Word: branco
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...months remaining to him, Brazil's lame-duck President Humberto Castello Branco is restlessly pursuing his aim of completing the drastic remodeling of Brazil that he began after the army rebellion that overthrew Leftist President Joāo Goulart in April of 1964. During his drive to transform his country into a disciplined and modern society, Castello Branco has increasingly avoided Congress and simply started decreeing laws in what a top U.S. diplomat calls "an orgy of Calvinistic legislation." Calvinistic it may be, but it is a badly needed antidote for the orgy of inflationist and frequently pro-Communist...
Certainty in Congress. Castello Branco has drawn up a new constitution that will give the President wide powers of decree (TIME, Dec. 16), announced a new press bill that provides stiff fines and up to four years in prison for magazine and newspaper editors who print anything "prejudicial to national security." He is drafting a new law that will give the President sweeping powers to deal with "security" cases. Last week he decreed a new business tax that slaps a 5% levy on shareholder profits. Since the government's ARENA party holds a 304-seat majority in Congress (compared...
Though both are military men, Castello Branco was cool to Costa e Silva's bid for the presidency, for which he had decided not to run. As the ARENA party's picked candidate, Costa e Silva pledged during his campaign to maintain and develop Castello Branco's revolutionary policies, but promised that he would try to "humanize" them. Brazil could stand some humanizing right now. Though Castello Branco has accomplished many things-cut the budget, slowed inflation, attracted new foreign investment-Brazilians are discouraged by years of harsh austerity and repression...
Even so, Costa e Silva has little choice but to continue in Castello Branco's footsteps. Though out of office, Castello Branco will continue to command strong support within the Brazilian army. Just as he helped to overthrow Goulart, he could cause much trouble for Costa e Silva should the new government waver on the austere path he has set for Brazil...
...like it. And in the beginning it was true. And it was justified, in a way, because instead of intervening, eventually, your government preferred to support the Brazilian group which overthrew Joao Goulart [former leftist president]. But I think after it, they should not be so happy about Castelo Branco's way of ruling the country. They should be just, well, a little aloof. And at least wash their hands and not try to let Castelo Branco identify himself too much with the American goals in Latin America...