The UN has repudiated Bolsonaro for having claimed the coup of the military state of 1964



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The response of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of the United Nations, Fabián Salvoli, who, in a statement, asked Bolsonaro to "reconsider" the measure.

In Brasilia, the chief of the army, the general Edson Leal Pujol, who had declared that the force was not to regret having given the coup d'etat imposed by a 21-year-old dictatorship, participated in an act in which the new Bolsonaro story about the overthrow of the president constitutional has been read Joao Goulart

The reaction of the UN rapporteur in Geneva was motivated by an urgent and confidential presentation of the Vladimir Herzog Institute – which bears the name of a journalist killed by dictatorship while he was a political prisoner – and of the Brazilian Bar.

The entities ask to treat the regime's positive narrative attempt as "a further violation of human rights".

Bolsonaro, a former captain of the army who defended the application of torture against the former president Dilma Rousseff and other political prisoners, have asked the Ministry of Defense to promote this weekend "the necessary commemorations" of the 55th anniversary of the coup d'etat that instituted a dictatorship until 1985.

An amnesty law of 1979 pbaded by the regime of João Baptista Figueiredo prevents to judge crimes against humanity.

According to the UN rapporteur, "More than 8,000 indigenous and 434 alleged political dissidents have been killed or disappeared", says the text of the UN.

Brazilian entities document quotes Chancellor's statements Ernesto Araújo and Bolsonaro who argue that there was no dictatorship in Brazil, but a regime to prevent the advance of communism.

In 2011, President Rousseff banned soldiers from celebrating March 31, 1964 and set up a truth commission to investigate and document crimes.

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