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...good measure dissolved Brazil's 13 political parties; in their place, he created a majority government party called ARENA and a mild opposition catchall called M.D.B. Early this month, in an indirect election by Congress, ARENA'S presidential candidate-ex-War Minister, Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva, 64-swept easily to victory, and is to take office next March. With that accomplished, Castello Branco fortnight ago felt secure enough to draw up another decree and order out of Congress six morefederal Deputies whom he does not like...
...into two-an official government party known as ARENA and an official opposition party called MODEBRAS. Naturally, ARENA dominated Congress, and so when Castello Branco decreed that the next President would be elected by Congress, the opposition finked out. That left the field to Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva, 64, former War Minister, leader of the army's ultra-conservative "hard line," and by far its most powerful general. Nominated in May by ARENA, Costa e Silva became the only candidate for President...
Promise of Peace. He has performed almost as if he were riding a bandwagon instead of a tank. Since July, when the election "campaign" officially began, Costa e Silva has barnstormed virtually all of Brazil's 22 states, made scores of speeches, shaken tens of thousands of hands. He has promised his audiences almost everything: a balanced budget, control of inflation, more imports, more exports, better transport and communications, more electric power, better education, health and housing. His aim, he proclaims, is to promote "an authentic democracy, in which the rich are richer and the poor are less poor...
With cliches flapping up like frightened pigeons, the campaign finally ended last week. In the great banquet hall of Rio's Copacabana Palace Hotel, Costa e Silva peered from behind his green-tinted sunglasses while 450 captains of industry pretended that the filet mignon on their plates was the only beef they had with the government. "An unforgettable night," proclaimed the president of the National Confederation of Industries. "A his toric moment," added the president of the National Confederation of Agriculture. "The moral attributes of Your Excellency, Senhor Marshal," said the president of the National Confederation of Industrial Workers...
Incredible Four. Costa e Silva will be elected this week and take office in March. But whether he can bring peace to the Brazilian family is another question. Opposition elements are already beginning to unite against any form of military rule, whether by Castello Branco or Costa e Silva. Even the deadliest of enemies are talking of joining forces in something called the Frente Ampla (Broad Front) to bring the soldiers down...