president -- do you see, president rousseff, entry by bolsonaro?ould the brazilian military come to power through him, the brazilian military dictatorship -- of course community well in prison during that period and torturured yourself. >> yes, indeed. i was a prisoner. i was taken prisoner in 1970 by the military dictatorship, and i was in prison for three years. i believe in brazil, there's no situation of a military coup today. i think the far right in brazil is a civilian far right. it may include army officers, such as bolsonaro, but the far right is not a result of the military. it is that a military product. what is the far right in brazil? it has very deep roots in brazil's history. brazil was the last country to abolish slavery. we abolished slavery formally in 1888. unlike the united states, we had slavery in every state of brazil. in brazil, we had a tradition of filing control of the population. and there is an appearance of what i would say is the softest sort of situation, because violence is severed by those who are at the bottom of

president -- do you see, president rousseff, entry by bolsonaro?ould the brazilian military come to power through him, the brazilian military dictatorship -- of course community well in prison during that period and tortured yourself. >> yes, indeed. i was a prisoner. i was taken prisoner in 1970 by the military dictatorship, and i was in prison for three years. i believe in brazil, there's no situation of a military coup today. i think the far right in brazil is a civilian far right. it may include army officers, such as bolsonaro, but the far right is not a result of the military. it is that a military product. what is the far right in brazil? it has very deep roots in brazil's history. brazil was the last country to abolish slavery. we abolished slavery formally in 1888. unlike the united states, we had slavery in every state of brazil. in brazil, we had a tradition of filing control of the population. and there is an appearance of what i would say is the softest sort of situation, because violence is severed by those who are at the bottom of th

amy: mark weisbrot, as we wrap up, if you can comment on jair bolsonaro and the current president michelemer, and in the role he may be playing in all of this. >> this is a real threat, not only of jair bolsonaro himself, but also the violence that has , as happening, threatened you reported and lula talked about in his interview. you had the assassination on march 17 of marielle franco, the afro brazilian activist in rio march 27, lula's caravan was shot at. and you have two army officers just in the last few days saying very threatening things. the first one saying if lula were eventually elected, there would have to be some kind of military intervention. and then the head of the armed forces appearing to endorse that by saying the day before the supreme court decision that, you know, he made a speech against impunity, indicating that the side the military was on. it mayit may have influenced the supreme court. you have a lot of things that bring to mind the 1964 coup and the dictatorship that lasted until the late 1980's. it is very threatening and buried dangerous situation. we e wil

for presidential hopeful jair bolsonaro, public security is top of the agenda.e which has more than 5 million followers. he has been accused of being homophobic, he's anti—abortion and believes brazilians should be armed. nicknamed brazil's trump, his fans love him. he is the only one that is literally worried about the public security. i know it sounds really awkward, but really, if any woman could read the projects of bolsonaro, she would love like me. right—wing groups are finding big audiences. the free brazil movement, or mbl in portuguese, started through protests, calling for dilma rousseff to be impeached. their critics accused them of being too conservative, but the self—styled libertarian pressure group says their supporters want change. people are consuming this culture produced by the establishment. they don't identify any more with what is being handed to him. now, because of the internet, they can find their own voice and they can find their own values back again. that's what's happening and that is why we have trump, that is why we have brexit, th

i hope the left will unite behind one candidate so it does not divide itself and allow jair bolsonaroo risk winning. but dictatorship could return to this for a large and beautiful country, especially with lula out of the picture. amy: before we go to break, you're wearing a pin. marielloalk about franco? we have talked about her and her assassination just weeks ago. >> wednesday will mark the one-month of her fascination. she was an extraordinary figure as evidenced by the fact even though she was just a city councilwoman in a city and latin america, her death resonated around the world. the more people got to know about her. she was an incredible inspiration to millions of people throughout result who had traditionally been voiceless. she a remarkable political future ahead of her. she was a very close friend of my husband and myself and her family. .o far there has been no arrest there's some indication the police are making progress, but whoever ordered her killed is free powerful as evidenced by the professionalism of which execution was carried out and it is absolutely crucial t

i hope the left will unite behind one candidate so it does not divide itself and allow jair bolsonaroo risk winning. but dictatorship could return to this for a large and beautiful country, especially with lula out of the picture. amy: before we go to break, you're wearing a pin. marielloalk about franco? we have talked about her and her assassination just weeks ago. >> wednesday will mark the one-month of her fascination. she was an extraordinary figure as evidenced by the fact even though she was just a city councilwoman in a city and latin america, her death resonated around the world. the more people got to know about her. she was an incredible inspiration to millions of people throughout result who had traditionally been voiceless. she a remarkable political future ahead of her. she was a very close friend of my husband and myself and her family. .o far there has been no arrest there's some indication the police are making progress, but whoever ordered her killed is free powerful as evidenced by the professionalism of which execution was carried out and it is absolutely crucial t