yofie
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The western part of Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, was a battleground between the Spaniards and the Portuguese after the expulsion of the Jesuit missions in the 1760s from there and nearby Paraguay and in between, and kept on changing hands between those two empires between then and the early 1800s. This region, known as the Misiones Orientales, ultimately ended up under Portuguese and then Brazilian control.
A number of important Brazilian presidents came from the Misiones Orientales - most notably Getulio Vargas and Joao Goulart (in fact, those two both were originally from Sao Borja, in the region). As an extra item, Vargas' father (or at least his family) came from Sao Paulo state, in Brazil no matter what.
My question is, if the Misiones Orientales had ended up under Spanish (then Argentine or Uruguayan) control, would there have been a figure similar to Vargas who'd be the governor of Rio Grande do Sul and then take over the Brazilian presidency in 1930, or would Brazilian history have undergone a radically different course? Same with Goulart in the 1960s? And I suppose that Vargas and/or Goulart would have maybe served as Argentine or Uruguayan presidents?
A number of important Brazilian presidents came from the Misiones Orientales - most notably Getulio Vargas and Joao Goulart (in fact, those two both were originally from Sao Borja, in the region). As an extra item, Vargas' father (or at least his family) came from Sao Paulo state, in Brazil no matter what.
My question is, if the Misiones Orientales had ended up under Spanish (then Argentine or Uruguayan) control, would there have been a figure similar to Vargas who'd be the governor of Rio Grande do Sul and then take over the Brazilian presidency in 1930, or would Brazilian history have undergone a radically different course? Same with Goulart in the 1960s? And I suppose that Vargas and/or Goulart would have maybe served as Argentine or Uruguayan presidents?