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...performers, both of them state governors, have moved" into the center ring of the Brazilian political circus. Both are spellbinding orators and accomplished platform actors, though their styles are notably different. Buoyant Juscelino Kubitschek, 53, veteran governor of Minas Gerais, dresses well and exudes hearty confidence. São Paulo's shrewd Jânio Quadros, 37, once labeled "the most talented actor in the history...
...Silva Bernardes, 70, onetime (1922-26) President of Brazil and indefatigable opponent of foreign-capital operations in Brazil; of a heart attack; in Rio de Janeiro. Outspoken, scrupulously honest Politico Bernardes was exiled and later pardoned by President Getulio Vargas for his part in the unsuccessful São Paulo revolt in 1932, in later years was widely hailed as the elder statesman of Brazilian nationalism and as a major influence behind the 1953 petroleum bill, which closed Brazil's oil resources to foreign companies...
...Paulo Banker Herbert Levy told fretful U.S. businessmen to quit worrying about losing money. Snapped Levy: previous U.S. investors in Brazil have made "excellent profits." In Brazil, he said, "U.S. investors have received $230 million more than they had actually invested...
...Secretary-General of the Organization of American States; Martín del Corral, director of the Banco de la República; Eduardo Suárez, former Secretary of Finance of Mexico; and Luis Roberto Vidigal, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the state of São Paulo...
...late President Getúlio Vargas ; of can cer; in Rio de Janeiro. Joao Alberto played an important role in the 1930 revolution that brought Vargas to power. During the 1 5-year dictatorship that fol lowed, he was chiefly responsible, as federal interventor of São Paulo and chief of police of Rio de Janeiro, for Vargas' survival in the face of repeated internal