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Word: iating (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1961-1961
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...free election), Goulart went along to Rio with him. Goulart watched over the labor movement for Vargas, be came his Labor Minister. In the ministry he embarked on a short but highly successful campaign to buy popular support. "My only commitments are to the people, especially to the proletar iat," he said, but when he tried to put over a 100% boost in the national minimum wage, 81 powerful army colonels got exercised. They joined in . a protest to Vargas, who fired Goulart -and then granted the boost anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: BRAZIL'S NEW PRESIDENT | 9/8/1961 | See Source »

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