Chapter 3 The Censorship of History and Fact-Finding in Brazil (1964−2018)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xii
4. Acknowledgements xiv
5. Introduction: The Brazilian Truth Commission in Local, National and Global Perspective 1
6. Part I The Brazilian National Truth Commission
7. Section 1 Emergence and Context
8. Chapter 1 Dear Madame President A Never-Delivered Speech and a Never-Ending Story 37
9. Chapter 2 The Public Prosecutor’s Office of São Paulo and the Legacy of the Dictatorship: A Brief Report on Activities Prior to the Truth Commission 58
10. Chapter 3 The Censorship of History and Fact-Finding in Brazil (1964−2018) 68
11. Chapter 4 Democratic Transition and Conciliation: Human Rights and the Legacy of the Brazilian Dictatorship 86
12. Section 2 Novelties of the Brazilian Model: The National Commission, Local Committees and Corporate Complicity
13. Chapter 5 The National Truth Commission (NTC) Truth and Responsibility 111
14. Chapter 6 Repression, Resistance and the Intergenerational Dialogue: Establishing a Truth Commission at the University of Brasília 126
15. Chapter 7 Truth Commissions in the Digital Age: An Analysis of the Brazilian Case 138
16. Chapter 8 Corporate Complicity in the Brazilian Dictatorship 157
17. Chapter 9 Volkswagen do Brasil during the Military Dictatorship: An Economic and Political Assessment 182
18. Section 3 First Assessments of Brazil’s National Truth Commission
19. Chapter 10 The Outcomes of the Brazilian Truth Commission: Successes and Failures in a Lengthy Transitional Justice Process 203
20. Chapter 11 The Struggle for the Voice of the Victims in the National Truth Commission (Brazil) Memories and Truth, Yesterday and Today 227
21. Chapter 12 ‘Nunca Mais’ Lessons from Brazil’s Dictatorial Past 243
22. Part II Truth Commissions in Context: Comparing Latin America
23. Section 1 Comparing Specific Truth Commissions
24. Chapter 13 Truth Commissions and Their Archives in El Salvador, Peru and Brazil 265
25. Chapter 14 Memory, Truth and Auto-Fiction in the Recent Latin American Novel 286
26. Part III Truth Commissions between the Global and the Local
27. Section 1 Truth Commissions’ Worldwide Dispersion and Function
28. Chapter 15 Reconfigurations of Transitional Justice in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Global, Regional and Local Developments 305
29. Chapter 16 Truth Commissions A Bottom-Up Approach to Institution-Building 323
30. Afterword 339
31. Appendix 1 List of Selected Local Truth Commissions in Brazil by Region and State 345
32. Appendix 2 Selected List of Brazilian Online Resources (in alphabetical order) 349
33. Appendix 3Appendix 3 Photos from the Brazilian Truth Commission 350
34. Index 353