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Word: ordem (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Vengeance Under Glass. Kubitschek's critics do not deny that he has been a builder, but wryly charge that Brazil's official motto, "Ordem e Progresso," has in the process become "Disorder and Progress." Kubitschek has printed almost as many inflationary paper cruzeiros (66.9 billion) as were printed in all of Brazil's previous history. He ignores Congress, shifts its appropriations to his pet projects-road building and Brasilia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: J.K. in a Hurry | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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