60 Years Ago in Brazil the Military Initiated a Reign of Terror Torturing and Killing Civilians and Members of the Opposition, Causing Irreparable Damage to Families for Generations

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Brazil Coming to Terms With the Past 

Brazilian Military Dictatorship, —  31 March 1964 to 1985

Crimes Against Humanity

Impunity

Interview with Luis Claudio Cunha, who was a member of the Brazilian Truth Commission, and is an award-winning journalist (Premio Esso, Premio Jabuti, Premio Casa de Las Americas, Premio Vladimir Herzog), where he speaks about the history of the dictatorship, the violence of Condor Operation, the fraudulent amnesty law, and the general amnesia and hypocrisy of the Brazilian government, both left and right administrations, since 1985. Interview made in August 2023.

He is the author of a seminal book, based on his reportage on the Condor Operation, “The Kidnapping of the Uruguayans”, when he was bureau chief of VEJA magazine.

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The continued impunity of the military savages

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