Word: brazil
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...before "the winds of change." No black African nation recognizes the Verwoerd regime, and their diplomatic barriers have forced South African Airways to detour 1,000 miles around the western hump of the continent on its European flights. An international seminar on apartheid opens this week in Brazil, with 30 nations participating...
...Janeiro, Brazil...
When President Humberto Castello Branco last year abolished Brazil's 13 squabbling political parties and replaced them with a two-party system, he had not imagined just how difficult it would be to form an opposition. Almost no body wanted to join the out-of-power party, but Castello Branco finally man aged to recruit 164 reluctant Congress men into MODEBRAS (Brazilian Democratic Movement) as a loyal opposition to his ARENA (National Renovation Alliance). But Castello Branco's efforts may have been in vain. Last week, as it held its first national convention, MODEBRAS refused to oppose...
Though two of Latin America's biggest nations - Argentina and Brazil -are under stiff military dictatorship, the rest of Latin America is generally going its constitutional way. Last week three countries had new Presidents...
...irreverent cariocas put it, not even Jesus Christ, whose statue, arms outstretched, gazes down on Rio from Corcovado, would be able to do much about Brazil's endemic sin of inflation. In one 31-month period, the cost of living soared an astronomical 340%, and in 1964 alone, the year that free-spending João Goulart was thrown out, it was heading up 150%. Yet when President Humberto Castello Branco took over, he confidently vowed to achieve stability in just two years...