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[Brazilian History]
[Two impeachments in ten days]

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Three presidents,

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two impeachments

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is a country the edge of a fit of nerves.

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All this in just over a week.

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This was what happened in 1955,

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shortly after Juscelino Kubitschek
be elected president of Brazil.

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At that time, who ruled
the country was Café Filho,

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who had assumed the presidency
after of the suicide of Getúlio Vargas.

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Two major political forces
dominated Brazil:

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on the one hand the PSD and the PTB,

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parties that inherited
Getulio's electorate.

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On the other, the UDN.

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The election was disputed:

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Juscelino, of the PSD,
was elected president,

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while John Goulart, of the PTB,
was elected vice.

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The UDN, dissatisfied with defeat,

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did not want to let the duo take over.

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The military was divided.

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Colonel Jurandyr Mamede,
sympathetic to the UDN,

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makes an explosive speech
against the election

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and says democracy is a big lie.

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General Henrique Teixeira Lott, Minister
of the War, is outraged by the statement

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and decides to ask the president
Café Filho the colonel's exoneration.

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It turns out that, this very week,

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the president suffers
a heart attack and leaves.

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Who enters your place
is the deputy Carlos Luz,

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who receives General Lott
and refuses your request.

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Lott finds it very strange

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that the president
is an undemocratic military man,

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and, at the same time,
asks resignation of the post of minister:

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he now are you sure
that a coup is being plotted (?)

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to avoid possession of JK.

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That same evening

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he received the support of principal
military commanders of the country

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and articulates a counterattack:

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the next morning, army troops
occupy the city of Rio de Janeiro

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and surround the palace of Catete.

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Carlos Luz manages to escape
and, with the military,

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embarks with the colonel Mamede
and the Udenista Carlos Lacerda

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in the cruiser Tamandaré,
towards the state of São Paulo,

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where they intend to launch a coup d'état.

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The ship is almost bombed
but can escape,

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while residents of Copacabana panicked

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they put white sheets on the windows.

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At the same time,
Congress tumultuous session

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and declares impeachment of Carlos Luz,

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the lightning ruled Brazil
for only 3 days.

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In his place, he takes
on Senator Nereu Ramos.

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Without receiving any support,
the ship of the desperate returns to Rio.

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No one is arrested
and the country returns to normal.

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Ten days later,

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the president was distressed
and Café Filho claims to be cured,

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and warns that will resume.

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General Lott smells
a new blow on the way,

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and reacts with another counterattack:

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send some soldiers to the door
of the building of Café Filho,

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preventing him from leaving house,

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while convincing Congress to approve,
quickly, its impeachment.

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The legalist general's attitudes
surprise the world,

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in a rare case where the military
give a coup to preserve democracy,

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but do not assume power.

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Two months later, Juscelino would
take over quietly in the presidency,

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and would fully its mandate.