Word: backland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Colombia's Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, when he grabbed power four years ago at 53, was touted as the man who could end his country's bloody backland guerrilla war; instead he cracked down on newspapers and political opponents, grabbed huge ranches at his own bargain prices. In May last year the military, clergy and businessmen turned on him, sent him on his way to exile in the Canary Islands...
...Brazil's coming men is Juscelino Kubitschek. 52, the trim, dynamic son of German-Polish immigrants who is governor of the Texas-sized inland state of Minas Gerais (pop. 8,000,000). When high-spirited Juscelino ran for office three years ago, he wooed the isolated backland voters with hillbilly songs (How can a fish live out of water? How can I live without you?) and dazzling promises of roads and electricity. Unlike many another Brazilian political charmer, Juscelino is making his campaign oratory come true. His slogan: "What I start I finish...