During the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil, a file was left on more than 71,000 people, as reported on April 2 by the information portal Metropoles, whose journalists studied some of the files.
The documents are kept in the State Archive of the Federal District of Brazil.
Latin America specialist at the University of Texas Marcelo José Domingos reviewed the documents in 2014 and was struck by the scope and extent of excessive monitoring. “This is nothing compared to torture, but it’s hard to imagine that absolutely everything you did was controlled by the state, recorded, and worse, your intimate and personal life could be revealed by anyone.” he said.
On the night of March 31 to April 1, Brazil celebrated the 59th anniversary of the beginning of the military dictatorship. It lasted 21 years – from 1964 to 1985, these years are known for repression, censorship, violence, torture, kidnapping followed by murder and other crimes against humanity.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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