▁government ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁months ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁elections ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁The ot ô nio ▁wrote ▁an ▁open ▁letter ▁to ▁the ▁ex - pres ident ▁Fernando ▁Henri que ▁Card oso ▁( known ▁as ▁F HC ) ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁a ▁letter ▁written ▁by ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁president ial ▁candidate ▁Lu iz ▁In á cio ▁L ula ▁da ▁Silva . ▁In ▁this ▁letter , ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁he ▁critic ized ▁the ▁statement ▁that ▁the ▁F HC ▁government ▁was ▁an ▁economic ▁success ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁valor ization ▁of ▁the ▁Real . ▁He ▁concluded : ▁“ The ▁Real ▁Plan ▁did ▁not ▁bring ▁down ▁infl ation , ▁but ▁rather ▁a ▁world ▁def lation ▁which ▁caused ▁the ▁world ▁infl ation ▁levels ▁to ▁fall ”. ▁ ▁Death ▁ ▁The ot ô nio ▁dos ▁Santos ▁Junior ▁died ▁ 2 7 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁of ▁pan cre atic ▁cancer . ▁ ▁The ories ▁and ▁works ▁ ▁Dep endency ▁Theory ▁ ▁D os ▁Santos ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁form ulation ▁of ▁" new ▁dependency ", ▁which ▁compreh ends ▁the ▁period ▁of ▁the ▁domin ion ▁of ▁mult in ational ▁corpor ations ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁colle agues ▁R uy ▁Mau ro ▁Mar ini , ▁Andre ▁G under ▁Frank , ▁and ▁V â nia ▁B amb ir ra , ▁he ▁form ulated ▁the ▁dependency ▁theory , ▁a ▁critical , ▁Marx ist ▁non - dog