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Bolsonaro’s Revisionist History of Brazil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration is embarking on a project of cultural and historical revision.

Bolsonaro’s Revisionist History of Brazil
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In September, the Cinemateca Brasileira, Brazil’s library of national films, was “occupied” by military and extreme-right politicians who criticized the institution’s “cultural Marxism” and promised a future film festival devoted to rehabilitating the image of the country’s military dictatorship.