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The Brazilian Press and the Politics of Abertura

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Joan R. Dassin
Joan R. Dassin*
Affiliation:
Joint Committee on Latin American Studies, Social Science Research Council
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On October 21,1983, an ominous two-column news story ran on page A12 of the New York Times. Datelined the previous day from Brasilia, the item off the Associated Press wire, noted that Brazilian President João Baptista Figueiredo had responded to a national congressional defeat of a government-supported austerity package by issuing a decree to replace the rejected legislation. President Figueiredo had also invoked emergency measures just before the vote, calling on police to enforce a ban on public gatherings in the Brazilian capital.

Facing a $90 billion foreign debt and a world financial community insistent on forcing down a 200% inflation rate as a condition for the release of billions of dollars in international loans, the Brazilian government apparently saw little alternative to ruling by decree once again, and backing its decisions by force. Over 19 years of military rule, unpopular policies have often been imposed on Brazilians in just this fashion.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , August 1984 , pp. 385 - 414
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Copyright © University of Miami 1984

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