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ESAU & JACOB by Machado de Assis. 287 pages. University of California. $5.
Diários Associados is the huge publishing empire (31 newspapers, five magazines, 20 radio and twelve TV stations) owned by ailing Press Lord Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand and now run by a triumvirate of editors who are militantly antiCommunist. Some weeks ago, Brizola attacked the group, hinting at shady...
Brazil's Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Mello-"Chatô" to Brazilians-has fallen on sad times. He was the builder and sole commander of an $85 million, 58-company empire that included 31 newspapers, twelve television stations, 22 radio stations, four magazines, a news agency, two pharmaceutical...
One could only add that Quadros' great popularity among his people is not only due to his championing of their domestic cause but also to his unique Brazilian character. Just as only the United States could have produced Lincoln, only Brazil could have had a Jánio Quadros...
¶ Brazilian Author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1830-1008) wrote with irony and humor of the Brazilian soul.-ED.