Chapter 980: Torn Brazil
Juan. Peron famously said: Do what Mussolini did, but not make the mistakes that Mussolini did. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In this time and space, he should not think that Mussolini, the new Caesar of Rome, is wrong, which is probably the reason why he made up his mind to become a South American Mussolini and did not hesitate to go to war with Brazil for this.
And from this famous quote of Peron in history, we can basically see his essence - he is a South American Mussolini, a little more progressive than the traditional South American "caudillo" chief, knowing that he cares about the lives of the working people, but fundamentally represents the interests of the bourgeoisie.
The reason why he later became a South American Hitler and raised the "half-red" banner was actually because of his wife Evita. Peron, is the world-famous Lady Peron.
Peron was a dictator who listened to his wife, and many of his policies and lines of social reform came from his second wife, Evita, who rose from the bottom. And his third wife, Isabella, simply became the vice president of Argentina, and also became the president of Argentina after Peron's death...... Historically, Evita also almost became vice president, if it weren't for the fact that she died young at the age of 33 due to some kind of disease, the vice president and president of Argentina would have been in her pocket sooner or later.
However, Evita can have such a status, not because of the unprincipled promotion of beauty and Peron, she is indeed a very incendiary female politician who can also turn herself into a spokesperson for the working people of Argentina.
In a way, Perón was the Mussolini of South America, and Evita was the Hitler of South America – close to Hitler in terms of line and incitement. In addition to the two of them, there is another figure similar to Franco in South America in this era, he is the current president of Brazil, Getulio. Vargas.
Vargas, like Franco, was not elected to power, he came to power using a coup d'état by the "captains" (colonels in Argentina and captains in Brazil). However, he was not a warlord himself - Vargas had been a lieutenant in his early years, but he was not a member of the captaincy faction, who had been in politics for more than a decade when the captaincy rose to prominence - but the governor of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The reason why he is like Franco is mainly because his political and diplomatic lines are relatively similar to Franco.
Both were dictators, neither practiced democracy (Hitler was elected), both relied on the military (Mussolini and the Fascist Party), both engaged in meritocracy (both Hitler and Mussolini represented the lower strata to a certain extent), both practiced independent economic nationalism (Franco's Spain was now forced to join the European Customs Union, but still engaged in state control at home), neither wanted to participate in world wars, and had little interest in aggressive expansion.
Basically, both Vargas and Franco are representatives of old-school meritocracy who can do things. And Nazis, fascism and GCISM are not one line.
Because of his dependence on the army, he pursued meritocracy, but he was not the head of the army, and his political and economic lines conflicted with the interests of the great powers in Brazil.
Therefore, Vargas's rule in Brazil is not on a solid basis, and in this respect he cannot compare with Franco, who killed in a sea of corpses and blood, and lacks the prestige to lead Brazil into a world war.
For him, the ideal option would be to maintain domestic stability by maintaining a balance between virtue and Germany (Germany is predominantly German and Italian-Brazilian) and using a balance between the two sides.
Historically, Vargas joined the Allies because of the prospect of Axis defeat and sent expeditionary forces to Europe, but he still did not win the support of the United States and the pro-American faction at home. He was overthrown by a democratic military coup in October 1945, just a month after the end of the World War, and committed suicide on August 24, 1954 (when he was elected president again in '51...... His fate was much worse than that of Peron, who was a military leader himself, and won over the working people through land reform (Argentina's October land reform, which forced the distribution of 93% of the land in the territory) and raising wages and benefits. So the Americans could support a coup d'état to overthrow him, but they would not dare to kill him, otherwise they would definitely provoke an Argentine revolution.
And in this time and space, the rule of Brazil's "Franco" Vargas also reached the point of stormy weather in February 1944.
If it does not gain broad support in a short period of time, Vargas's regime will face collapse!
However, this does not mean that there will be some Peron-style "German fan" officers who will carry out a coup d'état to overthrow Vargas...... Because the situation in Brazil is completely different from Argentina, which is a country where white people oppress white people, "German fans" can incite the bottom to expropriate the upper class.
Brazil, on the other hand, is a country where whites oppress blacks and Indo-European mestizos, with 3% (all white) owning two-thirds of Brazil's land. Poor peasants, who make up 60 percent of the population (mostly Indians, blacks, and Indo-Europeans), lack land and are relegated to hired or rented land.
Therefore, the "Nazi and Fascist Movement" in Argentina can solve social contradictions, while the "Nazis and Fascists" in Brazil (of course, all white) cannot deprive white people of their land and distribute it to people of color, which is too non-Nazi.
Naturally, the Brazilian Nazis, who were unable to resolve the social contradictions in Brazil, could not become a political movement with a broad social base, like the German Nazis, the Argentine Nazis, and the Italian fascists.
In Brazil, the underclass and the Nazis were insulated, and there was the territory of the Left Pai.
Vargas now wants to maintain his rule, and the only way to do this is to cooperate with Pai!
Brazil can only join the Axis if it has the support of the Left Pai, otherwise the day Brazil enters the Axis will be the time when civil war is raging.
"Hahaha, that's ridiculous!"
At the same time that Colonel Perón was a guest of honour in Berchstegarden, a guest from prison was talking to President Vargas in the presidential palace in Rio de Janeiro.
This guest was the leader of the Brazilian GCD, Luis Carlos Prestes, the president of the Brazilian National Liberation League, who led the Captain's Rebellion in the 20s and carried out the legendary Long March of the Prestes Column (which took place after the failure of the Captain's uprising, which took place in 13 states, traveled more than 25,000 kilometers and lasted 28 months, and finally ran out of ammunition and food and retreated to Bolivia).
At the end of 1935, he led another armed uprising in eastern Brazil, and after a defeat, he was arrested and imprisoned ever since. But his popularity among Brazil's lower classes and among the left Pai is growing day by day.
"President," said Prestes, who was a little emaciated and unkempt, but still looked unruly, with a look of contempt and mockery, as he looked at the somewhat anxious Vargas, "don't you think it's ridiculous that you want us to join your government and support your government, but at the same time you are unwilling to carry out land reform?" ”
"Mr. Prestes!" Vargas shook his head repeatedly, "Now the motherland is in danger, Argentina's vice president Perón is in Germany, he has a good chance of getting Germany's support, you know what it means for Brazil......"
"Wait, wait," Prestes interrupted Vargas with a wave of his hand, "Peron is going to Germany, and you're ready to take Germany, aren't you?" ”
"Yes, it's a must." Vargas said. He has actually made up his mind to enter the shaft!
"Peron has always claimed to raise wages and allocate land to the shirtless, what are you going to do?"
"No, no, no...... This is not in line with Brazil. Vargas looked embarrassed and said in his heart: If Brazil can divide the land and reform, what else will I do with you? I won't change it myself?
"If you join the Axis powers, Argentina can reform the land, why can't Brazil?" Prestes asked.
"The country is different...... Vargas looked a little angry, "you know it's impossible!" Brazil is not Argentina, the two countries are completely different, and even the Nazis in Brazil did not make such a ridiculous proposal. ”
"Alright then, send me back to prison." The leader of the Brazilian GCD shrugged, "or...... You can also order me to be shot! ”
It was also impossible to shoot him, but Prestes was recognized as the leader of the lieutenant faction, and there were many sympathizers in the army (the radicals in the Argentine army were the right Pai, and the radicals in the Brazilian army were the left Pai), how dare Vargas shoot him?
"Mr. Prestes, do you want to watch your beloved Brazilian motherland torn apart alive by the struggle between the United States and Germany?" Vargas also wants to make a final effort, "Now only unity, the unity of the left Pai, the center and the right Pai, can save Brazil from disaster." ”
"Okay, unity, huh?" Prestes smiled mockingly, "No problem, although I am a GCD, I am not loyal to Moscow, as long as you can distribute two-thirds of Brazil's arable land to landless and landless peasants, Brazil can unite, which is also the purpose of my leadership of the revolution and the Long March."
If you can't do it...... So I would like to ask you, is the country of Brazil loved by the 60% of the poor who have no land and live in dire straits? Could it be that the 3% of big landlords and big capitalists have no obligation to love the country? Can't they give away their land because they are patriotic? ”
"It's impossible!" Vargas slapped the table and told the truth, "Because Brazil has never been a unit, it is divided, and the Indo-European mestizos, Indians, blacks of the lower class of the superior white have never been compatriots!" If I were to divide the land of the superior whites among the inferior, the country would be divided as well! ”