Milk coffee politics

Milk coffee politics or café com leite politics (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaˈfɛ kõ ˈlejtʃi]) is a term that refers to the oligarchic domination of Brazilian politics under the so-called Old Republic (1889–1930) by the landed gentries of São Paulo (dominated by the coffee industry) and Minas Gerais (dominated by the dairy industry), being represented by the Paulista Republican Party (PRP) and the Republican Party of Minas Gerais (PRM).

This article is about an aspect of Brazilian history. For the coffee beverage, see café con leche. For the film Café com leite, see You, Me and Him (2007 film).

The name alludes to the popular coffee beverage café com leite, "milk coffee", referring to the states' respectively dominant industry.

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