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    Leonel de Moura Brizola (22 January 1922 – 21 June 2004) was a Brazilian politician. Launched into politics by Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas in the...
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  • Leonel Brizola (1922–2004), Brazilian politician Leonel Campos, baseball player Leonel Cárcamo (born 1965), retired Salvadoran football player Leonel...
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    Democratic Labour Party (PDT) was founded in 1979 by left-wing leader Leonel Brizola as an attempt to reorganise the Brazilian left-wing forces during the...
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    to Fernando Collor, and 1994, where he lost to Cardoso. Lula chose Leonel Brizola of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), a longtime fixture of the Brazilian...
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    deputies. He received more votes than had his future brother-in-law Leonel Brizola, another rising star of the PTB, who was married to Goulart's sister...
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    She is the granddaughter of Leonel Brizola, as well as the sister of fellow politicians Brizola Neto and Leonel Brizola Neto, being the twin sister of...
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  • daughter of the former governor of Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro, Leonel Brizola, and niece of the former president of the Republic, João Goulart. She...
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    Silva, known as Lula, of the industrial ABC Region of São Paulo, and Leonel Brizola, a longtime staple of the Brazilian Left who had served as Governor...
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    vetoed the vice-president's return to the country and inauguration. Leonel Brizola, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, began the "Legality Campaign" to overturn...
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  • de Janeiro, Anthony Garotinho joined the PSB following a feud with Leonel Brizola, the leader of the Democratic Labour Party. The adhesion of Garotinho...
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    grandson of Leonel Brizola, as well as the brother of Porto Alegre councilwoman and state deputy in Rio Grande do Sul state Juliana Brizola. He has also...
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  • assassination attempt on then left-wing governor of Rio de Janeiro, Leonel Brizola, and reportedly resulted in Batista being reprimanded and censured by...
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    aborted assassination attempt by some police officers on then-governor Leonel Brizola. The book was controversial at the time of release, and reportedly resulted...
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    from the leadership in 1980 and expelled in 1984. He campaigned for Leonel Brizola, a center-left candidate, in the 1989 presidential election, won by...
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    Superintendence of the State of Rio de Janeiro in 1980, appointed by Leonel Brizola, whom Robson had a friendship as a bodyguard. In 1984 at the Maracanãzinho...
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    1930 to 1945. After Vargas suicide in 1954, PTB's main figures became Leonel Brizola and João Goulart, who was elected vice-president in 1960 — becoming...
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    Avenue, where it remains up to this day. In 1983, the then governor Leonel Brizola commissioned the architect Oscar Niemeyer the project of a permanent...
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    president Goulart. It was led by the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leonel Brizola, allied with the commander of the 3rd Army, general José Machado Lopes [pt]...
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  • defeat them by resorting to armed struggle. Initially influenced by Leonel Brizola who initially had support from Fidel Castro, the organization maintained...
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    Federation of Rio de Janeiro. In the 1960s, Gracie served as a bodyguard to Leonel Brizola, the brother-in-law of the then President of Brazil, João Goulart. His...
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    to Spartacus Dornelles Vargas (Getúlio's brother), Maria Tereza met Leonel Brizola at the age of 12. She met João Goulart when at 13 years old and he,...
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  • and communism. During his campaign for governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leonel Brizola published a text giving his definition of labourism: Among other things...
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    larger share of the vote than longtime staple of the Brazilian Left Leonel Brizola, who had been a top candidate for the presidency four years prior. The...
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  • lawyer, military and politician. He was the Federal Deputy who replaced Leonel Brizola during the first years of the Militar Dictatorship in Brazil. During...
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    Washington there was also concern about leftist forces such as governor Leonel Brizola, who took over subsidiaries of American companies, and the Peasant Leagues...
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    right of reply obtained by Leonel Brizola, then-governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, after a two-year legal battle. Brizola had gone to court against...
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    Goulart became the central figure in the party along with the populist Leonel Brizola. Since the party was a close ally of PSD, also founded by supporters...
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    Jorge Bornhausen, who also left the party. Governors from the PMDB and Leonel Brizola from the Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) PDT announced their support...
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    which was led by Leonel Brizola at the time. Brizola became the Governor of Rio de Janeiro state in 1983. That same year, Governor Brizola appointed Alencar...
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    Among the passengers were the governor of the Rio Grande do Sul state, Leonel Brizola, and three ministers of state of the newly sworn president João Goulart...
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