In 1948, former and future President Getúlio Vargas signed a double autograph on his business card.
Autographs from Getúlio Vargas for Hamilton Rodrigues.
In Portuguese. 9.8 cm x 5.7 cm.
August 1948, no indication of location.
Perfect condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
President Getúlio Vargas (1882 - 1954) had been in power since 1930, and was removed from power by the military in 1945. After serving as a senator during the reign of General Gaspar Dutra, Vargas returned to the position of candidate for the Workers' Party in the presidential election on October 3, 1950. He then won over his most serious rival, General Eduardo Gomes, of the National Democratic Union.
The elected president governed from the left and had several reforms adopted, including the nationalization of the oil industry in 1953. However, Brazil's economic situation, tensions with the Army and the outbreak of the “Carlos Lacerda” case, in which Vargas was allegedly involved, placed him in a difficult position. These events led to the President's suicide on August 24, 1954. The elections held in October 1955 resulted in the victory of Juscelino Kubitschek, a Vargas supporter.
After being deposed by the military in 1945, Vargas was elected to the Senate, but disturbed by several accusations from the opposition, he decided to return to his hometown, Fazenda do Itu, far from politics. It was there that he gradually demonstrated his intention of returning to the presidency of the republic as a "leader of the masses".
It was also at this time that he autographed this rare business card for a stranger, perhaps one of the supporters who wanted to know “what was going on in the head of the Rio Grande do Sul labor leader”?
