Bolsonaro names military officers to the truth committee investigating dictatorship disappearances

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday appointed two members of the armed forces to a commission investigating deaths and disappearances during the 1964-81 military dictatorship. Read full article

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Trimonde
He's a shameless killer . Poor Brazil . I'm not sure if I should think they never saw him coming, or that they were taken by surprise .
... had that guy only shoved that dagger in a little deeper, things would be so different now, but then again, Lula would not have been freed so quickly ... !
Aug 02nd, 2019 - 11:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
Removal of Moro and Dallagnol and in defense of press freedom

1. … the right to source confidentiality is consecrated, ..Constitution. The threats against journalist Glenn Greenwald are absurd, either by the President or by illegal acts, such as Ordinance 666. …
2. ..we support all investigations against invasion of privacy. ..without undue interference, such as that practiced by Minister Sérgio Moro. This agent insists on accumulating functions are not his. In Curitiba, he commanded accusations that he himself would judge next. Now, in the ministry, although he is a directly interested party, he shows that he has command of the investigations, including revealing confidential acts in phone calls to authorities of the Republic.
3. the removal of, ..In any other democratic country in the world this would happened, as it is clear that Moro does not behave according to legality. ..the Lava Jato in Curitiba cannot continue prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol's role in view of the illicit acts.
4.“file burning” is misplaced. We are facing very serious facts, which deserve investigation. The Republic demands equality of all before the law.
5. We are in favor of continuing all prosecutions against acts of corruption. in obedience to the Constitution. we reiterate the defense of the immediate freedom of former President Lula, who was not entitled to a fair trial.
6. When the rulers show authoritarianism, this contaminates the society and stimulates violence, such as against the Wajãpis indigenous people in Amapá, with the murder of a leader after the invasion of their territory. We charge the Federal Government, especially the Ministry of Justice, for immediate measures to secure Wajapi land and punish the murderers.

Signed: Fernando Haddad,Flavio Dino,Guilherme Boulos,Ricardo Coutinho,Roberto Requião,Sonia Guajajara
https://www.redebrasilatual.com.br/politica/2019/07/haddad-boulos-sonia-dino-coutinho-e-requiao-pedem-afastamento-imediato-de-moro-e-dallagnol/
Aug 02nd, 2019 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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REF: “truth committee investigating dictatorship disappearances”:

Isn't appointing thieves to look after the Safe-Keys; a tradition?
Aug 02nd, 2019 - 12:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Trimonde
... a tradition in most of the world's governments
Aug 02nd, 2019 - 04:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
Thanks to Sean Purdy Professor de História, Universidade de São Paulo, for the changing face of Brazil.
https://imgur.com/a/PQ0qXMj
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imoyaro
Wow, great picture! Are they supposed to be marching? They look like rabble on a stroll in red berets... :D
Aug 05th, 2019 - 01:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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They are just following The Normal Rituals of shaking tails to the hand that feeds and that too, too generously!http://www.chargeonline.com.br/php/charges/AUTO_sid.jpg
Aug 05th, 2019 - 03:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
IN A CRUCIAL VICTORY for press freedom in Brazil, Minister Gilmar Mendes, a member of Brazil’s Supreme Court, has barred the Bolsonaro administration and Justice Minister Sergio Moro from investigating The Intercept Brasil and journalist Glenn Greenwald for its reporting on unethical and potentially illegal conduct involving Moro.
Mendes, in a sweeping decision, wrote that any attempt to investigate journalists for their reporting would “constitute an unambiguous act of censorship” and would violate Brazil’s constitution.
“The immediate right of free speech is the right to obtain, produce and disseminate facts and news by any means,” Mendes wrote. “The constitutional secrecy of the journalistic source makes it impossible for the State to use coercive measures to constrain professional performance and to impede the form of reception and transmission of what is brought to public knowledge.”
https://theintercept.com/2019/08/08/brazil-supreme-court-glenn-greenwald/
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