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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Collor's skills as a political tactician will also be tested. His power base, the National Reconstruction Party, controls only a few seats in the congress. The new President will need to create alliances with centrist parties and rely on a bandwagon effect from his victory to govern effectively. Though he denies it, Collor is known to be deeply superstitious, never entering a room, for example, except with his right foot first. Now he needs to keep his right foot forward for five long years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Putting His Best Foot Forward | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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