Repression in Rio de Janeiro on June 21, 1968, which became known as "Bloody Friday".
"I am going to turn this country into a democracy and if someone is against it, I'll stop them and crush them."
– General João Baptista Figueiredo
Those who fall asleep in a democracy might wake up in a dictatorship
Despite progress during the PT governments, Brazil is a very unequal and violent country today. Young people seem surprised: was the dictatorship not a thing of the past? Interview. Español Português
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