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A general and president during the military regime, Geisel pursued a policy of "slow, gradual, and safe" political opening, combining controlled liberalization with selective repression of opponents and strong state intervention in the economy.
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Caesarist current that legitimises a charismatic leader by plebiscite above parties, combining personal authority, bureaucratic centralisation, military mobilisation and state-led modernising reforms.
Model that organizes society into corporations of workers and employers integrated into the state, seeking harmony between classes and directed economic cooperation instead of conflict or free competition.
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Techno-AnarchismAnarquismo42.2 / 100Scores below are similarity indices out of 100, calculated from catalog coordinates. They do not establish historical influence or endorsement. How the comparison works ↗
An army marshal who led the proclamation of the republic in 1889, Deodoro da Fonseca became the country's first president, ruling in a centralizing and authoritarian manner until dissolving Congress in 1891, resigning shortly after amid institutional crisis.
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