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General Castelo Branco is the leader of this military regime which came to power after overthrowing leftist President Joao Gotildart, Castelo Branco will be replaced this March by General da Costa Silva who was elected in an indirect vote by the Brazilian Congress...
...very hard to preview that because [Congress has just elected] a new president [Arthur da Costate Silva] who is also a general, who was minister of war, and who was forced upon Castelo Branco as a way of getting rid of Castelo Branco without disrupting the army unity. So they chose the minister of war and said. "You are going to be the next president." But still be is a general. He had some supporters and some enemies, but away he is different from Castelo atanco in his concept of government. BeCastgelo Branco is a so-called military intellectual, while...
...past 20 years, Carlos Lacerda has been one of the leading advocates of democratic government in Brazil. First as a journalist, later as publisher of his own newspaper, "Tribuna Da lmprensa" and finally as a state governor, Lacerda has continually fought to increase popular participation in government...
...JOHN DA VIES...
...capital's share of private industry has been estimated to have increased to as much as 50%. And the national-identity issue is an increasingly emotional rallying point. With his military support, Castello Branco never had to worry about such gripes from the voters; newly elected President Artur da Costa e Silva is not so lucky. He is now painstakingly studying the economy. When he takes over in March, his common sense may well want to follow the current course, but his political sense might overrule...