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- As an elected president restrained by congress, a profusion of political parties, and public opinion, Vargas was unable to satisfy his labour following or to placate mounting middle-class opposition.
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Still, Vargas's government was faced with a major problem: Large stocks of coffee had no demand on the international market. In July 1931, the government, using the money it received via export taxes and exchange taxes, would purchase excess coffee and destroy some of it.
- Background
- Early Political Career
- The Rise to Power
- The Vargas Era
- Bibliography
Vargas's personal and political prowess stemmed largely from his family heritage and his experience in the authoritarian political system in the border state of Rio Grande do Sul. The third of five sons of a regionally prominent family, Vargas was born at São Borja, a small town in western Rio Grandedo Sul on Brazil's frontier with Argentina. His p...
Vargas first became involved in state politics while a law student, campaigning for the gubernatorial candidate of the Republican Party. For this service, when he graduated in 1907, he was appointed to the district attorney's office in Pôrto Alegre, where he remained for two years. He then returned to São Borja to practice law and to run successful...
Vargas had no scruples against the use of force for political ends, but preferred to secure his objectives by nonviolent means, if possible. Because no opposition candidate had ever been elected president in Brazil, he first sought to head the administration ticket, but was rebuffed by President Washington Luís. In these circumstances, Vargas autho...
Moving quickly to consolidate his position, Vargas suspended the 1891 Constitution, announced the pending reorganization of the judiciary, dismissed the Congress and all the state legislatures, and replaced elected state governors with interventors responsible only to him. In response to widespread expectations for social reform, he created new cab...
José Maria Bello, A History of Modern Brazil, 1889–1964(1966). Paulo Brandi, Vargas, da vida para a história(1983). John W. F. Dulles, Vargas of Brazil: A Political Biography(1967). Stanley E. Hilton, Brazil and the Great Powers, 1930–1939: The Politics of Trade Rivalry(1975). Robert M. Levine, The Vargas Regime: The Critical Years, 1934–1938(1970)...
2 days ago · The Great Depression of the 1930s, which occurred during Vargas’s first presidency, caused considerable economic difficulties for Brazil. In addition, the states vied with the national government for political control, and the people of São Paulo staged a bloody, though unsuccessful, revolt.
While Vargas had faced opposition from a broad coalition before his death, the suicide note and his reputation as a protector of the interests of the workers produced a popular outcry so great that it destroyed the political prospects of Lacerda and others who had been working against Vargas.
This chapter begins by discussing how Getúlio Vargas became provisional President of Brazil in November 1930. It mentions the struggles over the presidential succession. It explains that the event which catalyzed the opposition into armed rebellion was the assassination of its former vice presidential candidate, João Pessosa of the ...
May 18, 2014 · Vargas came to power in 1930 and proved an expert at keeping himself in power. Initially he styled himself on Mussolini - the story of why he took Brazil into the Second World War on the side of...
