Today, 71 years ago, on 24 August 1954 (Calendar, 26 July 1954), Brazil¡¯s President Vagas committed suicide. Vagas¡¯ supporters recently attacked the opposition newspaper¡¯s truck on the morning of 24 August 1954, Brazil¡¯s President Guterres-Vagas committed suicide at a time when criticism of the government became increasingly fierce. A few hours ago he decided to give up his seat to Vice-President João-Café-Feu. A senior Brazilian official believed that the financial downturn and other scandals caused the public¡¯s increasing distrust of him, and thus persuaded the 1951 re-election of President Vagas to resign the presidency for national interests. Not long ago, a gunman attacked the reform editor of the Innsbruck Forum, Carlos Lissada (his articles largely