Carnaval no Outono, Brazil's Fall

"O deputado Jair Bolsonaro extrapolou qualquer limite. Ele deu parabéns a Eduardo Cunha, disse que seus adversários perderam em 1964 e, por fim, elogiou os militares do golpe e dedicou o voto ao coronel “Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, o terror de Dilma”.

Dilma foi colocada no pau de arara, apanhou de palmatória, levou choques e socos que causaram problemas graves na sua arcada dentária. Aos 22 anos.

Ela militava no setor estudantil do Comando de Libertação Nacional (Colina), que mais tarde se fundiria com a Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária (VPR), dando origem à VAR-Palmares. 

Essas sessões de torturas foram realizadas no Destacamento de Operações de Informações - Centro de Operações de Defesa Interna (DOI-CODI) de São Paulo, e também em uma prisão da cidade de Juiz de Fora, em Minas Gerais.

Ustra foi responsável pela morte de pelo menos 50 pessoas nos porões do DOI-CODI no período em que chefiou a instituição. Ele também chefiava o DOI-CODI quando a presidente Dilma foi presa e torturada.

Muitos brasileiros lutaram contra a ditadura e deram sua vida pela democracia ainda jovem que temos hoje. Se hoje podemos discutir e questionar um governo do qual divergimos, também devemos isso a pessoas que enfrentaram a ditadura. Ver uma fala como esta ser aplaudida no plenário da Câmara em um processo de impeachment conduzido por corruptos é emblemático. Não dá pra ter dúvidas quanto ao risco que corremos hoje."

Luiza Erundina

19 de abril 2016

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Dilma Rousseff, no seu julgamento, 1970

 

"Representative Jair Bolsonaro went beyond what is acceptable. He congratulated Eduardo Cunha, said his adversaries lost in 1964 and, at the end, complimented the officers of the coup d'état and dedicated his vote to "Col. Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, Dilma's terrorizer."*

Dilma was put on the 'pau de arara', beat up, shocked, and punched in the face which caused severe damage to her jaw. At 22 years of age.

She was an activist in the students' section of the National Liberation Commando (Colina), which later merged with the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard (VPR), which started VAR-Palmares (Palmares Armed Revolutionary Vanguard).

These torture sessions took place in the Detached Operations of Information - Center of Operations for Domestic Defense (DOI-CODI) of Sao Paulo, and also in a prison in the city of Juiz de Fora, in the State of Minas Gerais.

Ustra was responsible for the deaths of at least 50 people in the basements of the DOI-CODI in the period during which he was director of the institution. He also directed DOI-CODI when President Dilma Rousseff was arrested and tortured.

Many Brazilians fought against the dictatorship and gave their lives for the still young democracy we have today. If today we can discuss freely and challenge a government with which we disagree, we owe it also to the people who stood up against dictatorship. To hear a speech such as the one applauded in the National Congress during an impeachment process conducted by corrupted people is emblematic. There cannot be doubt about the risk we incur today."

Luiza Erundina

19 April 2016 

 

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Translation by: BelParis

 

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A date with the date

The Unknown Citizen

W. H. Auden, 1907 - 1973

(To JS/07 M 378
This Marble Monument
Is Erected by the State)

He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be
One against whom there was no official complaint,
And all the reports on his conduct agree
That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a
   saint,
For in everything he did he served the Greater Community.
Except for the War till the day he retired
He worked in a factory and never got fired,
But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc.
Yet he wasn’t a scab or odd in his views,
For his Union reports that he paid his dues,
(Our report on his Union shows it was sound)
And our Social Psychology workers found
That he was popular with his mates and liked a drink.
The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day
And that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every way.
Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured,
And his Health-card shows he was once in hospital but left it cured.
Both Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare
He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Instalment Plan
And had everything necessary to the Modern Man,
A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.
Our researchers into Public Opinion are content 
That he held the proper opinions for the time of year;
When there was peace, he was for peace:  when there was war, he went.
He was married and added five children to the population,
Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his
   generation.
And our teachers report that he never interfered with their
   education.
Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.