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  • Brazil: Records on Suppression Destroyed

    03/10/2004 5:41:08 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 1 replies · 171+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | 3/10/04 | VIivian Sequera - AP
    BRASILIA, Brazil - Brazil's army burned all documents about the suppression of a 1970s insurgency against the military dictatorship, the government said Wednesday, angering activists who had hoped that the papers would help them find the remains of missing rebels. The revelation also effectively ruins activists' hopes of properly documenting the guerrilla movement, which was inspired by Fidel Castro (news - web sites)'s Cuban uprising. While insurgencies in other Latin American countries including Bolivia and Peru have been well traced, little is known about Brazil's Araguaia guerrillas. It will also likely make any related prosecutions linked to the disappearances more...