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Politics and society of Rio Grande do Sul between 1890 and 1921 In 1898, Borges de Medeiros became the authoritarian President of Rio Grande do Sul, succeeding Júlio de Castilhos. In the 1890s, Castilhos began steering the Riograndense economy in a new direction, away from agriculture and...

Since the early-to-mid 19th century, Uruguay had faced political turmoil between the Blanco and Colorado parties, and during the 1880s, there were widespread border raids into Rio Grande do Sul. The Riograndense public increasingly called for the country's government to take an intervention...

Gaúcho politics and society between 1847 and 1890 In 1858, President Sousa Neto of the Riograndense Republic opened the Porto Alegre-São Leopoldo Railway, connecting these two cities and giving the latter a demographic boom. Sousa Neto, who served as the President of Rio Grande do Sul until...

López built one of the best-trained but ill-equipped armies in the region, which was successful against the sparsely populated Mato Grosso but not the wealthy and dense São Paulo. São Paulo politics were dominated by classical liberal planters who made the presidency a mostly ceremonial...

The original MEK borrowed from neo-Marxist notions of revolution and armed struggle (Guevara et al), so they probably suported the PLO, since Arafat had not yet renounced armed struggle.

As Oribe's health weakened, the Blanco faction, which was surrounded from all sides, continuously lost ground, and he eventually surrendered to the Allies in June, substantially damaging Rosas' cause. During the following two months, the Allies marched through Buenos Aires province, facing weak...

Rio Grande do Sul had its independence recognized by the United Kingdom, France and Portugal in October 1842. The newly independent republic soon sided with the two strongest countries of the time against Rosas, importing muskets and gunpowder from them and building a navy of 38 warships with...

Dom Pedro II was never crowned emperor of Brazil, since the country dissolved de facto on 15 January 1843, almost one year before he turned 18. Instead, he became emperor of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, the only two provinces that remained loyal to the House of Braganza. He was a...

In the 1928 general election, the AN only elected one MP, its leader Jacques Dutroux, and won 0.76% of the vote, but the Great Depression and the mass unemployment it caused led the party to grow massively. In the 1932 general election, the party's manifesto called for, among other items: •...

Jacquerie France in 1936. The fascist ideology developed by Jacques Dutroux in the 1920s was built around the "five pillars" of: • French national sovereignty; • Roman Catholicism, and the end of laicite; • A dirigiste economic policy; • Opposition to the influence of Jews, Freemasons...

Jacquerie France is often referred to by historians as the Third French Empire due to its expansionist and Anglophobic ambitions, and Jacques Dutroux is compared to Napoleon Bonaparte, especially since both lost. During WWII, it created the following puppet states: • Rexist Belgium • The...

Between 1939 and 1951, Germany was a military dictatorship without any political parties, with Chancellor Klaus von Stauffenburg governing as an authoritarian conservative upholding German military and Protestant values. He had the support of Emperor Wilhelm III and the majority of the army...

I guess Iran was to weak and divided at the time to do this successfully. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Government_of_Khorasan#:~:text=The%20Autonomous%20Government%20of%20Khorasan,%2C%20on%20October%206%2C%201921. I actually want do do a TL where Mohamed Taqi Pessian becomes the...

Are you Chairman Sanchez on Talkelections?

In 1996, welfarist neoliberal Ricardo Menezes of the Atlantis Democratic Party was elected President, continuing 8 years of conservative administrations, but his presidency was marred by scandals. (The 2000 PDA candidate was named Francisco de Oliveira) In 1996, welfarist neoliberal Ricardo...