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Last week, rising to make his maiden speech in the Brazilian Senate, Senator Arnon de Mello, 52, looked uneasily toward the back of the chamber. "I will speak today," he began, "with my eyes turned to Senator Silvestre Péricles de Góes Monteiro, who . . . who . . . who has threatened to kill me today." "Swine," roared Góes Monteiro, 67, charging down the aisle. Mello drew his Smith & Wesson .38, ducked behind a seat-and fired twice. An old hand at political gunplay, Góes Monteiro whipped out his own .38, but another Senator jumped him before...
...growing press empire and in the men he impulsively picked to manage it. In a fit of rage in the early 1930s, Chatô fired one of his Sao Paulo managers and replaced him with the first person his eye lit on. The chosen one: Office Boy Edmundo Monteiro, who eventually worked his way to control of all of Chatô's companies in Sāo Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina states. A few years later in Rio, Chatô went rowing with a student named Joāo Calmon, who happened to be standing...
Calmon showed up-and began a rapid climb to control of all newspapers, radio and television stations that were not under Monteiro...
...Monteiro and Dutra told Vargas that he must hold an election. The dictator called in his Minister of War. "I can resign," he told Dutra, "or I can choose a candidate. I've talked to many people, and your name has constantly recurred . . ." "A great honor," Dutra broke in. Vargas, who had expected reluctance, was caught off balance. Thereafter, while he ostensibly supported Dutra's campaign, he actually sabotaged it behind the scenes...
...month before the election, Vargas suddenly installed his unpopular brother, Benjamin Vargas, as police chief. Dutra and Góes Monteiro decided that Vargas was preparing to cancel the elections. They staged a coup of their own which abruptly ended Vargas' 15-year rule. Chief Justice José Linhares became acting President until the election, which Dutra won by just over a million votes...