Tag: National Truth Commission

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 10:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro describes an Army officer convicted for torture as a “national hero”

  

  Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that an Army officer who was convicted of torture during the country’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship was a “national hero.”

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro names military officers to the truth committee investigating dictatorship disappearances

  

  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.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro questions credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the military dictatorship

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the country's military dictatorship, suggesting it was politically influenced by the left. 

• Saturday, May 12th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Brazilian military presidents authorized execution of “subversives”, claims CIA declassified documents

  

  The president under Brazil's military dictatorship in the 1970s personally authorized executions of “subversives,” according to a declassified CIA document published on Friday in the Brazilian media. President Ernesto Geisel ruled Brazil from 1974 to 1979, toward the end of the country's two decade long military dictatorship.