Ulysses Guimarães was a Brazilian politician and a central figure in Brazil's return to democracy, serving as president of the National Constituent Assembly that produced the 1988 Constitution. Short excerpts of his speeches now circulate online as soundboard clips, shared mainly by Brazilian users interested in political history, civic education and documentary-style edits. Because his voice is closely associated with that democratic transition, the clip is still used to lend historical weight to discussions of Brazilian politics, rather than as a generic meme sound.