简介：AnallegoryaboutBrazil'shistoryandthestruggleforpowersincethe1930RevolutionuntiltheadventoftheTV.Ajournalististorturedbypoliceinthewakeofpoliticalandsocialchaos,andtheinformationherevealsleadstothedeathofapopularrebelleader.Thejournalistrecoversandissenttointerviewaplantationownerwhoisfightingtosavehislandfrombeingnationalized.Menarehelplesstohaltthechangesthataresweepingthecountry.Thejournalistisdrivenoffhisfather-in-lawslandwhenhevoicessupportofarebelstrongman.Hisyoungerbrothertriestograbthelandforhimselfandingratiatehimselftothenewgovernment.Inapiqueofrevolutionaryfervor,thejournalistwishesforhisbrother'sdeathandthreatenstohavehisfatherarrested.Thepatriarchcommitssuicideafterburningdownhishomesoitwillnotfallintothehandsoftherebels.Thejournalistinheritsthelandandalltheproblemsofthepeasantshetriedtohelp. From1930to1969,"OsHerdeiros"followsthelivesofthefictionalcharacters(JorgeRamos(SérgioCardoso),DrAlmeida(MárioLagos)etc.),allofthemvisiblyinspiredinnamesoftheBrazilianpolitichistory,suchasRobertoMarinho,CarlosLacerdaandothers,showingglancesoftheBrazilianpoliticaleventsinthelastcentury. Thestorybeginsin1930,withthe"Revolucaode1930"("RevoltaTenentista")andtheendofthecoffeeoligarchyandthegovernmentofpresidentWashingtonLuis.GetulioVargasassumestheProvisionalGovernmentofBrazil.Thereareellipses,showingrelevantfactsinthenationalpolitic:(a)1940,withGetulioVargasstillinthepresidency.(b)1945,withthefallofGetúlioVargas.(c)1949,withPresidentGeneralEuricoGasparDutra.(d)1954,withthesuicideofGetúlioVargas.(e)1960,withtheconstructionofthecapitalBrasília. http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/spanl390/diegues.htm…