Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro police involved in 21% of recorded fatalities in 2021
Data from the State Civil Police Secretariat collected through the Access to Information Law show that of the 2,510 records...
September 6, 2021Topic
military dictatorship
Eduardo Bolsonaro Hints at Return of AI-5, One of Brazil’s Darkest Moments
Widespread criticism swept through Brazil on Thursday after lawmaker, Eduardo Bolsonaro, one of the sons of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro,...
November 1, 2019
Brazil’s Education Ministry to Change 1964-85 History in Textbooks
Brazil’s Minister of Education, Ricardo Vélez Rodriguéz, said that the federal government will start to apply gradual changes in history...
April 4, 2019
In Brazil Protesters Pro and Against Take to Streets to Remember 1964
Protestors for and against the celebrating March 31, 1964, as the day when Brazil’s military government was installed, took to...
April 1, 2019
Brazilian Government Request CIA Reports on Dictatorship
Brazilian leader not only knew of torture and killings but personally approved operations, say CIA documents.
May 14, 2018
Lawsuit Asks R$50 Million for Indigenous Genocide in Brazil
Prosecutors want compensation and official apology for the extermination of Waimiri-Atroari tribe during Brazil’s military dictatorship.
August 28, 2017
Rousseff Weeps With Final Report From Truth Commission
The document lists 434 Brazilians who either died or ‘disappeared’ at the hands of authorities during the 1964-1985 period.
December 11, 2014
Military to Investigate Human Rights Crimes
Brazil's Armed Forces will investigate human rights violations practiced in military units during the dictatorship that led the country between...
April 1, 2014
Rousseff Names Truth Commission: Daily
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced the names of those on the “Comissão da Verdade” - which will investigate post-WW2...
May 11, 2012