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,
Jose Antonio Vargas given to an individual who for promotes Queer Studies in their work or activism. In 2017, Vargas received an honorary doctorate degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In 2018, the Mountain View Whisman school district voted to name a new elementary school after Vargas. In 2011, Vargas wrote an essay for "The New York Times Sunday Magazine" in which he revealed that he is an undocumented immigrant. He detailed how he came to discover this as a teenager and kept it hidden for almost 15 years, during which time he worked, paid taxes, and worried that his status