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  Jânio Quadros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jânio da Silva Quadros (January 25, 1917—February 16, 1992) was a Brazilian politician who was briefly President of Brazil in 1961.
Quadros was born in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul.
Quadros' resignation started a severe political crisis that culminated in a military coup in 1964.
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 Quadros JAnio Da Silva: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
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QUADROS, JANIO DA SILVA zha nyoo da sel v kwa droos, 1917 92, president of Brazil (Jan. Aug., 1961...Goulart, succeeded him.
In 1960 Janio da Silva Quadros was elected by the greatest popular margin in Brazilian...economic austerities helped fuel the election of Lula da Silva, of the opposition Workers party, to the presidency...
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 Brazil Generals' Coup (1964)
Quadros, a former governor of São Paulo, could not keep his promise to sweep out corruption, because his bid for more presidential power ended with his sudden resignation on August 25, 1961.
Quadros resigned believing that the military would be unwilling to allow Vice President João Goulart, a populist and former minister of labor under Vargas, to assume the presidency.
Quadros hoped that his action would shock the povo into taking to the streets to demand his reimposition and would spur the military into pressuring Congress.
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 MSN Encarta - Brazil
Jânio Quadros, the governor of São Paulo, was the National Democratic Union candidate for the presidency.
Quadros vowed to sweep government clean of corruption and even brandished a broom as his symbol while campaigning.
The constitution called for Vice President João Goulart to succeed Quadros, but powerful figures in the military high command quickly declared him unacceptable.
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 Today's Article - Heartlight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Janio had an aggressive plan to stamp out local government corruption, and on this platform he won the election for mayor of South America's largest city.
Janio won the 1960 election, with a surprisingly high 48% of the vote.
Janio Quadros could have been the best leader in the history of Brazil, had he not resigned.
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 AllRefer.com - JAnio da Silva Quadros (Brazilian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
JAnio da Silva Quadros[zhA´nyoo dA sEl´vu kwA´droos] Pronunciation Key, 1917–92, president of Brazil (Jan.–Aug., 1961).
In 1964, after a military takeover in Brazil, Quadros was deprived of his political rights.
After restoration of civilian government (1985) he again served as mayor of SAo Paulo.
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 Brazil - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In contrast, little was done to raise the status of the rural peasantry, and extremes of wealth and poverty remained as great as ever.
Kubitschek's successor, Dr Janio Quadros, a former governor of São Paulo state, was elected in 1960 by an unprecedented majority, but resigned in August 1961, angered by the entrenched opposition of landowners, industrialists, and military leaders to his proposed reforms.
Quadros was succeeded by the vice-president, João Goulart, whose political views were considerably further to the left.
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 Brazil and CIA
Quadros immediately came to terms with the IMF and his foreign creditors.
The IMF was still not satisfied, however, and by July of 1961 it succeeded in forcing Quadros to abolish all exchange controls and to peg all exchange transactions at the (free) world market rate.
Quadros' successor, Joao Goulart, whose political strength rested on the close ties he had fostered with the unions while Minister of Labor under Vargas, was to the left of the Brazilian political spectrum.
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 Portal da Cidadania
João Goulart was a politician with strong labor movement connections and a long-time political relationship with Getulio Vargas (president of Brazil 1930-45 and 1951-54).
Goulart was elected vice president of Juscelino Kubitschek (1956-1961) and vice president again in the Janio Quadros government which took office in January 1961 [Goulart was not a member of either president's political group.
When Quadros shocked the nation and suddenly resigned after only eight months in office (on August 25, 1961), Goulart became president, effectively taking office on September 7, 1961, but only after overcoming strong opposition by conservatives and much of the military which were upset with his links to labor and Vargas.
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 Descent into Chaos - The Age of Mass Politics - History - Brazil - South America: brazil history, center congress, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Janio Quadros, the governor of Sao Paulo, was the National Democratic Union candidate for the presidency.
Just seven months after his inauguration in January 1961, Janio Quadros suddenly and unexpectedly resigned the presidency.
The constitution called for Vice President Joao Goulart to succeed Quadros, but powerful figures in the military high command quickly declared him unacceptable.
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 Janio da Silva Quadros --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Janio da Silva Quadros --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
Stripped of political rights and exiled in 1968, he was granted amnesty in 1980 and returned to serve two terms as mayor of São Paulo.
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 Civilization Fanatics' Forums - Howard Dean joined my Senate
Aug 22, 2003 07:36 PM Sometimes in Civ2 I wanted to be Janio Quadros.
Janio was a president of brazil, who governed only for 7 months.
He was expecting that the brazilian people, scared by the radical ideas of the vice-president (accused of being a communist, during the 1960´s), would cry for Janio.
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 Encyclopedia: Janio Quadros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Updated 277 days 16 hours 53 minutes ago.
The military did not allow Quadros to return to politics, but by the 1980s he was back and was elected mayor of São Paulo in 1985, defeating Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Janio-Quadros   (258 words)

  
 History of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This period ended with a military coup that placed Getulio Vargas, a civilian, in the presidency; Vargas remained as dictator until 1945.
Between 1945 and 1961, Jose Linhares, Gaspar Dutra, Vargas himself, Café Filho, Carlos Luz, Nereu Ramos, Juscelino Kubitschek, and Janio Quadros were elected presidents.
When Quadros resigned in 1961, Vice President Joao Goulart succeeded him.
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 Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - The Similarities Between Janio Quadros and Lula - Brazilian Politics - ...
Jânio Quadros was not a Pernambucano, but a Mato-Grossense by birth, albeit a Paulista by training and concepts.
He started by fooling the vast majority who voted for him by gathering a passable cabinet composed of Paulistas unknown even in São Paulo, although his Justice Minister, Pedroso Horta, was exceptional, never mind the coincidences.
During the campaign, Jânio Quadro talked to all kinds of workers, promising new labor laws and more social rights, but he refused to allow for wage increases.
www.brazil-brasil.com /2003/html/articles/jul03/p127jul03.htm   (748 words)

  
 Remembering_Latin_America.page
Or, perhaps, the construction of Brasília required such a deep separation fom the Rio mentality that the architect, Oscar Niemeyer, was glad to have it approved and moved on.
Let us not forget that, although President Jucelino Kubitschek was a force in getting Brasília off the ground, not too far after he moved in, a subsequent president, Jânio Quadros, resigned his presidency when pushed by the many forces at work then.
After the Vice President, João Goulart, assumed power shortly after the resignation, Brazil went into an incredible political and economic tailspin - eventually bringing in the military with all its legalized moral corruption.
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 História do SESC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Elected President of the Republic with 48% of votes, Jânio Quadros took office on January 31.
This was a time of concentration of income and growing inflation in Brazil.
Following Jânio Quadros resignation, the Armed Forces and UDN conservatives tried to prevent Vice-President João Goulart from taking office: he was regarded as dangerous for his connections with Getúlio laborites.
sescsp.uol.com.br /sesc/english/conheca/1961.htm   (843 words)

  
 Search Results for Quadros - Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jânio Quadros, a maverick politician who had governed São Paulo successfully, won the presidential contest at the head...
His administration rejected petitions for a general amnesty,...
Features brands such as Thunderbirds, Flexifoil, Predator, Peter Lynn, and Quadro.
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 Taam/2003/1105
In 1964 President Jango Goulart was chased out of office by a resolution of the National Congress.
This is the story: Jango Goulart was vice-president under Jânio Quadros.
Quadros had a critical pro-Cuba policy (he gave a medal to Che Guevara while the guerrilla was passing through Brazil as an official guest).
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 Chapter 6. Government Instability (1930-present)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The voters elected a man who promised to sweep away corruption and reinvigorate democratic rule.
The election of Janio Quadros provoked disastrous consequences.
President Jânio Quadros resigned after less than a year in office.
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 Submerging Markets™ - Recent Posts: 040104."The Worst April Fool's Joke Ever:" Brazil's 1964 Coup The Foundations of ...
In 1960, Quadros, a former Governor of São Paulo, ran for President on an anti-corruption platform with a broom as his symbol.
But Janio Quadros soon proved to be one of Brazil’s weirdest leaders.
But Quadros became “visibly irritated” after Berle ignored his third rejection, and sent Berle off to the airport unaccompanied.
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 CASACINEPOA - MEMORIA - ENGLISH
A factory in São Paulo uses copies of films as raw material to make brooms.
25 years after retiring from public life, Jânio Quadros is elected mayor of São Paulo.
At the same time, the film reflects on Jânio Quadros’ use of the broom as a symbol in relation to Collor’s discourse as the "hunter of the corrupt".
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 Kubitschek, Juscelino
The huge deficit spending, however, sparked an inflationary spiral, and the national debt reached almost $4 billion.
Kubitschek was succeeded in office by Janio Quadros.
In 1964, after a military takeover in Brazil, Kubitschek was deprived of his political rights and went into exile temporarily.
www.question.com /link/Kubitsch.html   (193 words)

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