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,
Fidel Vargas Reliant Equity Investors, a private equity investment firm. In 1992, at age 23, Vargas was elected mayor of Baldwin Park, California, defeating Bette Lowes. He was one of the youngest elected officials in history. Vargas was reelected in 1994 but did not run for reelection in 1997. Vargas graduated with honors from Harvard University with an A.B. in Social Studies and received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Vargas has served on the boards of the Latino Theater Company in Los Angeles; the New America Alliance; Sponsors for Education Opportunities; and Operation HOPE, Inc. He served on President Bill