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Died. João Alberto Lins de Barros, 57, Brazilian Diplomatic Minister and foreign-trade expert, longtime right-hand man of the 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...
In Rio last week, Immigration Council Chairman Joāo Alberto Lins de Barros announced that Brazil was ready to take 100,000 displaced persons from Europe. Joāo Alberto had been working on the plan for months, had just visited both the U.S. and the refugee camps of...
This week Vargas backers rioted in the streets. Tough Joao Alberto Lins de Barros, chief of the powerful federal police force, resigned, and Getulio's sinister, trigger-happy brother, Benjamin, replaced him. Canny old War Minister General Pedro Aurelio Goes Monteiro also stepped out. The commander of the Rio...
Editor Fernandes had incurred the enmity of Interventor (appointed governor) of Pernambuco Etelvino Lins when he printed the full story of the murder of Democrito de Souza (TIME, March 19), a student leader. In his own garden, Fernandes was knifed one night by a gang of capangas (paid cutthroats).
Few doubted that more blood would be spilled before Brazil's millions chose a legal president in the elections which now seemed assured by September. That the blood might be held to a minimum, President Vargas installed Strongman João Alberto Lins de Barros as Chief of Police...