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The Nheengatu, or Língua Geral Amazônica (Amazon General Language) became an official language. The language was persecuted by the Portuguese Crown during colonial times, and later unrecognized by the late 19th to early 20th century independent governments, being widely spoken only in small towns and villages in the depths of the rainforest.
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The 1950s and 1960s marked Equadorian history as a period of rapid economic development due to high investments in industries and services. Although the country was sanctioned by almost all its South American neighbors and the ODN since the National Republican takeover, the trade among the IRC was enough to fulfill the needs of the population and leverage the economy, which, at the time, was among the fastest-growing in the world. During this period, Equador started to distance itself from being one of the least developed countries on the continent, and the population of the major cities of Equador grew significantly, especially Belém and Manaus, which reached more than 100% population growth in just a decade due to migration. All these factors were combined in what was referred to as the ''Décadas de Ouro'' (Golden Decades).
The urban reform of Belém, investments in the expansion of mining in the ''Carajás,'' housing projects, and expansion of the power supply and rail network were among the major objectives of the regime at the time. Some of them were closer to achievement than others. The urban transformation of Belém, with the character of "briggning the capital to modern times," built new roads, governmental buildings, and several new neighborhoods and was by far the most successful project stipulated by the National Republican Regime. On the other hand, the by far most ambitious project is the Transamazonic Railway connecting Belém to the west of the country by the southern bounduaries of the rainforest. Started in 1962 and expected to be finished by 1970, the megaconstruction faced several issues, such as difficult terrain, floods, and outbreaks of malaria and dengue fever, which delayed its completion year after year (by 1980, only about 16% of the project was completed).
==== Gunpowder Years (late 1960s to early 1970s) ====
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