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Weekly Report - 03 April 2014 (WR-14-13)
BRAZIL: Fifty years on from the military coup
Congress was suspended for a few hours on 31 March, after a scuffle broke out during an act to commemorate 50 years since the coup which ushered in 21 years of military rule. Jair Bolsonaro, a deputy from the Partido Progressista, organised the unfurling of a banner which read, “Congratulations to the military – 31 March 1964. Thanks to you Brazil is not Cuba.” In response a number of parliamentarians began waving placards with images of those disappeared or killed during the dictatorship. As the event descended into chaos, the session was suspended.
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