See Also: Quadros, Janio da Silva(encyclopedia)
Silva(medicine)
Silva (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
SILVA CAEDUA(law)
Silva, Luiz (Inacio da)(encyclopedia)
Andrada e Silva, Jose Bonifacio de(encyclopedia)
Rondon, Candido (Mariano da Silva)(encyclopedia)
Velazquez, Diego (Rodriguez de Silva)(encyclopedia)
Velasquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y(dictionary)

Quadros, Janio da Silva (sh)




born Jan. 25, 1917, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, Braz.
died Feb. 16, 1992, S?o Paulo

President of Brazil (1961).

A colourful and eccentric populist, he campaigned with a broom to dramatize his pledge to "sweep out corruption." In his seven months as president, he banned bikini swimsuits and cockfights, reestablished relations with the Soviet Union, decorated Che Guevara, and refused to support the U.S. in the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. He attributed his sudden resignation to "terrible forces" conspiring against him. Stripped of political rights and exiled in 1968, he was granted amnesty in 1980 and returned to serve two terms as mayor of S?o Paulo.