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Mar 31, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Today is the anniversary of the 1964 military coup which led to 21 years of brutal military-civilian dictatorship in Brazil. Many sharing this speech by Ulysses Guimarães, president of the National Constituent Assembly when the 1988 constitution was proclaimed.
"A traitor of the constitution is a traitor of the homeland," Guimarães said. "It's not the perfect constitution, but it will be useful, pioneering, brave... We hate the dictatorship." His full speech. (2/6) camara.leg.br/radio/programa…