In our lesson we learned a lot about the various military regimes that occurred throughout Latin America. However, of all those we discussed, the dictatorship of Brazil was never mentioned. I decided to write about it, but at the same time also compare it to other military regimes in Latin America. Unlike most other governments, Brazil's military has not been so brutal. It in no way lived up to the brutality of the Argentine dictatorship or the ruthlessness of the Bolivian dictatorship. However, it wasn't an easy time either. Many Brazilians were exiled and many lost their lives due to this oppressive government. For starters, the regime didn't appear overnight. There were years of preparation until the final failure. Janio Quadros was elected president in 1960 after Juscelino Kubitschek was in office; he based his entire campaign on criticizing Juscelino and the total corruption of his government. Taking his idea to a new level, Janio made the broom his symbol because he intended to clean up the government. Janio was president for only two years, but during his term he intensified Brazil's relations with communist countries, which did not make his opposition comfortable (Evanson). In 1961 he resigned as president and his vice president, Joao Goulart, was appointed president. However, when this happened, Joao was in China and some army leaders tried to stop him from becoming president because they thought he was a communist and they didn't want a communist head of state (Breneman). On August 29, Congress voted against a motion to prevent Joao Goulart from becoming president. This motion was brought to Congress by the heads of the three branches of the militia...... half of the document......w.fgv.br/CPDOC/BUSCA/Busca/BuscaConsultar.aspx>."JOAO BELCHIOR MARCHES GOULART." Centro De Pesquisa E Documentação De História Contemporânea Do Brasil. Network. April 24, 2011. .Rosenberg, Tina. Sons of Cain: violence and violent people in Latin America. New York: Penguin, 1992. Print."Superior Electoral Court - Brazil." Superior Electoral Court. February 3, 2011. Web. April 28, 2011. "TANCREDO DE ALMEIDA NEVES." Centro De Pesquisa E Documentação De História Contemporânea Do Brasil. Network. 20 April 2011. "TO TORTURE NO MILITARY REGIME « JEOCAZ LEE-MEDDI MANIFESTO." JEOCAZ LEE-MEDDI POSTER. February 13, 2010. Web. April 23. 2011. .