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Despite his quick promise, the careful Goulart took no chances. He waited until dusk before boarding a Varig Airlines Caravelle jet. At 8:15 p.m., the lights of Brasilia shone below, and the plane was blacked out. At the last possible moment, the Caravelle pilot flipped on his landing lights, the plane touched down, and President Goulart was safely in the capital...
...turned out. the only obstacle to Goulart's installation was a portion of Brazil's air force. Though all the service chiefs agreed to go along, the air force men in Brasilia still threatened to shoot Goulart down if he attempted to fly from his Pōrto Alegre stronghold to the capital. The revolt lasted only a few hours, and then Acting President Pascoal Mazzilli phoned Goulart that the way was clear. "I'll be ready to take off by noon," said Jango...
Three hours later, at 4 a.m., eight police cars howled up to Lott's apartment in Brasilia, and a colonel banged on the door, shouting that the marshal was under arrest. "Tell the colonel that he knows only an officer of my own rank can arrest me," said Lott, and went back to sleep. Back came a field marshal (Brazil has 36) to toss Lott into a damp, stone walled dungeon beneath the Fortress of Laje, a turret-topped rock jutting above the waters of Rio Bay. On Denys' orders, more than 100 army officers, loyal to Lott...
...Brazilian history. It came after a week of feuding and fussing, touched off-not surprisingly-by the warmth of Quadros' welcome for Cuba's homeward-bound economic czar, Che Guevara. The Cuban did not arrive on schedule. Row on row of officials were left waiting at the Brasilia airport. When Che finally arrived without warning the next day, only a few mechanics were on hand. Quadros later put on his best blue serge to greet him, and give him an ardent reception, along with Brazil's highest award for foreigners, the order of the Cruzeiro...
...quick reaction, Lacerda rounded up a group of anti-Castro Cubans headed by Manuel Antonio ("Tony") Varona and handed them the keys to Rio. Then, after calling up Quadros and being invited by him to dinner, Lacerda packed an overnight bag and rode an air force jet to Brasilia to carry his protest to the President in person. He found Quadros watching a movie in his private projection room, was offered a sandwich and told to start talking. He had hardly begun before Quadros excused himself and quietly phoned Justice Minister Pedroso Horta. "Call Carlos over to your house...