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Torturers still prominent in Brazil
The Rev. Jaime Wright, director of a church sponsored study, says torturers from 1964 79 still hold influential jobs in Brazil. He cites two officers, Gen. Otavio Medeiros and Col. Francisco Coutinho e Silva, as examples and notes amnesty laws cover both sides. Wright traveled to Washington after the book Torture in Brazil appeared.
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Washington
Pst
Jaime Wright
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Wright
Otavio Medeiros
Belo Horizonte
Brasilia
Francisco Antonio Coutinho E Silva
Janio Quadros
Flavio Salles
Justice Ministry
Human Rights Committee
U.S