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Even if it's not realistic, it won't be liked if they keep pushing it. Support for slavery was divided even among the 'coastal elites', as you put it - a sugarcane planter from Bahia or Pernambuco wouldn't care about slavery, because he had already sold his slaves to a coffee plantation in Rio...

I don't think PCB was capable of even that, really. IMO, PCB would only become a factor in the late 60's, when it would start cannibalizing part of the support of PTB.

Not if the now-independent Confederates continue to seek territorial expansion. Brazil was extremely wary of the US, because in the 1840s-1850s you had southerners openly advocating for the acquisition of land in Brazil by southern farmers, which, after Texas, is taken to mean(cannot be taken...

First of all, Gomes lost not because of what he said(which was in a later election, IIRC) and what he promised regarding minimum wage. He lost because Vargas chose to support the guy who ousted him over the guy who was promising to investigate his acts, and because not even is own party would...

Even assuming there was political support for the state of siege request, I think going ahead with it would have the same effect Goulart's support for the Sailors' 'Strike'(military personnel don't go on strike, they mutiny) had a few months later - remove all support for Goulart in the military...

Not executed, no, the Republicans knew that, while they had support among the political classes, the population in general either didn't give a damn about the political system(the majority, IMO) or tended towards Monarchy due to tradition. Executing the Imperial Family, while favored by some...

They tried doing it(search for "Einheitsdiesel"), but as you would expect, it failed.

Actually, the French claim was that the "River Jupoc", established as the border between France and Portugal by the Utrecht Treaty of... 1715, I think, was located where the Araguari River was, and not where the Oiapoque/Oyapock River really is(essentially, the French were claiming the Araguari...

That's correct, D.João was seeking to counterbalance British influence.

Even if JK was able to produce a similar plan to PAEG(I doubt it), the growth that was a consequence of PAEG dies with the 1973 Oil Shock. To catch up with the West, you would need more years of growth than the 7 years of Brazilian Economic Miracle(and that's on top of the growth experienced on...

Just a quick thought here(getting in a conference call in 5 minutes): Make the Empire not stagnate so much in comparison to the USA, somehow. Brazil was one of the top 3 countries in economic growth during the 20th Century... and it wasn't even close to bridging the gap(in relation to the US)...

It may surprise you, but I kind of agree. The main difference is that you went for scrapping his character, and I'm trying to change as little as possible(and mind, getting him to disregard his dynastic rights, at least at that time, would be hard). Because otherwise, you may go to the ASB board...

After the Andradas were in the outs with Pedro, two factions remained(initially in the Constitutional Assembly, later on the Legislative Assembly) which were(generalizing a bit here): rural landowners which favored a federal government with no power invested on the Emperor and the Executive...

Not sure if he 'absolutely despised' his brother. His interactions with Miguel, after he defeated him, seem to have been cordial at the very least, and that wouldn't be the case if he absolutely despised him. If anything, D.Pedro I seems to me a guy who would get really pissed off at you, but...

Hard to get that first step - the 1823 Assembly sought to create a constitution that only suited land- and slaveowners - the criteria for voting was based on land devoted to manioc production(manioc was then a staple food of the slaves' diet), which meant that anyone that did not grow manioc to...

It's not vital, but it would be a good thing. British presence in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha would have to go(or be neutered), though. That would be far more important for a Brazilian superpower. EDIT: I disagree about annexing much of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay being a...

Semovente da 50/58, as far as I can tell. It would be Semovente da 100/17 if it had a 100mm howitzer, but since it has a KwK 39...

The Italian nomenclature for guns was "Cannone/Obice"+"da"+"Caliber in millimeters/Length of the barrel in calibers"+"extra designations and model year" , e.g. "Obice da 75/18 modello 35", "Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34". Semoventes, as far as I can tell, skipped the model year and just had...

It would be Semovente da 50/5something, because the Italians measured rifled bore differently than the Germans and Austrians(which is why the Austrian 100 mm/50 naval gun became a 100mm/48).

I'm trying to remember where I saw it - I think it was on an Italian tanks thread on the US World of Tanks Forum... @Life In Black might know more about it, he used to post on that thread, and may have even be the one to post this information.