João Goulart - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This person began the Legality Campaign to affirm his presidency after the resignation of Jânio Quadros. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this politician, against whom Lincoln Gordon fomented a US-backed coup that brought General Castelo Branco to power. Paulo Freire (“FRAY-ree”) launched an anti-illiteracy campaign under this leader.

ANSWER: João Goulart (“zhoo-WOW goo-LAR”) [or João Belchior Marques Goulart; or Jango]

[10e] Goulart was the last left-wing president of this country until the election of Lula da Silva. Goulart’s successor, Jânio Quadros, was the mayor of this country’s city of São Paulo.

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]

[10m] While publicly Goulart died of a heart attack, theories circulated that he had been assassinated as part of this operation. The Dirty War was undertaken during this widespread anti-communist effort across South America.

ANSWER: Operation Condor [or Operación Cóndor; or Operação Condor]

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Canada	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	16.15	100%	54%	8%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


UCLA C	UCI	0	10	10	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
Claremont Scripps	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
USC	UCSB	0	10	10	20
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	10	20
UCLA D	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	10	20
Carleton	McGill B	0	10	10	20
Queen's A	McGill C	0	10	10	20
McMaster B	Guelph B	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Toronto C	10	10	10	30
Queen's B	Western Ontario	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
Waterloo	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Toronto G	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	10	20
McMaster C	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Toronto J	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto K	0	10	0	10
Virginia B	James Madison	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	North Carolina B	0	10	10	20
South Carolina A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Clemson A	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
North Carolina A	NC State	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
Tusculum	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
North Carolina C	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Rowan A	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A	Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Columbia C	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Rutgers C	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Illinois A	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Notre Dame C	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Louisville A	0	10	10	20
Chicago C	Louisville B	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Macalester A	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Macalester B	Minnesota A	0	10	10	20
St. Thomas	Minnesota B	0	10	10	20
Carleton	Nebraska	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin	Minnesota C	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	UCO	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
Iowa	Ohio	0	10	10	20
McGill D	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Rose State	UTD A	0	10	0	10
Texas A	Alberta B	0	10	10	20
UTD B	Northwestern C	0	10	0	10
Auburn B	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Bruin A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	10	20
Huntsville A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Huntsville B	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
UAB A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Oxford B	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Southampton B	0	10	10	20
Warwick A	Durham A	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	McGill A	0	10	10	20