Word: branco
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Ever since the revolution that toppled Leftist João Goulart in March 1964, Brazil has been riven by an ugly power squabble that could drastically affect the future of Brazilian democracy. Taking advantage of the coup that landed a soldier, General Humberto Castello Branco, in the presidential palace, a hardline, right-wing military faction known as the linha dura has been busily purging state and local governments of every official whom they suspect of Communist sympathies or simple malfeasance-in many cases without benefit of judicial procedure. Last week the hard-liners were dealt a hard blow. It came...
Firm Purpose. The elections will be for the governors of eleven states, and are scheduled for next October. Until last week, most Brazilians expected Humberto Castello Branco's revolutionary government to postpone them for at least a year. Now the decision was to proceed-and it spoke well for his promise to hold a full presidential election...
Coming on the eve of the first anniversary of the military revolt that toppled Leftist Joāo Goulart, the call to vote was one more indication of the firm purpose of Castello Branco's government. Brazil's soldiers ousted Goulart not just to rescue the country from Communism but also to impose a semblance of order on its chaotic political and economic life. In the twelve months since, a calmer, somewhat chastened Congress has passed more than 200 new laws and constitutional amendments. Among them: agrarian reform, a complete income-tax overhaul, and a law revamping...
Stirring Opposition. Despite the progress, many Brazilians are less than enthusiastic about Castello Branco. Partly it is the man. Grim and aloof, he carries out his duties with no fuss, no fanfare-and little apparent relish. Critics charge that he is the prisoner of a military clique that uses anti-Communism as an excuse to run roughshod over the country's laws. Some local military commanders are still arresting suspected subversives and holding them without bringing specific charges. Last week an estimated 1,500 "suspects" remained locked away, including Miguel Arraes, ex-governor of Pernambuco...
Such rumbles are expectable, considering the hard, unfamiliar course that Castello Branco is charting for Brazil. What some Brazilians forget is that their lot was far worse under Goulart. The question now is whether Castello Branco can make his reforms stick, and the second year will be the test of that...