1962: The Year of the Plunder

1962: O ano do Saque

In 1962 the conservative forces against President Jango created a climate of instability in the country. Besides the political crisis Brazilians lacked basic commodities such as rice, sugar and beans. Amidst this scenario happened, especially in Duque de Caxias, one of the greatest popular looting that has news in Brazil's history in the twentieth century.