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...predecessor are former army generals whose power rests as much on military support as on constitutional provisions. Yet last week, as he was inaugurated in the capital of Brasilia, Costa showed by word and deed that he will be no carbon copy of outgoing President Humberto Castello Branco...
While Castello Branco is at heart a homebody who prefers to shun the limelight, Costa is an ebullient man about town who loves to put a few cruzeiros on his favorite horse, chat with attractive women and tell amusing stories on himself. Last week, as the two men marched up the aisle of Brasilia's Chamber of Deputies building for the swearing-in, a grim Castello Branco looked straight ahead; Costa, relaxed and enjoying himself, threw genial glances to friends and relatives. After the oath of office, Castello Branco stiffly shook hands with Costa's wife, lolanda; Costa...
...years leading up to the ouster of Mexico's last dictator, Porfirio Díaz, in 1911. Arranged in kaleidoscopic profusion are the principal figures, from the greedy courtesans and grasping businessmen who fattened under the Díaz regime to the labor leaders of the 1906 Rio Branco strike and the by-now mythological heroes of the revolution, Zapata, Carranza and Madero...
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...