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When he took office almost three years ago, Brazil's plucky, pragmatic President Humberto Castello Branco came out against Communism, corruption and economic instability, and man aged to score some impressive successes (see WORLD BUSINESS). The way he did it angered many of his countrymen...
...result, Brazilians have been wondering what will come after next March 15, when the military's hand-picked President-elect Artur da Costa e Silva takes office. More of the same? Or a gradual return to democracy? Last week they got their answer when Castello Branco released the proposed draft of Brazil's first new constitution since...
Though most Brazilian newspapers attacked the constitution as another step toward dictatorship, Castello Branco had no fears about congressional passage. With his proposed draft, he issued "Institutional Act No. 4," which calls Congress into extraordinary session between Dec. 12 and Jan. 24 for "discussion, voting and promulgation" of the new constitution. If Congress votes it down, the act empowers Castello Branco simply to go ahead and decree...
...Deputies, plus all 22 state legislatures, local councils and municipal mayorships. Under Brazil's new government-decreed two-party system, voters could either cast their ballot for the government's ARENA candidate or for the opposition M.D.B.-thus theoretically voting for or against President Humberto Castello Branco's brand of "revolution." Such is Brazilian politics today that a vote for a government candidate was not always a vote for the government. Some ARENA candidates openly proclaimed-their opposition to Castello Branco. In Sao Paulo, one ARENA campaigner pleaded for votes so that "I can oppose the government...
After a final, hearty abrazo, Barrientos flew to La Paz, where he made preparations for another summit meeting this week-with Brazil's President Humberto Castello Branco. Belaúnde got into a helicopter and whirred off to the isolated, primitive Peruvian village of Aguarunas, where his interpreter explained to the curious Indians that this tall, grey-haired white man was the President of something called Peru. While the Indians laughed and shrugged in confusion, Belaúnde threw an arm around one for a quick photograph, then popped back into his helicopter for another stop or two before...