Sobral Pinto, "The Conscience of Brazil": Leading the Attack against Vargas (1930-1945)

by John W.F. Dulles

Book Overview

Praised by his admirers as "one of those rare heroic figures out of Plutarch" and as "an intrepid Don Quixote," Brazilian lawyer Her clito Fontoura Sobral Pinto (1893-1991) was the most consistently forceful opponent of dictator Get lio Vargas. Through legal cases, activism in Catholic and lawyers' associations, newspaper polemics, and a voluminous correspondence, Sobral Pinto fought for democracy, morality, and justice, particularly for the downtrodden.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292726295
• ISBN13: 9780292726291
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"