Word: mesquita
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Júlio de Mesquita Filho, 77, Brazilian publisher, head of O Estado de São Paulo, one of South America's most influential and respected dailies; of pneumonia; in São Paulo. All through the 1930s Mesquita fought the demagoguery, corruption and censorship of Dictator Getúlio Vargas and was one of the forces that eventually brought his overthrow in 1945. In 1964, Mesquita lent his powerful support to the coup that ousted Leftist President João Goulart, but later grew disenchanted with the military dictatorship that resulted, and rejoined the battle...