LBST 1102 COUNTERCULTURE AND THE BRAZILIAN

DICTATORSHIP

Populism, the Bossa

Nova president and
the coup d'etat
Prof. Sofia Paiva de Araujo 01
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the Brazilian Dictatorship

Class Outline
WHAT WE'RE COVERING

Brief overview of Brazilian politics

What is populism?
Getúlio Vargas
Juscelino Kubitschek
Jânio Quadros
João Goulart
The coup d'etat 02
CREATIVE
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SUMMARY OF
BRAZILIAN
PRESIDENTS
 THE VARGAS' ERA

Getulio
Vargas
"The father of the poor"
1930-1945
1951-1954
From "outsider" to dictator to populist
Women's suffrage
workers rights
Petrobras 04
ISI import substitution industrialization
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Petrobras, 1953

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 REASON
Political isolated; alienated; lost support.

WHERE
Catete Palace.

LAST WORDS
"Serenely, I take my first step on the road to
eternity. I leave life to enter history."

VARGAS'
SUICIDE 07
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Juscelino
Kubitschek
Charismatic
"50 years of development in 5" 08
National integration and developmentalism
 ARCHITECTURE
Oscar Niemeyer

URBAN PLANING
Lucio Costa

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Roberto Burle Marx

BRASILIA: THE
NEW NATIONAL
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JK's government:
Economic growth
Optimism
National pride
1958: World Cup, Chega de Saudade (song),
O Grande Momento (film) -> predecessor of Cinema
Novo

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Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim
João Gilberto
Vinicius de Moraes 

"Bossa nova is a rare example of

music that becomes popular by
being more sophisticated. [...]
Bossa nova [..] took the samba and it
added harmonic sophistication –
extended chords and so on – and it
added a degree of lyrical
complexity." Caetano Veloso (The
Guardian - cf. Canvas)

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the Brazilian dictatorship
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ELECTIONS AFTER JK

Turbulent
times
JANIO QUADROS
President - PTN
"Sweep out corruption"

JOAO GOULART (JANGO)

Vice President - PTB

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Janio Quadros
Alcoholic
Populist
Sloppy foreign relations
"Eccentric"
Resigned in a poorly calculated
political move.

Prof. Sofia Paiva de Araujo

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JANGO WAS IN CHINA - THERE WAS A LEGALITY CAMPAIGN
Led by Leonel Brizola to guarantee Jango would take office.

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WHY WAS JANGO "DANGEROUS"?

Base reforms 15

Agrarian reform, land redistribution, workers rights

CIVIL-MILITARY COUP
CIVIL SOCIETY
Exacerbated nationalism, anticommunism
and religious conservatism.

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL

ELITES
Base reforms went against their interests.

COUP D'ETAT
March 31st, 1964
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