Confident of victory, Mr. Cardoso is now lending a hand to congressional and gubernatorial candidates who could help him govern Brazil in the second half of the 1990's.

Although he governed Brazil for 10 months as de facto Prime Minister, his record is not a vote-getter.

He added, "São Paulo struggled back, only to have the same thing happen again during the military dictatorship" that governed Brazil from 1964 to 1985.

She was against the military dictatorship that governed Brazil from 1964 to 1985.

As a leading member of the multi-party coalition that has governed Brazil for nearly eight years, Mr. Serra also came under frequent attack from the other two opposition candidates.

In 1969, the military junta then governing Brazil ended Nery's mandate and stripped her of the right to run for office or vote for 10 years.

João's elder son, Pedro, had other ideas: left behind to govern Brazil, he snubbed the constitutionalists by declaring Brazil independent in 1822 and himself its emperor.

"Lula was good, he said, but earned a mere seven or so out of ten for how he had governed Brazil."

During the military dictatorship that governed Brazil from 1964 to 1985, each of the three military services had its own, largely secret nuclear weapons program.

Others supported the claims of Carlota, Ferdinand's sister, who governed Brazil with her husband, Prince Regent John of Portugal.