Donald Trump's Brazilian twin.Jair Bolsonaro, a rightwing lower house deputy, [...] dedicated his vote in favour of impeachment to Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ultra, the colonel who headed the feared Doi-Codi torture unit in the 1970s.
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Bolsonaro – who is planning to run for president in the next election – used his brief statement at the microphone during Sunday’s vote to laud the military leaders who beat and tormented leftwing leaders after the 1964 coup.
“They lost in 1964, and now they have lost in 2016,” he said. He then dedicated his vote to “the memory of Col Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the dread of Dilma Rousseff”.
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During a 2014 debate on a Truth Commission report on the murder, rape and torture carried out during the dictatorship, he lashed out a female deputy with the words, “I wouldn’t rape you. You’re not worth it.
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In Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro won more votes than any other candidate during the last election.
On Facebook, he is the third most “liked” politician in Brazil.
Guardian
Rousseff was asked to respond to [Bolsonaro's remarks praising the torturer] at a press conference with foreign journalists on Tuesday. She paused briefly for composure, then replied with dignity: “It is regrettable that this moment in Brazil has opened a door to intolerance, hate and to this kind of statement,” she said.
Avoiding any mention of names, she continued: “I was arrested in the 1970s and I did, in fact, meet this man he refers to. He was one of the biggest torturers in Brazil and was accused of torture and killing.”
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Rousseff, a former guerrilla, was imprisoned at the time and tortured. She rarely goes into details, but once described how she was beaten, given electric shocks and left naked on the floor. Other women political prisoners from that time have said they were raped.
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