Round 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 (15[1])through the ISI policies of the Plano de Metas. This leader, who promised (15[1])(*) “50 years in five” (10[2])during (10[1])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 (-5[1])hired a team including Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. For 10 points, what president of Brazil ordered the building of Brasilia? ■END■ (0[1])

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