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Ersatz Election. Overwhelming problems still face President Emilio Garrastazii Medici, a former four-star general who was named President 14 months ago. Brazil's prosperity is benefiting mainly the upper 10% of the country's 90 million people. The more than one-third of Brazil's workers who are tied to the minimum wage (now $40 a month) have watched their real purchasing power shrink by about 50% over the last ten years. Then, too, Medici has yet to make good on his early talk of "free universities, free political parties, free unions and freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Raising the Ransom Price | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

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