Brazil’s ultra-right head of state, Jair Bolsonaro, has commemoration of the 55. Anniversary of the military coup of 1964 arranged. In the next 31. March should “give appropriate memory to celebrate,” said presidential spokesman Otávio Rêgo Barros on Monday in the capital, Brasília. The commemoration should be organized by the Ministry of defence.
In the coup of 31. In March of 1964, were followed by 21 years of military dictatorship, marked by numerous violations of human rights. According to a truth Commission were killed in the period around 440 people for political reasons, hundreds of government opponents were imprisoned and tortured.
Bolsonaro, himself an Ex-officer, has expressed in the past his sympathy for the military dictatorship. About half of his Ministers are military.
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The President’s spokesman to introduce on Monday, Bolsonaro consider the events of 31. In March 1964 a military coup. Rather, it would have been “civilians and soldiers” in troubled times, and the country back on the right track. (AFP)
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