In 1964, Brazil's democratically elected, left-wing government was
ousted in a coup and replaced by a military junta. The Johnson
administration quickly recognized the new government. The U.S.
press and members of Congress were nearly unanimous in their
support of the "revolution" and the coup leaders' anticommunist
agenda. Few Americans were aware of the human rights abuses
perpetrated by Brazil's new regime. By 1969, a small group of
academics, clergy, Brazilian exiles, and political activists had
begun to educate the American public about the violent repression
in Brazil and mobilize opposition to the dictatorship. By 1974,
most informed political activists in the United States associated
the Brazilian government with its torture chambers. In "We Cannot
Remain Silent," James N. Green analyzes the U.S. grassroots
activities against torture in Brazil, and the ways those efforts
helped to create a new discourse about human-rights violations in
Latin America. He explains how the campaign against Brazil's
dictatorship laid the groundwork for subsequent U.S. movements
against human rights abuses in Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and
Central America.
Green interviewed many of the activists who educated
journalists, government officials, and the public about the abuses
taking place under the Brazilian dictatorship. Drawing on those
interviews and archival research from Brazil and the United States,
he describes the creation of a network of activists with
international connections, the documentation of systematic torture
and repression, and the cultivation of Congressional allies and the
press. Those efforts helped to expose the terror of the
dictatorship and undermine U.S. support for the regime. Against the
background of the political and social changes of the 1960s and
1970s, Green tells the story of a decentralized, international
grassroots movement that effectively challenged U.S. foreign
policy.
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