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A Verdade Sufocada
''A Verdade Sufocada - A História que a Esquerda não quer que o Brasil conheça'' (in English: ''The Suffocated Truth - The story that the left does not want Brazil to know'') (2006) is the second memoir of the retired colonel of the Brazilian Army, Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the first Brazilian military man convicted of practicing torture during the military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985). The book presents Ustra's version of the left-wing armed struggle in Brazil during the military dictatorship, as well as recounting his experiences as head of DOI-CODI, one of Organs executing agencies of political repression, in which opponents of the dictatorship were tortured and murdered. According to Ustra and his family, the book was boycotted by bookstores at the time of release and the family needed to finance their print runs because of publishers' denials. The book received attention after being quoted by Jair Bolsonaro during his vote for Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra (; 28 July 1932 – 15 October 2015) was a Brazilian army officer and politician who served as a colonel in the Brazilian Army. Biography Born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Ustra was the head of the DOI-CODI, an investigation division of the Second Army from 1970 to 1974. He became known by the codename Dr. Tibiriçá. While head of DOI-CODI, 47 people officially died, although further investigation attributed 502 tortures to the division under his administration. In 2008, Ustra became the first military official to be recognized, by a civil court in São Paulo, as a torturer during the dictatorship. He continued to be politically active in military clubs, in defense of the military dictatorship and anticommunist critics. He died at the age of 83 on 15 October 2015 of pneumonia caused by multiple organ failure after several weeks in hospital in Brasília. Legacy On 17 April 2016, during the voting of the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left-wing Politics
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as disadvantaged relative to others as well as a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished. Left-wing politics are also associated with popular or state control of major political and economic institutions. According to emeritus professor of economics Barry Clark, left-wing supporters "claim that human development flourishes when individuals engage in cooperative, mutually respectful relations that can thrive only when excessive differences in status, power, and wealth are eliminated." Within the left–right political spectrum, ''Left'' and '' Right'' were coined during the French Revolution, referring to the seating arrangement in the French Estates General. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folha De S
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã company. The newspaper is the centerpiece for Grupo Folha, a conglomerate that also controls UOL (Universo Online), the leading Internet portal in Brazil; polling institute Datafolha; publishing house Publifolha; book imprint Três Estrelas; printing company Plural; and, in a joint-venture with the Globo group, the business daily '' Valor'', among other enterprises. It has gone through several phases and has targeted different audiences, such as urban middle classes, rural landowners, and the civil society, but political independence has always been one of its editorial cornerstones. Ever since 1986, ''Folha'' has had the biggest circulation among the largest Brazilian newspapers – according to data by IVC (Instituto Verificador de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Herzog
Vladimir Herzog (27 June 1937 – 25 October 1975), nicknamed Vlado (a usual Croatian abbreviation for the name Vladimir) by his family and friends,Freitas, Daelcio"Jornalista morto pelo regime militar: Vladimir Herzog" UOL Educação was a Brazilian journalist, university professor and playwright of Croatian-Jewish origin. He also developed a taste for photography, because of his film projects."Quem foi Vladimir Herzog" , no Instituto Vladimir Herzog Herzog was a member of the Brazilian Communist Party and was active in the movement against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ternuma
Ternuma (acronym for Terrorism Never Again) is a non-governmental organization formed in 1998 by military, ex-military, family members and their sympathizers that aims to interdict and deny the past about the military dictatorship in Brazil from 1964 to 1985. Despite not assuming an explicit political definition, Ternuma has ostensibly praised the 1964 coup, recalled the cases of deaths by armed groups opposing the current regime and strongly criticized the property occupations promoted by the Landless Workers' Movement. It is considered to be a far-right organization. Na edição de 5 de abril daquele ano, em aquecimento para a campanha presidencial de 2010, quando seu candidato eterno, o tucano José Serra, enfrentaria a então ministra Dilma Rousseff, a ''Folha'' veiculou, junto com reportagem que tratava de um suposto plano de sequestro do então ministro Delfim Netto, durante a ditadura, um documento falso sobre a ministra da Casa Civil, Dilma Rousseff. Meses depois, à fórc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sérgio Paranhos Fleury
Sérgio Fernando Paranhos Fleury (19 May 1933 – 1 May 1979) was a Brazilian police deputy during the Brazilian military dictatorship. He was chief of ''DOPS'', the Brazilian "", that had a major role during the years of the Brazilian military government. Fleury was known for his violent temper and was officially accused of torture and homicide of numerous people, but died before being tried. Activities He became known for his participation in torture and extrajudicial killings during the military regime. Several prisoner reports and witness testimonies indicate that he consistently used torture during interrogations during the time of the military regime. Fleury himself was directly involved in the torture of Tito de Alencar Lima, known as Friar Tito, a catholic friar who fought against the military regime in Brazil. Besides using torture, Fleury was investigated and denounced by Prosecutors Hélio Bicudo and Dirceu de Mello for murders committed by the Death Squadron. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Securing Sex
''Securing Sex: Morality and Repression in the Making of Cold War Brazil'' is a book by Benjamin A. Cowan published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2016. It discusses how the right-wing activist, attitude, and government during the Cold War caused a transnational network of repressive laws and attitudes. The book also discusses how this "moral panic" made villains out of Communist and equating them to sexual deviants and queer people. Synopsis Benjamin Cowan explores the repression that existed during mid Cold War Brazil and beyond. He discusses how the Right Wing activist use the military regime in Brazil to spread a very "modest" and "morally correct" population, attitudes, and laws. Cowan tackles this subject by using the voices and perspectives of Right Wing activist. Cowan uses records from unused archives, something that people have not been doing. Cowan also attributes these attitudes to current perspectives of sexually liberate people, women, and queer people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torture Never Again
Torture Never Again (Tortura Nunca Mais) is a Brazilian human rights organization, founded by Cecília Coimbra, a victim of Brazilian military torturers. Introduction "Brazil: Never Again" was a research project published in its original version, '' Brasil: Nunca Mais'' (BNM) in Portuguese in 1985 and was republished in an English-language copy entitled ''Torture in Brazil''. The project, whose authors reserved their anonymity as a safety precaution, collected and analyzed documents for more than 707 Brazilian military court proceedings spanning the time frame from 1964 to 1979. These documents detail and expose the atrocious tortures that took place under Brazil's repressive military system of government. The goal of the BNM project was to supply concrete proof of Brazil's political oppression by delivering official legal proceedings drafted and approved by the very organization accused of such oppression. By providing such irrefutable proof, the members of the project hoped to n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PUCRS
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul ( pt, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS) is a private non-profit Catholic university. With campuses in the Brazilian cities of Porto Alegre and Viamão, it is the largest private university of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and the first university founded by the Catholic religious institute of the Marist Brothers. PUCRS is considered the best private university of Brazil's South Region, Brazil, Southern Region by the Ministry of Education (Brazil), Ministry of Education (MEC), and one of the best private universities in the country, with Getúlio Vargas Foundation, FGV, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio and the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, PUC-SP. Facilities The university has 22 faculties. The educational system is organized in courses and programs, which are responsible for undergraduate and Postgraduate education, graduate studies, continuing education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best university in Ibero-America, and holds a high reputation among world universities, being ranked 100 worldwide in reputation by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The USP is involved in teaching, research and university extension in all areas of knowledge, offering a broad range of courses. The university was founded in 1934, regrouping already existing schools in the state of São Paulo, such as the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco (Faculty of Law), the Escola Politécnica (Engineering School) and the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (College of Agriculture). The university's foundation is marked by the creation in 1934 of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras (Faculty of Philo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
