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Journalist and spectacularly successful governor, Carlos Lacerda was Brazil's foremost orator in this century and its most controversial politician. He might have become president in the 1960s had not the military taken over. In the first volume, John F. W. Dulles paints a portrait of a rebellious youth, who had the willfulness of his prominent father and who crusaded for Communism before becoming its most outspoken foe. Recalling Lacerda's rallying cry, Brazil must be shaken up, Dulles traces the career of the journalist whose unsparing attacks on the men in power led authorities to imprison him and employ thugs who pummeled him physically. Lacerda's spirited oratory helped him become Brazil's most popular congressman, but it scared the rulers of Brazil, who prohibited the broadcast of his speeches after he returned from exile in 1956. Their effort to deprive him of his mandate stirred the entire nation and culminated in one of the most dramatic sessions ever held in the Chamber of Deputies.
Playwright, journalist, and spectacularly successful governor, Carlos Lacerda was Brazil's foremost orator in the 20th century and its most controversial politician. He might have become president in the 1960s had not the military taken over. In the words of eminent historian José Honório Rodrigues, "No one person influenced the Brazilian historical process as much as Carlos Lacerda from 1945 to 1968." In this volume, the first of a two-volume biography, Professor Dulles paints a portrait of a rebellious youth, who had the willfulness of his prominent father and who crusaded for Communism before becoming its most outspoken foe. Recalling Lacerda's rallying cry, "Brazil must be shaken up," ...
Biografia do Coronel José Henriques Flôres, seus ascendentes e descendentes. De tradicional família fluminense (de origem açoriana), cruzado com a família dos maiores produtores de café do Brasil Colonial e do Império, os Souza Breves, O Coronel Flôres foi o maior latifundiário do Vale do Itajaí no século XIX, figura de destaque político e econômico na história da região. Suas terras deram origem ao município de Ilhota, várias regiões dos municípios de Gaspar e Luiz Alves e foi um dos responsáveis pela criação do município de Itajaí, tendo sido membro da Câmara de Vereadores em várias legislaturas, inclusive como seu Presidente, líder político do Partido Conservad...
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