Sep 7, 2009 | Alterdestiny
Report Emerges on the First "Disappeared" of Brazil's Military Dictatorship
In it, they pointed to a document from 1969 in which the Brazilian Army " assumes responsibility for the death of guerrilla Virgilio Gomes da Silva, [AKA] Jonas, considered the first political "disappeared" of the dictatorship." [English summarization of the report here .] If it's accurate, and it seems to be, this is relatively big news.
Brazil's banks more optimistic about economic growth than gov't
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