How long could we hold out? Where would we get the resources and fuel we needed? The handovers in Brazil were already guaranteed to receive the suppo… - João Goulart

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How long could we hold out? Where would we get the resources and fuel we needed? The handovers in Brazil were already guaranteed to receive the support of the United States. Only the civilians would be the big victims. And these are wonderful people, regardless of their political conviction. I would not have this right. Nor would I want to take on this enormous responsibility, which goes against my personal convictions.

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About João Goulart

João Belchior Marques Goulart (nicknamed Jango), (São Borja, Rio Grande do Sul, March 1, 1918 - Mercedes, Argentina, December 6, 1976) was the 16th Vice-President from Brazil (1956-1961) and the 24th President (1961-1964).

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Native Name: João Belchior Marques Goulart
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It is, therefore, understandable that it deeply displeases the conscience of the Brazilian people any form of intervention in an American State, inspired by the allegation of incompatibility with its political regime, to impose on it the practice of the representative system by external coercive means, which take away its democratic character and validity.

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