During the Brazilian Empire, the emperor acted as a moderating power (poder moderador). This meant that he
a. mediated conflicts among the branches of government and the oligarchy.
b. mediated conflicts among the branches of government and royal agents.
c. mediated conflicts among the oligarchy and peasants.
d. mediated conflicts among regional strongmen.
e. was granted total control of the country's foreign policy.
a
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