... press, torture of civilians, and imprisonment without trial."" Bureaucratic Authoritarian regimes or BA, seem to be a Brazilian reaction to severe economic crises. The BA era was the time of the military rulers, Castelo Branco (1964 - 1967), Emilio Medici (1967 - 1974), Ernesto Geisel (1974 - 1979), and Joao Figueiredo (1979 - 1985). Again, the Political Environment Group cannot show any genuine stability for ... led an existence similar to an international split personality. Brazilians have made a distinction between the "legal- Brazil and the "real- Brazil. As Brazil struggles to bal...

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... of material) agriculture has been a constant staple of the economy. Therefore traditionally, most technology and industrial products had to be imported. Such an economy made these countries quite vulnerable to foreign influences. The great depression, for example, affected Latin America hardest of all; Chile lost 80 % of its export income. Certain countries in the past half-century have attempted more ... to perform import substitution and industrialization. This approach would move the country away from being an economy of deserts and develop its industry. Huge concessions and monopolies...

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... of constitutional reforms. These reforms allowed the economy to open up to greater participation in the private sector, including foreign investment. But as the countries of the world began to experience the worldwide recession at the turn of the century, foreign investment dwindled, along with import and export opportunities. The economy was most hurt when neighboring countries began to suffer ... The end of inflation brought about thirty million new consumers by giving many poor Brazilians purchasing power, a very attractive number to those inside and outside Brazil. This led to more ...

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... it no longer had the status of a colony. When he returned to Portugal as King John in 1822 his son Pedro was proclaimed emperor of Brazil. Pedro was overthrown by a military coup in 1889 after which Brazil became a federal republic. Thus Brazil fought no war of independence. The groups of people that had initial contact with Portuguese explorers displayed curiosity and ... , the manufacturing industry has taken over from agriculture as the basis of Brazil's economy. State run companies were established to run important industries, such as oil, steel, communications, and electricity. Fore...

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