num_pages: 429
description: Kubitschek was one of the most important political leaders of Brazil during the twentieth century. As president he pushed decisively for the industrialization of the largest of the Latin American nations. He also provided his country with the most democratic regime it had ever experienced. His leadership stimulated a flowering of Brazilian culture in literature art music and architecture. By establishing Brasilia as the nations capital in the interior of the country he reoriented the thinking of Brazilians and changed their outlook from one of pessimism to one of an exuberant optimism that lasted until the profound crisis of the 1980s.Juscelino Kubitschek and the Development of Brazil focuses on Kubitscheks presidential administration his economic development program and his political maneuverings but it also follows him from the time he left the presidency through the military coup of April 1984.
language: English
title: Juscelino Kubitschek and the Development of Brazil
publisher: Ohio University Center for International Studies