Word: filho
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...Brazil there was one big difference: the first stirring of new hope in a new leader, a man who symbolizes a break with a troubled past and a promise of a brighter today-President Joao Café Filho...
...Last August, in the midst of a shattering political crisis, after a group of top-ranking generals had warned him that he must resign for the country's good, tragic Getulio Vargas put a bullet through his heart. That was the time for Vice President Joao Café Filho (which translates as John Coffee Jr.) to step forward...
...hold the line against rampaging inflation, Brazil's new President João Café Filho is firmly and conscientiously risking his personal popularity. Earlier this month he vetoed a pay rise for 15,000 doctors who work for the federal government or institutes it sponsors. Last week, as a result, Brazil's doctors threatened a nationwide sitdown strike...
...make up for the loss of income, the doctors pressured Congress to grant a 25-50% rise in their government wage. But when hardheaded Finance Minister Eugenio Gudin pointed out that the bill would add a billion cruzeiros yearly to the bulging budget, Café Filho vetoed...
...remain on duty to handle emergencies. But the President held firm, relying on Congress to uphold his anti-inflation program. For the delegates to the Hemisphere economic conference in Rio this week, the doctors' dilemma was a capsule review of Brazil's financial illness and Café Filho's strong medicine...