Word: brasilia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Rising Demagogues. Anarchy is every where evident. Congressmen avoid the isolated new capital of Brasilia (built by free-spending Kubitschek to encourage development of Brazil's interior). Not a single major law has been passed since before Christmas-even though important land-and tax-reform bills are pending. Economists gloomily predict that inflation will raise the cost of living 60% this year...
Since he is best known as the builder of Brasilia, he explained in some detail why he had felt the much-criticized new capital necessary. Describing the vast Western region of virgin forest and Indian tribes, where "per capita income is exactly zero," he stressed the importance of "immediate integration of that region with the economic life of the country...
...Brasilia, he said, fulfills this need by opening up trade routes to the North-west; furthermore, "numerous population centers are already springing up along the highways." Besides, the idea of such a city has so long been debated that Kubitschek concluded building it was a "constitutional mandate...
...Brazilians, disillusioned by what has happened to them since, are ready to take him back, even if they still think he done them wrong. His departure last August shook Brazil to its foundation. Military brass attempted to bar demagogic and leftist Vice President Joāo ("Jango") Goulart from Brasilia's Palace of the Dawn, and for 13 days, Brazil seemed on the edge of a civil war. To keep peace, and to preserve its constitution, the country finally let Goulart take office as President but converted it self to a parliamentary regime so that Goulart could...
...lurching along in a way that may turn dangerous. At first the question was whether Labor-Boss João ("Jango'') Goulart as President or Tancredo Neves, a financier-turned-politician, as Prime Minister would actually lead the country. In fact, neither does. Nobody does. In remote Brasilia, the fractious Parliament carries on politics as usual. The far left hopes to proceed from chaos to power. It is up to dedicated second-echelon technicians to slow inflation and keep the nation running...