Brazil's green-shirted fascists, the Integralistas, had tried and failed to topple the Getulio Vargas government with some bold gun play in and around the presidential palace. That was in 1938. Last week, in smashing, full-page ads in Rio's leading newspapers, a new, subdued Integralism announced its revival in modern (democratic) dress.
From his exile in Portugal, Führer Plinio Salgado advised Brazilians that now, as always, the Integralists believe in universal suffrage. Pointing toward the Dec. 2 presidential elections, Salgado urged his followers to bore into the existing political parties, form strategic...
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