tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7033661997035842828..comments2024-03-28T14:47:11.132-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: OBITUARY MUSINGSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-72220059189350515452009-12-21T20:00:33.229-05:002009-12-21T20:00:33.229-05:00Thank you for that, Rodrigo. Although Brazil is a...Thank you for that, Rodrigo. Although Brazil is a very large country with an important role in Hemisphere politics, we in the United States tend to know very little about it.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-6483712282267889202009-12-21T19:11:57.303-05:002009-12-21T19:11:57.303-05:00The militaries had a great power in Brazil's p...The militaries had a great power in Brazil's politics. They overthrew the emperor and implanted the republic, also overthrew Goulart and started the dictorial period. USA supported the militaries for some time, the latter were liberals and assured the former interests.<br />Goulart was not a declared communist, but he had some connections inside the marxists parties. He tryed to make some reforms (educacional, land, urban, tributary and electoral), like you said it, but was exiled. He died in 1976 and was granted amnesty in 2008.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226204971485181806noreply@blogger.com