NCJ Number
20573
Date Published
1974
Length
252 pages
Annotation
AN ANALYSIS OF TERRORISM IN BRAZIL AS A REACTION TO A REGIME OF TERROR IMPOSED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK DESCRIBES A STATE AT TERROR IN BRAZIL, CHARACTERIZED BY THE GRADUAL ELIMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS AND THE IMPOSITION OF STATE-SUPPORTED SUPPRESSION, TORTURE, AND IMPRISONMENT. DESCRIBES THE OFFICIAL CONCEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE DISPARITIES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, FOCUSSING PARTICULARLY ON THE POLICY OF LAND DISTRIBUTION, THE GROWTH OF URBAN SLUMS, AND THE ROLE OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN INFLUENCING GOVERNMENT POLICY IN BRAZIL. HE ALSO DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'DEATH SQUADS' AND THE TORTURE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS. REFERENCES AND NOTES ARE INCLUDED. -- IN ITALIAN