-
Bolsonaro tells students to read book by dictatorship-era torturer
Brazil’s president accused of ‘drinking from the sewers of history’ by recommending The Suffocated TruthBrazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been accused of “drinking from the sewer of history” after urging teenage students to read a book by a notorious dictatorship-era torturer accused of directing interrogation sessions where victims were were whipped, given electric shocks and pounded with vine wood canes.Bolsonaro, an outspoken fan of the 1964-1985 military regime during which hundreds of political opponents were murdered and thousands more tortured, met with students at the gates of the presidential palace in the capital, Brasília, on Monday. Continue reading...
More like this (2)
-
Outrage as Jair Bolsonaro appears to endorse Brazil anti-democracy protests
Far-right demonstrations called for 15 MarchFormer president: ‘We must shout while we still have a voice’Jair...
