The Covid pandemic has often been described by the government in Brazil as a war both literally and metaphorically. While President Bolsonaro himself, a former captain of the army, often argues that it is a biological war launched by China, high-ranking members of the executive and legislative usually use it as a metaphor.
Brazil is losing the ‘war against Covid’ under the command of Captain Jair Bolsonaro – What is the role of the army in this ‘conflict’? And what lies ahead to Brazilians?
The sentencing of Carlinhos Metralha, a former agent of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship: a historical precedent to guarantee Transitional Justice
Carlos Alberto Augusto, better known as Carlinhos Metralha, was the first defendant to be convicted at the criminal level for acting in the persecution of political opponents during the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). In the sentence handed down by the 9th Federal Criminal Court of São Paulo, on June 18, 2021, the former police officer was sentenced to 2 years and 11 months in prison for conducting the kidnapping of former Marine Edgar de Aquino Duarte in 1971.