Word: branco
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...breed" of Latin American intellectuals. In a land known for its militant theorists and dogmatic unarxists, he is a pragmatic and flexible practitioner. Born and educated in Brazil, he founded a steel mill in 1953, managed it for ten years, and then resigned when General Castelo Branco seized control of the government in early 1964; he found only a "minimum of compatibility" with the new regime...
...beliefs," he admits, "are not accepted by the regime of Castelo Branco." And yet, it is the duty of the intellectual to formulate his theories and publicize his views, even though they may be "open to question." "You must try to increase the sum of rationality that prevails," says Jaguaribe. "You must chose among the doctrines of socialism and capitalism and apply the most appropriate to your country." After all, "even by thinking you are doing something...
...Diaz Ordaz administers a prosperous, rapidly industrializing nation. Venezuela's Raul Leoni is pumping his country's vast oil wealth into impressive reforms; Argentina's Arturo Illia is struggling with inflationary troubles in the best-fed nation in Latin America; and Brazil's Humberto Castello Branco seems to be starting his gigantic country back toward order after toppling a ruinous leftist regime. But there is genuine excitement in Peru. What is going on there under Belaúnde lights a path ahead for the entire spiny west coast of South America from Colombia to Chile...
Weak as it was, Panair was still something of a national institution, and Castello Branco's sudden action brought shocked outcries. The governor of Amazonas State declared a state of emergency and flew to Rio to try and plead with Castello Branco. Panair's directors vowed to appeal the President's order to the Supreme Court, but it does not reconvene until March 9. By then the airline will probably have been torn apart by its competitors and creditors...
...Under Castello Branco's order, Panair's domestic service will go to Cruzeiro do Sul and VASP, which fly to most of the same cities anyway. The real prize, Panair's routes to Europe and the Mideast, will go to Varig, which is already South America's biggest airline and by far its best. Founded in 1927, Varig has been run for the past 23 years by Ruben Berta, 57, a onetime Lufthansa accountant who has built it into an international operation with routes to South America's west coast and the U.S., a huge...