Welcome to Cosmic Travel Network - Extraordinary Destinations
Quick view about Cosmic Travel Network
|
|
KNOCKING ON THE BARRACKS DOOR |
By BRUCE
Visit (2860 times)
|
|
From 1961 to 1964, Brazilian President João Goulart had been initiating economic and social reforms that were clearly failing to address the economic problems of the country; policies which satisfied neither Brazil's elites nor its increasingly mobilized working classes. The cost of living index, rather low in late 1950s began to rise sharply, and per capita GDP growth fell sharply, from 4.5% in 1957 to negative growth by 1963. Goulart also began to take steps that alienated the Brazilian military and stoked their worst fears of revolutionary leftism. Goulart was a member of the wealthy agrarian elite of the country, was a Catholic, possessed huge amounts of land and supported the United States during the Cuban missiles crisis. But he also tolerated communists within his government, pursued a neutralist foreign policy, passed a law limiting the amount of profits multinationals could transmit out of the country, a subsidiary of ITT was nationalized and showed favoritism towards military officers labelled "ultra-nationalist" (he claimed they were loyal to him), which worried the pro-American national military and the United States government, concerned that Goulart could be too leftist for their tastes.
|
| |
| |
|
|
Data |
Rating: 0 points |
Rates: 0 votes |
Visits: 2860 times |
Join Date: July, 20th 2011 |
|
Options |
|
|
|
|
| There is not a comment, be the first to comment Knocking on the barracks door
|
| | |
Rate and comment
