President Dilma Rousseff

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

April 2, 2014Conflict & 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.