The year of elections in Brazil

In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 89, Heft 543, S. 25-29,42

Abstract

During 1989 Brazil was totally pre-occupied with the national campaign for the presidency. The November 15 elections were the first direct balloting for the chief executive since 1960. The authors briefly look at the economic problems of the country, its debt and trade issues, environmental destruction in the Amazon region and the presidential campaign