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| RIO DE JANEIRO – A gathering to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the March 31st, 1964 military coup in Brazil ended in pandemonium Thursday afternoon. ‘Revolution 64,’ held at the Military Club in the center of Rio de Janeiro, was besieged by about 200 protesters and ended with a confrontation between protesters and Military Police.
Revolution 64 (Photo: terra.com.br/Luiz Roberto Lima/Futura Press)
| HAVANA, Cuba – Journalist and Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said on Friday that she has asked Cuban authorities for permission to travel to Brazil. Cuban citizens are required to possess the infamous Permiso de Viaje al Exterior (PVE), or Carta Blanca, in order to leave or enter their own country.
Yoani Sanchez Brazilian Visa (Photo: terra.com.br)
| BRASILIA – President Dilma Rousseff, speaking on Friday at the 2011 Human Rights Award in the nation's capital, defended the right to “disagree” in Brazil. Speaking to an audience of people involved in the fight for human rights, the president also criticized social inequality and said “we can not be a country of 190 million with growth only for some.”
Dilma Rousseff at 2011 Human Rights Award (photo: terra.com.br/Wilson Dias/Agência Brasil)
| RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian magazine Epoca this week published a previously unseen image of the future president being interrogated at the Military Court of Rio. The black and white photo, taken in November 1970, shows a 22-year-old Dilma Rousseff being questioned about her participation in the armed struggle against the military dictatorship.
Dilma Rousseff at Military Court of Justice 1970 (photo: Revista Epoca)
