Jânio Quadros Essays

  • The Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro In Cuba

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    Castro In Cuba Humby Mularoni Before the revolution Fidel Castro had studied law at the University of Havana. After realizing he was “politically illiterate” he joined a radical student group. He was then introduced to student protests, and violent culture within the university he attended. It was clear from the beginning he was anti-American. He was very passionate about anti-imperialism as well. He tried to become president of the Federation of University Students (FEU) but it was unsuccessful

  • Brazil´s Dictatorship and Military Regimes

    3055 Words  | 7 Pages

    did not just occur from one day to the next. There were years of build up to the eventual bust up. Janio Quadros was elected as president in 1960 after Juscelino Kubitschek was in charge; he based his entire campaign on criticizing Juscelino and to outright corruption in his government. Taking his idea to a new level, Janio made his symbol a broom because he intended to clean the government up. Janio was only president for two years but during his tenure he increased Brazil’s relations with communist