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On June 30, 1881, the Brazilian general election came to an end without any danger.

Three days later, the Brazilian Election Fairness Supervision Committee announced the results of the election. Prime Minister Fonseca was re-elected. The Liberal Socialist Party he led occupied more than 70 seats in the parliament, completely overwhelming the Labor Party, and continued to govern Brazil.

Prime Minister Linden of the Netherlands became the first world leader to send a telegram to congratulate Fonseca.

Afterwards, other members of the Thirteen South American Group of Nations expressed their support for Fonseca to continue to be in power.

Following Sweden, Tsarist Russia, Denmark, Greece, Siam, the Qing Dynasty, the Commonwealth of the United States, Spain, Italy, the Second French Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German Empire, the Third French Republic, and the Ottoman Empire all expressed support for Fonseca's campaign. victory.

As the trend became established, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay finally joined in recognizing Fonseca's victory in the election.

In the end, the British and Portuguese governments had to admit that Fonseca's Liberal Socialist Party was the winner of the Brazilian election.

Pedro II has never recovered since then and has become a symbolic presence in Brazil.

Fonseca's use of Brazilian populism to develop his successful campaign actually became a phenomenon in the future, which was later called the phenomenon of populism in politics.

This time Fonseca was successfully elected as the prime minister of Brazil for the next four years because of populism, showing its huge role to the world. Although he may lose the election in the future, this will also ensure that Fonseca will make a comeback at any time. .

The current President Stephen Douglas of the Federal Republic of America is learning from Fonseca, and the same is true for Garfield. The two of them were able to come out on top in the primaries of the American Party and become representatives of their respective parties, the Communist Party of China, and in December this year Conduct general elections to compete for high positions.

Although populism will be a derogatory term in the future, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it led to the rise of political strongmen one after another. Obviously, many democratic political systems have already experienced the collapse of social group consensus. , political mutual trust was lost, and there were quarrels between Prime Minister Gladstone and the former Prime Minister of the opposition Tory Party Disraeli in the UK. Both had political careers of more than 20 years, and they still continue to lead these two countries. The party continues to compete without rules and gentlemanliness in the UK and has resorted to using populism to attack each other.

Compared with the interests of the United Kingdom and the interests of their respective parties, they choose the latter. The British royal family is naturally dissatisfied, so Queen Victoria has begun to increase the royal family's participation in British domestic and foreign affairs.

Crown Prince Edward's recent frequent visits to various European countries are the best response to Gladstone and Disraeli.

However, this time, Fonseca's national dissatisfaction prompted the opposition camp to see an opportunity for change. Many ambitious figures quickly integrated, and Britain, Germany, Portugal and other countries secretly emboldened them, so Colezi was withdrawn to challenge Fonseca. .

Even at that time, many media and newspapers in Brazil and Europe claimed that Colerzy was the "darling" of Brazilian society. He continued to lead in many polls before the election, and won 44.81% of the vote in the first round of voting on June 30. Fonseca failed to get a majority of the votes, forcing the election to enter a second round.

The Fonseca camp began to vigorously publicize that Pedro II and Colecci were secretly colluding with the European colonists, successfully shaping Fonseca's image as a "national hero." After that, Brazilian polls turned to Fonseca. Seka.

Collezi won 46.2% of the vote in the second round, trailing Fonseca's 53.8%. Although Colleci described it as the most unfair election in Brazil in years, he did not challenge the election results. After all, all countries around the world have recognized this result. The general trend has been established. Even the United Kingdom and Portugal behind him and Pedro II have no choice but to accept it. How can they change it.

So Fonseca will once again serve as Brazil's Prime Minister for the sixth time in early October.

German Empire, Berlin.

The dust of the Brazilian election was settled. Facing fierce competition from the opposition Labor Party, Fonseca defeated his opponent by several points in the second round of voting and was successfully re-elected. He continued to hold office from October 1881 to September 1885. He held power as Prime Minister for 4 years.

This is a fact that is difficult for countries, especially Britain and Portugal, to accept. Fonseca actually won. They invested so many resources. Wasn’t it wasted?

All signs before the election were against him. International public opinion, dominated by the old European interference in the Brazilian election and the Dutch support for Fonseca, also predicted that Fonseca's victory would be only 50-50. Therefore, the election results on June 30 surprised and disappointed the outside world.

Fonseca's victory not only reflects his mature political skills, but also highlights that the challenges faced by Fonseca in Brazil no longer pose much of a threat to him.

Several people present understood that Brazil's rulers would despise Fonseca in the future and even for decades to come. After this battle, Pedro II was absolutely suppressed in Brazil. From then on, Fonseca had the final say in Brazil.

"Prime Minister Linden of the Netherlands congratulated Fonseca on the fact that the Netherlands sold arms-fire production lines and supported Brazil's accession to the G13 in Latin America as a bargaining chip"

Bismarck frowned and said with a hint of helplessness.

Although the results of the Brazilian election were unexpected, Fonseca won, which made Bismarck realize that it is still difficult to change domestic affairs with external support. Fonseca's beautiful victory in the Brazilian election showed that Pedro II was far less influential than Fonseca, which troubled Bismarck.

If Colerzy wins, Britain will take the lead with Portugal in hedging Dutch power in Latin America, and the German-Austrian Alliance will take the opportunity to rise there. This is the result he wants to see most.

William I: "Fonseca, who has been in power for a long time, is a typical political strongman in the eyes of European countries. Although he belongs to a neutral country and is even close to Portugal at times, the Brazilian government under Fonseca refuses to cooperate with the British in diplomacy. Countries such as Germany, Austria, Portugal, and France followed suit. On issues such as the sanctions against the United Kingdom, the interference of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in Chile's internal affairs, and the Netherlands' hostility to the United Kingdom and Argentina's friendship, the Fonseca government remained indifferent as if they did not exist. Even On the issue of deepening relations between Argentina and the United Kingdom, it has openly spoken out against the situation and expressed dissatisfaction with the increase in Argentina’s military strength that threatens Brazil’s security.”

Moltke Lao: "He has also begun to gradually control public opinion in Brazil in the past few years, suppressing those who oppose him, and even arresting influential opposition political figures. Although the opposition Labor Party criticized this election as unfair, It is a fair phenomenon, but the Electoral Fairness Commission basically agreed that there was no major fraud in the election, and the result reflects that Brazil’s real public opinion still favors Fonseca.”