Brazil's President Getulio Dornelles Vargas had not lost his touch. Last week, with a flourish of his wily pen, he brightened the chances of Government-backed Candidate General Eurico Gaspar Dutra in the approaching (Dec. 2) presidential elections, rocked opposition candidate General Eduardo Gomes back on his heels and left the Government's uneasy Communist allies stunned. A presidential decree 1) advanced the date of state elections to coincide with the presidential elections, 2) required state governors to resign and stand for election if they want to succeed themselves.
Even with official propaganda, apparently limitless funds and control of the labor unions, the...
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