The gathering took place in front of a former torture center, with participants displaying images of political opponents who were killed or disappeared during the regime. teleSUR
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00:00Also in Brazil, activists rallied in Rio de Janeiro to remember the victims of the
00:03civil-military dictatorship in commemoration of the anniversary of the coup of 64.
00:07The demonstration took place in front of a former building of the defunct Department
00:11of Political and Social Order, used for illegal imprisonment and torture by the
00:16civil-military dictatorship. Demonstrators carried photographs of the victims, as well
00:20as banners and posters recalling the actions of January 8, 2022, when supporters of Jair Bolsonaro
00:26invaded the Capitol building. The coup d'etat perpetrated by members of the armed forces in 1964
00:32overthrew then-president João Aguilar and ushered in a 21-year
00:36dictatorship that tortured and murdered thousands of people.