The first thing one will notice is the U.S. role in training and assisting the regime in torture (as well as fomenting the coup itself) has been completely removed by my pre$$:
"Brazil panel delivers report on regime brutality" by Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press December 11, 2014
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s National Truth Commission delivered a damning report Wednesday on the killings, disappearances, and acts of torture committed by government agents during the country’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship. It called for those responsible to face prosecution.
The 2,000-page report was delivered to President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla who endured harsh torture and a long imprisonment in the early 1970s. Known for her steely demeanor, Rousseff broke down in her speech at the report’s launch ceremony in the capital, Brasilia.
Investigators spent nearly three years combing through archives, checking hospital and morgue records, and questioning victims, their families, and alleged perpetrators. The document represents Brazil’s most sweeping attempt yet to come to terms with the human rights abuses committed under the country’s military regime.
‘‘Under the military dictatorship, repression and the elimination of political opposition became the policy of the state, conceived and implemented based on decisions by the president of the republic and military ministers,’’ the report states.
The commission ‘‘therefore totally rejects the explanation offered up until today that the serious violations of human rights constituted a few isolated acts or excesses resulting from the zeal of a few soldiers.’’
The seven-member commission, created by Congress and sworn in by Rousseff in 2011, has no prosecutorial powers, and a 1979 amnesty law passed by the military regime prevents those responsible from being tried and punished. The report calls for the repeal of the amnesty.
However, the Supreme Court in 2010 rejected a request by the Brazilian Bar Association to modify the amnesty law so that those who directly carried out killings and torture could be prosecuted.
The work exhaustively details the military’s ‘‘systematic practice’’ of arbitrary detentions and torture, as well as executions, forced disappearances, and the hiding of bodies. It documents 191 killings and 210 disappearances committed by military authorities, as well as 33 cases of people who disappeared and whose remains were later discovered.
‘‘These numbers certainly don’t correspond to the total [number] of deaths and disappearances but only to cases it was possible to prove,’’ the report said, citing ‘‘obstacles encountered in the investigation — especially the lack of access to armed forces’ documentation, which is officially said to have been destroyed.’’
The crowd listening to Rousseff’s address gave her a standing ovation when she paused briefly, overcome by emotion.
‘‘Brazil deserves the truth. The new generations deserve the truth. And most of all, those who deserve the truth are those who lost family members, friends, companions, and continue to suffer as if they died again each and every day,’’ Rousseff said, halting midway through the sentence as she fought back tears.
We ALL deserve the TRUTH!
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Some other Brazilian things the Globe has buried recently:
"Brazil to indict key figures in oil company graft scandal
Brazil’s prosecutor general said during the weekend that he was preparing to indict at least 11 executives from the country’s largest construction companies on charges including bribery and money laundering in connection with a graft scandal roiling Brazil’s oil industry and the government of President Dilma Rousseff. In pressing ahead with the case, Rodrigo Janot, the prosecutor general, is opening the way for a trial that would focus scrutiny on growing testimony about a web of illicit dealings between former executives at Petrobras, the state-controlled oil company, powerful contractors, and political figures in Rousseff’s government."
Well, we know why that is being buried and it's amazing how the $lick of corruption $eems to come with oil money.... or any money, for that matter:
"TelexFree trustee faces daunting task of distributing claims payments" by Beth Healy, Globe Staff December 16, 2014
In 35 years of handling bankruptcy cases, Stephen Darr has seen plenty of ugly. He has doled out funds to creditors of an asbestos company and a machine gun maker and to victims of several Ponzi schemes.
But nothing comes close to the scale of the TelexFree Inc. bankruptcy. Never in history has a trustee been responsible for divvying up the assets of a company that prosecutors say defrauded 2.1 million people, from Boston to Uganda.
Many Brazilian immigrants risked — and lost — large portions of their savings, in hopes of reaping the generous returns that were promised.
“I feel very sympathetic toward these people,’’ Darr said. “They lost a lot of money. They deserve to get it back, and it’s my job to get it back to them as quickly and as fairly as possible.”
He may have the toughest job in Boston right now: It will be virtually impossible to satisfy everyone.
I think Walsh has a lock on that.
Darr gets a half-dozen heart-rending e-mails a week from victims around the world who are wondering how and when they might get their money back....
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I guess you can scroll the call list to see if your number comes up.
