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Very Good. <p>Getulio Vargas, the most prominent Brazilian political leader of the 20th century, was born in 1883 in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and came to power in 1930 at the head of a major revolution. He was president and dictator of his country from 1930 to 1945. He borrowed both socialist and fascist ideas, yet brought Brazil into the war on the side of the Allies. He was deposed in 1945, and remained out of office until 1950, when he was re-elected as a "democratic" president. In 1954, under threat of deposition again by the Brazilian armed forces, he committed suicide. <p>This dramatic story of the maker of modern Brazil is recounted here in a political biography, which also brings out Vargas's personality and family setting. The author relates Vargas's mixed contribution to the social and economic development of Brazil, Latin America's largest and most powerful country. <p>The achievements of Vargas have been rather neglected in…
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by Bourne, Richard
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- Title Getulio Vargas of Brazil, 1883-1954: Sphinx of the pampas
- Author Bourne, Richard
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- Pages 236
- Publisher C. Knight, U.S.A.
- Date 1974
- ISBN 9780853141952
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