Getúlio Vargas Constitution that was supposed to be transitional pending new elections, Vargas assumed legislative as well as executive powers. Also, under the 1937 Constitution Vargas should have remained President for only six more years (until November 1943), but instead stayed in office until 1945. For all intents and purposes, Vargas ruled for eight years under what amounted to martial law. Vargas employed ambiguous policies towards Axis and Allied orbits. At first, Brazil seemed to be entering the Axis orbit — even before the 1937 declaration of the Estado Novo. Between 1933 and 1938, Germany became the main market for Brazilian cotton,
Tony Vargas a board member. In 2016 he ran for the Legislature against incumbent Nicole Fox. Fox, a Republican, finished third in the nonpartisan primary, which saw Vargas and former senator John Synowiecki advance to the general election. Vargas defeated Synowiecki in the general election with nearly 62% of the vote. He is only the second Hispanic legislator in Nebraska's history, after Ray Aguilar. Vargas was one of 59 individuals selected as a 2018 Presidential Leadership Scholar, a national leadership program championed and led by President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton. In 2017, Vargas was selected by the Omaha Jaycees