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Sao Paulo: Key members of Brazilâs government celebrated on Wednesday the anniversary of the countryâs 1964 military coup, which launched a 21-year dictatorship that saw hundreds of people killed and thousands tortured.
President Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has sought to steer the public conversation to his nostalgia for the 1964-1985 dictatorship that its supporters contend saved the country from communism â and away from a COVID-19 pandemic that has left 320,000 dead as well as from this weekâs major cabinet reshuffle.
âOn this day, 57 years ago, the Brazilian people with the support of the armed forces stopped the international communist movement from sticking its tongs in Brazil,â Vice-President Hamilton Mourão, a retired army general, said on Twitter. âStrength and honour!â