Brazil: The Fortunes Of War -

: Vargas expertly played the Axis and Allied powers against each other.

: Before 1939, Brazil was viewed as an isolated agricultural exporter. Brazil: The Fortunes of War

: Brazil's charismatic and cunning dictator who ruled through his "Estado Novo" regime. : Vargas expertly played the Axis and Allied

: By playing hard-to-get, he secured massive trade concessions, weapons, and steel mill funding from both the United States and Nazi Germany. 🐍 The Smoking Snakes he secured massive trade concessions

: The wealth and infrastructure extracted from both sides during the war laid the foundation for modern industrial Brazil and turned Rio de Janeiro into a booming global city.