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Repression Haunts Brazil Seven Years After Coup
Brazil marks seven years since the 1964 coup as prosperity rises and repression tightens. The economy booms with 9.5 percent growth, roads knit the Amazon, but press censorship and political purges extend state power. Torture accusations draw church and international rebuke while terrorist kidnappings and violence persist, and calls grow for curbing Institutional Act powers.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Latin America
Brazil
Joao Goulart
Amazon
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
National Intelligence Service
SNI
Estado Novo
Getulio Vargas
Congress
Bahia
International Commission of Jurists
Geneva
Organization of American States
OAS
Brazi
Catholic Church
United States
West Germany
Switzerland
Sao Paulo
Medici
National Renovating Alliance
Arena