In an interview with Deutsche Welle Brasil on October 8, Vice President Hamilton Mourão, in addition to praising the government’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic – despite Brazil’s particularly negative data – said that torturer Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, who was civilly convicted of torturing political prisoners during the military dictatorship, was a “man of honor” and respectful of human rights.
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Due reparation: what does the Volkswagen agreement in Brazil mean?
On September 23, 2020, the celebration of a historic agreement involving Volkswagen do Brasil and the three branches of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Federal, State and the one specialized in Labor Law) was announced. The company pledged to pay around 36 million reais to the association of former workers persecuted and tortured by the military regime with the involvement of the car maker, as well as to allocate part of this amount to institutions to promote the memory of the period.