The Most Dangerous Man in Brazil

Mr. Dos Passos sketches in the career of Gov. Carlos Lacerda and explains why the radical journalist of the ‘30s is the man the Communists fear most today

Carlos Lacerda was brought up from the cradle in an atmosphere of controversy. The whole family was in politics. Carlos was born in Rio the year the First World War began, but his grandfather, Sebastiao Lacerda, who was a justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court, insisted on registering his birth at the old family home at Vassouras on the Paraiba River in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

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John Dos Passos

John Dos Passos (1896–1970) was an acclaimed American novelist and frequent contributor to National Review.

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Mr. Dos Passos sketches in the career of Gov. Carlos Lacerda and explains why the radical journalist of the ‘30s is the man the Communists fear most today

Carlos Lacerda was brought up from the cradle in an atmosphere of controversy. The whole family was in politics. Carlos was born in Rio the year the First World War began, but his grandfather, Sebastiao Lacerda, who was a justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court, insisted on registering his birth at the old family home at Vassouras on the Paraiba River in the State of Rio de Janeiro.