Word: tavora
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...vice-presidential vote took an unexpected turn. Under Brazil's rules permitting ticket-splitting, hundreds of thousands of voters who decided for Candidate Barros also voted for Candidate Tavora's running mate, an able jurist named Milton Campos. At week's end Campos was so close behind Kubitschek's running mate, leftish João ("Jango") Goulart, that the contest was still in doubt...
Adhemar's entry in effect turns the Brazilian election into a three-way race. The other top contenders are Governor Juscelino Kubitschek of Minas Gerais state, heir to the leftish populista forces of the late President Getulio Vargas, and General Juarez Tavora, hero of the conservative military leaders whose determination to clean up the mess in Rio led to Vargas' resignation and suicide last year. But rumors were louder than ever in Rio last week that the officers would postpone the election unless their man seems likely...
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