Leonel Brizola, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state and a veteran leftist whose role in trying to head off a military coup in the early 1960s made him a towering figure in Brazilian politics, ...

Rio de Janeiro, Dec 29 (EFE).Rio de Janeiro, Dec 29 (EFE). — Leftist leader Leonel Brizola (19222004), who dug in ready to shoot it out in an attempt to resist the military coup of 1964, was ...

Leonel Brizola, the former populist governor of Rio de Janeiro state and one of Brazil’s most notable leftist politicians, has died. He was 82. According to the Democratic Labor Party, which he ...

2004-06-24 04:00:00 PDT Sao Paulo , Brazil-- Leonel Brizola, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state and a veteran leftist whose role in trying to head off a military coup in the early 1960s made ...

Brazil’s favorite guessing game for the last four weeks has been “Whither Brizola?” A demagogic leftist Congressman and brother-in-law of deposed President João Goulart, Leonel Brizola had last been ...

Latin America’s noisiest leftist south of Cuba is Brazil’s Leonel Brizola, 41, President João Goulart’s embarrassing brother-in-law and a federal Deputy from Guanabara state. On TV and before the ...

Leonel Brizola spent a political career spanning more than half a century trying to push Brazilian politics towards the left. The effort brought him some success, but cost him 15 years in exile, and ...

Leonel Brizola, the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, who has died aged 82 of heart failure, was one of the most dominant and divisive leftwing figures in Brazilian politics over the last half ...