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...recent increase in Castelo Branco's dictatorial power will provoke no immediate political or economic reprisals by the United States, another government spokesman said during a round table discussion at the State Department. The O.A.S. conference is still temporarily scheduled to take place in Brazil on Nov. 17, and will presumably deal with the problem of economic integration in Latin America and the controversial issue of intervention, he reaffirmed...
...that separates President Castelo Branco's rule from a Franco-like regime is a hair -- consolidation of power," Jaguaribe said in an interview yesterday. He added that the president abolished political parties and direct presidential elections simply to suppress mounting opposition...
...decisive defeat of Castelo Branco's candidates in the Oct. 3 gubernatorial elections indicated his lack of popular support, according to Jaguaribe. He maintained that the president also lacked the support from political parties. Jaguaribe explained that the conservative Notional Democratic Union Party, formerly aligned with the president, was supporting the election of Carlos Lacerdo, governor of Guanabara State, next year...
Jaguaribe believes that Castelo Branco will retain only a "very small measure of acceptance." -- mainly form the ultra conservatives and the military. Even military support is shaky, since General Kruel, commander of a quarter of Brazil's army, publicly opposed Castel Branco's constitution changes...
Although Castelo Branco barred him self from re-election, Jaguaribe felt it was a very small consolation for the "phoney elections" he was setting up in Brazil's Congress. Congress was now a puppet, as the president could adjourn it or remove members at will...