A Mother's Cry: A Memoir of Politics, Prison, and Torture Under the Brazilian Military Dictatorship Book

Contents

Acknowledgments....................ix
A Political Chronology of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964-85)....................xiii
Introduction JAMES N. GREEN The Personal and the Political under the Brazilian Military Regime....................1
WE MUST NEVER FORGET A Memoir LINA PENNA SATTAMINI....................19
1 THE BEGINNING....................21
2 OPERATION BANDEIRANTES....................23
3 THE MILITARY HOSPITAL....................26
4 INCOMMUNICADO....................32
5 OUR FIRST VISIT....................36
6 STILL IMPRISONED....................40
7 TRANSFERRED TO RIO....................48
8 SOLITUDE....................62
9 SUPPORT IN THE UNITED STATES....................68
10 MY RETURN TO BRAZIL....................71
11 THE SAGA CONTINUES....................77
12 ANGUISH....................85
13 DESPAIR....................92
14 FREEDOM....................95
15 EXILE....................100
16 PROTEST....................104
17 RECOVERY....................108
18 CONTINUING THE STRUGGLE....................112
19 ANOTHER MARTYR OF THE DICTATORSHIP....................120
20 IN SEARCH OF A PERMANENT VISA....................122
21 RETURNING HOME....................128
22 NEVER FORGETTING....................133
NO PATH FOR THE RIGHTEOUS TRAVELER Epilogue MARCOS P. S. ARRUDA....................137
Editor's Postscript JAMES N. GREEN....................175
Bibliography....................177
Index....................181