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Brazil's Defense Minister Celso Amorim has agreed to investigate military facilities thought to have been the sites of torture during the country's dictatorship.

Brazil’s generals have never permitted this before

Conflict & Justice

Brazil’s military has agreed to participate in a truth commission looking at the military’s role in murders and disappearances committed after a coup in 1964. Author Peter Kornbluh has just returned from São Paulo. Brazil’s military has agreed to participate in a truth commission looking at the military’s role in murders and disappearances committed after a coup in 1964. Author Peter Kornbluh has just returned from São Paulo.

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