Word: sao
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Brazilian revolutionary committee in New York, handed this message, asked him to define in a sentence what the civil war had been all about. "Generally speaking," he replied, "the revolution was the result of political favoritism and domination of the country by the coffee interests in the state of Sao Paulo," bitterest rival of Rio Grande...
...states east of the Mississippi River-towns and cities were frequently "captured" by both Federals and Rebels simultaneously last week-if their official announcements were to be believed. ' The main fighting line, insofar as it existed, was the southern frontier of the great coffee state of Sao Paulo, "Heart of Brazil," bailiwick of President Washington Luis and his ruling clique. It appeared certain that the southern Rebels had not advanced north of this frontier...
Directly south of and adjoining Rio de Janeiro is the rich coffee state of Sao Paulo, and against this region rebel columns from the three states still further south advanced last week. As commander-in-chief of the rebels there emerged General "Lucky Juan" Alberto Barros, veteran of several Brazilian rumpuses...
Coffee v. Livestock = Civil War. Coffee is the President of Brazil (Dr. Washington Luis) and also the President-elect (Dr. Julio Prestes), both from the great Coffee State of Sao Paulo which is supposed to have the best army...
...soldiers in Rio Grande do Sul, but skirmishes were many throughout the three disaffected states as the revolution sought to unify and find itself. Two battleships, bearing federal troops and airplanes, at once set out from Rio to make contact with the revolutionists last week. In short order at Sao Paulo 2,000 youths enlisted to fight the rebels. President Washington Luis admitted that "this internal commotion is projected and directed by the governments of the states involved." He predicted that "saner elements" would prevail. Basic causes of Brazil's revolution: 1) "hard times" due to the enormous overproductions...