A dictatorship had come to an end in Latin America's biggest country. Getulio Vargas, the man who introduced modern authoritarianism to Brazil and the New World 15 years ago, was out of the Presidency. And it had all happened with remarkably little fuss. Said Rio de Janeiro's Diario de Noticias: "The abdication was as easy as rotten fruit dropping off a tree. "
No Kisses, No Killing. As fashion decrees in Latin America, the army had called the turn. But the army had broken with tradition: like the majors who overturned the government...
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