Vargas eventually brings stability to the country, but at a price to the people. "Vargas also stands out as the mentor of Brazilian industrialization and of the corporatist social structure that characterizes Brazil even today."" In 1945, the politics of the country began to change with what is considered the beginning of The Populist Republic era.
The Populist Republic was rebellion to Vargas, because the public called for free elections. The working and middle classes and U.S. diplomatic pressures forced Vargas, in 1943, to call for full democratic elections to be held two years later in December 1945. .
Several highlights of the era should point to Brazil to create stability: 1. A new constitution was created in 1946; a year after Vargas was force to hold elections. 2. The term "Populism,"" replaced democracy as a mechanism for politicians to gain support from various disenfranchised groups. Populism is another evolution from Clientelism. The Brazilian politic almost reverts to favors done for political support. "The mechanism of populism, "was Vargas' most important tool after his elected return to the presidency."" .
The most important feature of the era was the emergence of three political parties.
"The Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Brazilian labor Party (PTB) and the National Democratic Union Party (UDN) emerge to contest the Vargas elections at the end of 1945."" Contrasted to the U.S., which had deeply developed political parties, these parties were new to Brazil, and two of the parties - PSD & PTB - were there to support the continuance of Vargas' leadership.
Brazil had a 20-year era of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism (or BA) from the mid 1960's to the mid 1980's. This time period is peppered with various rulers and their military atrocities. "Repression in Brazilian BA varied from combinations of mild forms that constricted civil rights and other political freedoms and harsher forms that included wholesale censorship of the press, torture of civilians, and imprisonment without trial.
