Rousseff receives apology and compensation for tortures suffered when she was a guerrilla

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President Dilma Rousseff will receive 10,000 US dollars in reparations from Rio do Janeiro state for torture she was subjected to while jailed as a leftist guerrilla during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, her office said Friday. Read full article

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ChrisR
“On Wednesday the Brazilian president choked back tears as she read the names of relatives of disappeared guerrillas.”

I wonder, did she remember the name of the US Military Officer that was murdered in front of his wife and children by the cell she commanded?
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