Word: democraticos
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago, slim, smiling Governor Kubitschek. son of a Polish immigrant, heard somebody say that the 1955 presidential election would be a lottery. Commented Kubitschek: "The governor of Minas Gerais holds a ticket." A year later the left-of-center Partido Social Democratico (P.S.D.) gave Kubitschek the task of touring Brazil and getting local P.S.D. leaders to agree on a 1955 presidential candidate in advance of the party's nominating convention. Kubitschek assiduously set about selling himself. A strong selling point was his record as an industrious builder of roads and hydroelectric plants during his four years as governor...