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One major thing Vargas and Peron had in common was a tendency towards fascism, both Vargas and Peron were fascists.
Both Vargas and Peron considered joining with the Axis forces during the Second World War due to their fascist leanings
There is an underlying similarity in Latin America with militaries however, in that they do take over from time to time.
One quick caveat on Chile's Pinochet regime. I wouldn't actually characterize it as fascist. The Vargas & Peron regimes were at least semi-fascist, but the Pinochet regime wasn't.
Vargas himself considered fascists on his side for the most part; ironically Peron was a fascist.
Chile and Brazil had powerful leaders who had changed each country economically towards the best, but as a leadership and freedom, for the worst. Pinochet took over Chile and leaned toward a more communist like ruling, just like Vargas.
Those were quotes from a college political science messageboard. They were supposed to read about Vargas/Pinochet/Peron and write a parragraph(i took a few sentences of each) that was worth 5 points...graded exercise. I mean it's one thing if you don't know what you're talking about, it's one thing if you didn't understand what you were reading but JEEZ. Pinochet- communist Vargas - communist? that's ironic. none of them were fascist none of them were communist. and then there's the whole "militaries take over from time to time" as Ceppa would say "una ignorancia profunda."
This also opens up the whole difference between the 'right' and fascism and the 'left' and communism. Not only were they wrong about pinochet/vargas being leftist (as they were both to the right) they equated left-communist.
And this was supposed to help me for my history exam - and then I did NO LATIN AMERICA!
Both Vargas and Peron considered joining with the Axis forces during the Second World War due to their fascist leanings
There is an underlying similarity in Latin America with militaries however, in that they do take over from time to time.
One quick caveat on Chile's Pinochet regime. I wouldn't actually characterize it as fascist. The Vargas & Peron regimes were at least semi-fascist, but the Pinochet regime wasn't.
Vargas himself considered fascists on his side for the most part; ironically Peron was a fascist.
Chile and Brazil had powerful leaders who had changed each country economically towards the best, but as a leadership and freedom, for the worst. Pinochet took over Chile and leaned toward a more communist like ruling, just like Vargas.
Those were quotes from a college political science messageboard. They were supposed to read about Vargas/Pinochet/Peron and write a parragraph(i took a few sentences of each) that was worth 5 points...graded exercise. I mean it's one thing if you don't know what you're talking about, it's one thing if you didn't understand what you were reading but JEEZ. Pinochet- communist Vargas - communist? that's ironic. none of them were fascist none of them were communist. and then there's the whole "militaries take over from time to time" as Ceppa would say "una ignorancia profunda."
This also opens up the whole difference between the 'right' and fascism and the 'left' and communism. Not only were they wrong about pinochet/vargas being leftist (as they were both to the right) they equated left-communist.
And this was supposed to help me for my history exam - and then I did NO LATIN AMERICA!