Tag: Dictatorship
Brazil’s Lula Silences Aides Pushing for Punishment of Dictatorship Torturers
Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, says Brazilians should enshrine the "heroes" who ...
From Day One Military Have Been Watchdogs and Overlords of Brazil’s Republic
As this year of 2006 marks 21 years since the end of Brazil’s 21-year ...
The Skeletons in Brazil’s Closet
It was once said by an expert on Latin America’s military that ‘the scourge ...
Who Will Save Democracy in Brazil? The Left Has Shown It Won’t.
Many people in developed countries still believe that politics in Brazil might be resumed ...
Multinationals Helped Brazil’s Dictatorship Intimidate and Kill Workers
Major US and European corporations collaborated intimately with Latin American military dictatorships in the ...
1964, a Military Coup Brazilians Loved
Following the fortieth anniversary of the military coup which deposed the government of João ...
Why Brazil’s Democracy Is in Danger
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa’s offer to resign his office and the crisis this generated ...
Brazil, Go to the Streets to Bring Justice!
As anyone who lived through the times of the Brazilian military dictatorship knows, Brazil ...
Payback Time in Brazil: Friends Get Cabinet Post
March 15th was the 20th anniversary of Brazil’s latest experiment with democracy. For the ...
Brazil Remembers Two Martyrs of the Left
On March 31, 1964, a military uprising overthrew the legal government of Brazil and ...