Packet 11: Tossup 21

This leader chose Mario Pinotti to lead the new DNERu to combat rural illnesses that this leader, a trained doctor, called “mass diseases.” UN economists influenced this leader to form the Sudene agency to develop his country’s northeast. The Romi-Isetta car began production after this leader’s GEIA allowed foreign firms like Ford to open plants. This leader fostered rapid industrial growth through the ISI policies of the Plano de Metas. This leader, who promised (*) “50 years in five” (10[1])during the Fourth Republic, was the last president to serve a full term before the military regime deposed João Goulart. To design a new city in the interior shaped like an airplane, this leader hired a team including Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. For 10 points, what president of Brazil ordered the building of Brasilia? ■END■

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