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Leonel Brizola person

also: Leonard Brazola, Brazola, Leonel Brazola

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Leonel Brizola member_of Workers' Party book_quoted
“had a potent ally in his brother-in-law, a guy by the name of Leonard Brazola, who was the governor of Rio Grande do Sul. No one, least of all Brazola, would deny that he was the man of the labor movement. At the conference, he had urged Br…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 30:54
Leonel Brizola funded João Goulart book_quoted
“He could bring pressure on the commander of the Third Army stationed in his area. There could easily have been a civil war. Goulard's enemies claimed that he had put communists into sensitive labor jobs. But the real threat to the army, to …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 31:26

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The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3
▶ 30:54 had a potent ally in his brother-in-law, a guy by the name of Leonard Brazola, who was the governor of Rio Grande do Sul. No one, least of all Brazola, would deny that he was the man of the labor movement. At the conference, he had urged Br…
The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5
▶ 15:00 Ferdinand Gabriela, the former police reporter for one of the newspapers, had come to Rio to work for a newspaper published by Leonel Brazola. Fernando joined one of the groups of 11 and saw at once that the movement was a bluff. If a coup …
The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5
▶ 20:03 had proclaimed his dictatorship. Again, drawing the analogy. At last, the evening of March 13th arrived. Brazola spoke first and attacked the Brazilian Congress as a do-nothing Congress. Goliart's signing of the land reform was the hallmark…
The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5
▶ 31:51 Boy, does that sound familiar. On March 23rd, when Gordon returned from Washington, Goliath's days were nearing their end, but he had one last feather. He asked Brazola to become president of the Brazilian Labor Party, perhaps hoping to ban…