Peron and Vargas: Argentina's And Brazil's Most Influential Political Regimes
This essay compares the regimes of Juan Domingo Peron of Argentina and Getulio Vargas of Brazil in terms of policies and issues.
Most of South America's former colonies gained independence in the early 1800s. Brazil and Argentina are no exceptions, to this, with the difference being that in the case of Brazil the revolution which led to independence was not as bloody as that of many of its neighbors. With the passage of time, these two nations came to dominate the politics of South America, "in part due to strong personality-driven leadership by individuals" (Ferre, 2003). Juan Domingo Peron of Argentina and Getulio Vargas of Brazil are classic examples of such leadership.
Both men took power when their countries were suffering from recession, unemployment and economic hardship. Although one of them, Peron, was a general and the other a civilian, this has little to so with the methods in which they galvanized public opinion in their favor and indeed in the way they ran the country. At the same time, however, due to the very different nature of the two nations and the time at which they took control of them, the two leaders also have differences among them.
Brazil was ruled for many years by a relatively small group of people from certain classes of society. In 1930, violence and chaos broke out when an opposition candidate stood for president, and after the ensuing revolution, Getulio Vargas, a former Finance Minister and opposition candidate for the presidency, became president of the country.
In Argentina, Juan Domingo Peron was, unlike Vargas, a part of a ruling Junta that overthrew the existing government in 1943. He held several cabinet positions in the ensuing government, before being arrested in 1945 as his fellow generals mistrusted him. This was followed by a popular uprising in his favor, like Vargas, and Peron assumed power in 1946.
Vargas was very skilful in playing off the different...
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