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Vargas Brazil

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    Getulio Vargas: Father of the Poor?
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Brazil - The Era of Getúlio Vargas, 1930-54 - 0 views

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Vargas Brazil

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  • new constitution in 1934 reorganized the political system by creating a legislature with both state and social-sector representatives. It contained some electoral reforms, including women's suffrage, a secret ballot, and special courts to supervise elections
  • 1930s, the civilian elites feared that Brazil would suffer a civil war similar to Spain's, and so for the first time in Brazilian history they supported a strong, unified military. The Estado Novo gave the army its long-held desire for control over the states' Military Police (Policia Militar) units. The elites of the old state
  • federal monopoly of military force escalated the power of the central government to levels previously unknown
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  • All political parties were dissolved until 1944
  • Vargas years saw the reorganization of the armed forces, the economy, international trade, and foreign relations.
  • Estado Novo classified strikes as crimes
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