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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...
Far to the south, in Goulart's home fief of Rio Grande do Sul, Governor Leonel Brizzola was calling the gauchos to arms on Goulart's behalf. Brizzola, who is Brazil's most rabidly anti-Yankee governor and Goulart's brother-in-law, blocked the harbor...
Bad but Legal. Without a unity of arms to enforce their will, Denys and his allies began to lose control. With Ku-bitschek's backing, Congress went into special session to discuss a constitutional amendment to remold the government from a U.S. presidential system into a parliamentary pattern akin...
As Congress debated, Kubitschek went to work on Denys (who had been War Minister under Kubitschek as well as under Quadros). He also telephoned the waiting Goulart in Paris. "Don't even consider civil war, which can only do vast damage to the nation," he said. "Have patience and...
After two days, Kubitschek was on the phone again to Paris to report Denys' reluctant agreement to hold fire. Goulart cabled the old marshal: "I am returning to Brazil to fulfill my duty, and I hope your excellency will fulfill yours." He then boarded a jet for the long...