Word: brazil
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last military coup (in Brazil)--about three years ago--the parties that claimed to be reformists were partly, let's say, an oligarchy that was trying to perpetuate its rule by just speaking in terms of fake reformism...
...second installment dealing more specifically with Brazil will appear tomorrow...
Well, I can judge mostly from Brazil, which I know better, of course. Basically, I think we missed the point of the original plan meant by President Kennedy. It seems to me that he meant a broad plan of cooperation through which we would be associated with the idea of growing, of development--growing in all senses, economically, culturally, democratically...
...paying back the loans. And it was quite a success. But bit by bit I realize that in Brazil as a whole, and perhaps in some other areas of South America, the Alliance became more a question of specific projects, of being too specific about projects, rather than seeing their social significance and the political implications...
...think they will go to pieces. Because I don't think they can control any more a country such as Brazil, with about 80 million people. It's too big to be controlled by a clique, by caste, or any way by a dominant group without any commitment towards democracy...