Brazil’s military dictatorship seemed invulnerable—until metalworkers went on strike

Brazil’s military dictatorship seemed invulnerable—until metalworkers went on strike

São Bernardo do Campo is a working-class neighborhood on the edge of the city of Sao Paulo.  Gritty. Industrial. The Detroit of Brazil. In the late 1970s, this is where hundreds of thousands of workers labor in the factories. Metal workers. Assembling the cars that run across the highways of Brazil and South America. Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz. But in the late 1970s…  Brazil’s economic miracle is over.  Wages are squeezed. Inflation…