

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Location: Brazil
Photo credit: © Archive Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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