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The military dictatorship in Brazil (Portuguese: ditadura militar), occasionally referred to as the Fifth Brazilian Republic, [3] [4] was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, [5] against president João Goulart. The Brazilian dictatorship lasted for 21 ...
The military criminal code instituted under the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960s created military courts to try certain crimes committed by military personnel, in particular crimes against humanity committed at the order of the Brazilian executive. Critics say that cases transferred to these courts often languish, and note that ...
[1] An example of arbitrary detention under the military dictatorship was the detainment, torture, and forced disappearance of 70 members of the Communist Party of Brazil and peasants without investigation and the subsequent restriction of access to information for next of kin; this violated of Article 13 of the American Convention on Human ...
The armed struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship involved several actions promoted by different left-wing groups between 1968 and 1972, the most severe phase of the regime. Despite its resistance aspect, the majority of the groups that participated in the armed struggle aimed to achieve a socialist revolution in Brazil, inspired ...
The project was proposed by the activist group Grupo Tortura Nunca Mais, founded during the first months of civilian government following twenty-one years of military dictatorship in Brazil. The group's members were torture victims and family members of victims. However, this monument has not been built.
The March of the One Hundred Thousand (Portuguese: Passeata dos Cem Mil) was a manifestation of popular protest against the Military dictatorship in Brazil, which occurred on June 26, 1968, in Rio de Janeiro, organized by the student movement and with the participation of artists, intellectuals and other sectors of Brazilian society.
A major reason why she, Salles, and others who worked on the film felt this mirror-effect is because Bolsonaro is a passionate supporter of Brazil’s military dictatorship, calling the military ...
In Brazil, the National Truth Commission (Portuguese: Comissão Nacional da Verdade) [1] investigated human rights violations of the period of 1946–1988 [1] - in particular by the authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from April 1, 1964 to March 15, 1985. The commission lasted for two years and consisted of seven members. [1]