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Huberto Castelo Branco person

also: Castillo Branco, Military General Branco, Branco, Bronco, Army General, Huberto Castillo Branco, Huberto Caslaro Branco, Branco's government

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Huberto Castelo Branco overthrew Auro de Moura Andrade host_asserted
“If the military agreed to let him serve as president for the four months specified by law, that would have satisfied the ambassador. Instead, Gordon was informed that the new president would be Military General Branco, which seemed to satis…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7 @ 6:58
Huberto Castelo Branco targeted_for_regime_change Juscelino Kubitschek host_asserted
“Just as the act was about to expire, it was invoked against Kubitschek, which was a shock to the U.S. embassy. According to one U.S. scenario, Kubitschek was to be elected to the next full civilian term as president. As it turned out, there…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7 @ 8:34
Artur da Costa e Silva succeeded Huberto Castelo Branco host_asserted
“The hardline general named by the military to succeed Branco used the rally as his reason for banning a political movement called the Front. It had been put together by Luzardo, and that was his one last attempt to basically open up the pol…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7 @ 19:23
Huberto Castelo Branco overthrew Brazil documented
“Who is it? Castillo Bronco. Uh-huh. And his role in the coup, who thought he was going to become president. Turns out that he died in July of 67 in a plane crash. He was traveling in a Piper PA-23 Aztec aircraft, which...…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7 @ 58:57
Huberto Castelo Branco succeeded Artur da Costa e Silva documented
“the president of Brazil. I just wanted to make sure that people knew that he, he was for a, a short time. And then it was Silva. So, so anyway, did anybody else have anything? Molly, did you want to say something? Can you hear me? Yeah. Oh,…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7 @ 1:02:28
Brazil assassinated Huberto Castelo Branco documented
“Who is it? Castillo Bronco. Uh-huh. And his role in the coup, who thought he was going to become president. Turns out that he died in July of 67 in a plane crash. He was traveling in a Piper PA-23 Aztec aircraft, which...…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7 @ 58:57
Artur da Costa e Silva succeeded Huberto Castelo Branco documented
“that the rebel movement was a result of the overthrow of their government. The government of Arthur Silva, who was a hardline general who had assumed the presidency on the retirement of Castillo Branco, was depending on his intelligence net…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 6 @ 52:29
Vernon Walters recruited Huberto Castelo Branco book_quoted
“Walters had remained extremely close to Huberto Caslaro Branco, B-R-A-N-C-O, who would head up the proposed coup. But would it succeed? McNamara's analysts at the Department of Defense assured him that it would definitely succeed. The secre…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5 @ 25:43
Huberto Castelo Branco overthrew João Goulart book_quoted
“and assure the State Department that the general was firmly committed to the overthrow. It was now clear that General Castillo Branco finally accepted leadership of forces determined to resist. On a March 13th meeting, there was a response …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5 @ 33:20
Andrews O'Meara supplied_arms_to Huberto Castelo Branco book_quoted
“A Chilean journalist later reported another commitment. During his stopover in Rio in early March, General Andrews O'Meara, the commander of U.S. South Com, had promised to fly paratroopers out of Panama's zone and drop them into any pocket…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5 @ 27:47
Lyndon B. Johnson funded Huberto Castelo Branco documented
“sent a wire to the new government congratulating them from saving the country from communism. If that's not a crock of crap, I don't know what is. When Gordon returned to Washington, he found the prevailing mood jubilant. Everyone wanted to…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5 @ 46:12
Vernon Walters recruited Huberto Castelo Branco book_quoted
“Walters was the best connected U.S. official in Brazil, being particularly close to Army General Huberto Castillo Branco. Walters possessed a natural flair for language. He had been Richard Nixon's interpreter during the trip to South Ameri…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4 @ 46:04

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The Colonels Corner-Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 4
▶ 46:04 Walters was the best connected U.S. official in Brazil, being particularly close to Army General Huberto Castillo Branco. Walters possessed a natural flair for language. He had been Richard Nixon's interpreter during the trip to South Ameri…
The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5
▶ 25:43 Walters had remained extremely close to Huberto Caslaro Branco, B-R-A-N-C-O, who would head up the proposed coup. But would it succeed? McNamara's analysts at the Department of Defense assured him that it would definitely succeed. The secre…
The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5
▶ 32:52 controlled by U.S. oligarchs. The conservatives responded by announcing an immense rally in Rio on April the 2nd. That was also the target date the military had chosen for their coup. By the night of March 27th, Vernon Walters was able to r…
The Colonel’s Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 5
▶ 47:50 General O'Meara reminded congressmen of the record in Latin America since JFK had been elected president. In nine instances, military juntas had replaced elected governments. But the general was not pointing a critical finger at that. The c…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 6
▶ 17:28 who told him approvingly about the contributions of other U.S. companies because, in his words, it was to ensure civil peace. In 1965, another development helped to reinforce the interest of Brazil's military in the quote-unquote communist …
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 6
▶ 52:29 that the rebel movement was a result of the overthrow of their government. The government of Arthur Silva, who was a hardline general who had assumed the presidency on the retirement of Castillo Branco, was depending on his intelligence net…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 6:58 If the military agreed to let him serve as president for the four months specified by law, that would have satisfied the ambassador. Instead, Gordon was informed that the new president would be Military General Branco, which seemed to satis…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 8:34 Just as the act was about to expire, it was invoked against Kubitschek, which was a shock to the U.S. embassy. According to one U.S. scenario, Kubitschek was to be elected to the next full civilian term as president. As it turned out, there…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 9:08 And that frustrated Carlos Lacerda, who was hoping to become president of Brazil. The bitterness and disappointment led to many more joining the resistance. Gordon sought out a friend in the new government, Milton Campos, to protest the mil…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 10:09 Two weeks later, Campos resigned from his post, but word got back to Bronco, who called the ambassador into his office. He had been president slightly more than two months. He assured Gordon that Kubitschek also troubled him, but he pointed…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 10:41 of Kubitschek being a bad guy. If we were to publish the reasons for his corruption, there would be a taint to Brazilian pride. Gordon accepted the explanation. He felt like he had no other choice. CIA agent Walters, whom the ambassador con…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 11:12 18 months after the coup, there was a second institutional act. I was uncomfortable with the first one, he told Branco, but it was for a limited duration. I assumed that when the emergency powers expired, we'd get back on the road. This is …
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 18:55 on the procession, but there was a significant police presence and they were basically taking names, taking pictures so that they could later identify any of the people that was at the funeral. So the day after the funeral, President Costa …
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 58:57 Who is it? Castillo Bronco. Uh-huh. And his role in the coup, who thought he was going to become president. Turns out that he died in July of 67 in a plane crash. He was traveling in a Piper PA-23 Aztec aircraft, which...…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 1:01:57 It would be interesting to look through the Office of Public Affairs, too. I don't know. It's kind of like once you stumble on a blue car and every car is blue, you notice anything that happened after World War II. It's immediately, you see…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 7
▶ 1:02:28 the president of Brazil. I just wanted to make sure that people knew that he, he was for a, a short time. And then it was Silva. So, so anyway, did anybody else have anything? Molly, did you want to say something? Can you hear me? Yeah. Oh,…