Abstract
ABSTRACT Led by the Armed Forces, the 1964 coup inaugurated a dark time in Brazil, with suspension of political rights, censorship, and human rights violations in the context of the Cold War. Although the 2011 National Truth Commission was able to produce a report on the human rights violations, it seems many Brazilians prefer to forget the years of lead. While the military regime remains a scar in Brazil's history, the 2018 election of Jair Bolsonaro, a retired Army Captain who had previously called the military regime a glorious period, has produced a cabinet mostly occupied by retired military officers who do not feel they should be apologetic towards the coup. The aim of this article is to highlight the dynamics of an on-going mnemonic war over the very meaning of 1964 as a historical event of political rupture in Brazil, which points to the securitization of memory in Bolsonaro's regime.
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