Culture and Customs of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. juuni 2003 - 195 pages Race, religion, language, culture, and national character are full of contradictions. Brazil, the largest country in South America, embodies so much paradox that it defies neat description. This book will help students and general readers dispel stereotypes of Brazil and begin to understand what country's bigness means in terms of its land, people, history, society, and cultural expressions. |
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Jon S. Vincent. AFTER VARGAS , 1954-1964 A vice president and an acting president completed the term of office , and in 1955 the former governor of the state of Minas Gerais , Juscelino Kubi- tschek , was elected . Had it not been for a ...
... president was one whose principal platform was a quirky kind of anti - government popu- lism . Jânio Quadros was one of the least orthodox politicians in modern history . Nominated by the UDN ( União Democrática Nacional or National ...
... president , vice president , governors , and mayors indirect . To replace the parties , the gov- ernment created two new ones , the Aliança Renovadora Nacional ( National Renovating Alliance , or Arena ) and the Movimento Democrático ...
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