Janio Quadros person
also: Kubitschek, Quadros, Quadras, Hanio Quadras, Cuadros
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Claims (7)
Janio Quadros succeeded
Getúlio Vargas book_quoted
“After a short period of what the heck are we going to do, a politician by the name of Kubitschek took over the presidency in 1955 and was confronted by another period of rising inflation and falling coffee prices. Every penny dropped in the…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 14:50
Janio Quadros appointed
João Goulart book_quoted
“Once again, Juilliard was elected vice president on the labor ticket. On taking office, Quadros swung his rigid broom erratically. He sharply devalued the Brazilian currency, which really pleased the U.S. oligarchs. In a campaign to restore…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 21:50
João Goulart succeeded
Janio Quadros book_quoted
“Goulart, awaiting in Paris to hear his fate, would be allowed to come back and be president, but his powers was going to be more of a prime minister than an actual president. When the military indicated that the compromise was fine, Goulart…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 32:21
Janio Quadros funded
Ford Motor Company book_quoted
“In another study, the privileges extended to the new automobile industry to include Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Ford were shown to equal Brazil's national budget. So Germany and the U.S. flooded into Brazil. In those same…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 17:15
Janio Quadros funded
General Motors book_quoted
“In another study, the privileges extended to the new automobile industry to include Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Ford were shown to equal Brazil's national budget. So Germany and the U.S. flooded into Brazil. In those same…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 17:15
Janio Quadros funded
Volkswagen book_quoted
“In another study, the privileges extended to the new automobile industry to include Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Ford were shown to equal Brazil's national budget. So Germany and the U.S. flooded into Brazil. In those same…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 17:15
Janio Quadros funded
Daimler-Benz book_quoted
“In another study, the privileges extended to the new automobile industry to include Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and Ford were shown to equal Brazil's national budget. So Germany and the U.S. flooded into Brazil. In those same…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terror by AJ Langguth Part 3 @ 17:15
Mentions (16)
▶ 14:50
After a short period of what the heck are we going to do, a politician by the name of Kubitschek took over the presidency in 1955 and was confronted by another period of rising inflation and falling coffee prices. Every penny dropped in the…
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Kubitschek sought to convince foreign capitalists to invest in Brazil by offering concessions that neither Vargas nor Franklin Roosevelt might have approved. The new president canceled the ceilings on profits and allowed foreign investors t…
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That's what the CIA was telling everybody. You know, because if you support labor reforms from the U.S. oligarchs, you are automatically labeled a communist. Washington rated the other major contender, Hanio Quadras, nearly as susceptible t…
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to include the U.S. embassy staff, wanted Quadros to be the next president. Throughout his term as governor, Quadros had won the affection of working men. Now he was campaigning for president. 48% of the Brazilian voters believed in basical…
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Once again, Juilliard was elected vice president on the labor ticket. On taking office, Quadros swung his rigid broom erratically. He sharply devalued the Brazilian currency, which really pleased the U.S. oligarchs. In a campaign to restore…
▶ 22:19
A recent trip around the world had convinced Quadros the third world countries should move to a middle ground between capitalists and communists and remain neutral. That, you know, is a kiss of death. You're not allowed to be neutral in thi…
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The polls also showed that the higher a person's income, the more friendly they were to the U.S. Imagine that! Quadros met complaints about his shift to the political center by saying that his foreign policy had grown up. As criticism from …
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the political acumen to build a bridge to the different coalitions. When Ernesto Che Cavera went to Uruguay for a conference of the Organization of American States, Quadros invited him to stop in Brazil. At the conference in a sea resort in…
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and a message to JFK. During Che Guevara's visit, Quadros confirmed his grown-up independent policy by presenting Che Guevara with Brazil's highest award for foreigners. In Che Guevara's life, it may have been only a minor honor, but to Car…
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and a splendid opportunity for him to write a fiery rant about it. He went on air and accused the Quadros Ministry of Justice of preparing a coup that would give Quadros great expanded powers. The man we elected doesn't want to be president…
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He might have expected that the weekend would give the nation time to rally behind him. Whatever his thinking, Quadros resigned the presidency. His message had echoes of Vargas' suicide note. Here's a quote from his message. I feel crushed.…
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of a small group of ambitious individuals, including ones from abroad. Quadras was to learn that committing political suicide didn't make you the martyr that actually committing suicide did. Both men had denounced the interest arrayed again…
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and Haig's teacher, Johnny Walker. Signs of support for Quadros were few. Several labor leaders urged him to return to office. A crowd understood his references to foreign influence well enough to stone the U.S. Embassy, but the military mo…
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He would later ask, where are the six million people in Brazil who voted for me? Whether cunningly or not, before resigning, Quadros had dispatched his vice president on a goodwill tour of China. So he's obviously trying to paint his vice p…
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The army was credited with showing restraint and devotion for democratic principles when all the episode proved was that the plotters against Goulard was as strong enough, wasn't strong yet enough to resist him. Goulard accepted the comprom…
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Gordon worried about securing the embassy. It's a little late for that. Situated only a couple of blocks from a very large square in front of an opera house, it could not be protected completely. Gordon remembered hearing that when Quadros …