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Fitting, for multiple reasons, that I wandered into the Aljube museum
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For much of the 20th Century, Portugal was under an authoritarian regime, making extensive use of surveillance and violence to maintain control
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The Aljube was used to house many political prisoners, with guards drawing on techniques taught them by the CIA (and others)
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The museum is a really good insight into how such a system worked, its penetration of society and interpersonal relations, and its fall
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And fall it did, because of the willingness of people to struggle against their oppression and to work for a better, more democratic life
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I'll leave you to your thoughts on this, while I try to do a Portuguese elevenses
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