Sobral Pinto
Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto 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.Early life
He was born on 5 November 1893 in Barbacena, Minas Gerais, to Príamo Cavalcanti Sobral Pinto, a station master working for the Central do Brasil railroad in the town, and his wife Idalina.
