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Those charges, brought by female prisoners in Rio de Janeiro, come from "Terror in Brazil," a 15,000-word dossier compiled by the American Committee for Information on Brazil. The document was endorsed by 34 concerned citizens, including Black Leader Ralph Abernathy and John Bennett, president of Union Theological Seminary. According to the dossier, Brazil's military regime has resorted to a whole catalogue of horrors in its effort to root out dissidents...
...into the courtyard of their jail, blindfolded, lined up against a wall, and asked if they had any last wishes. Only after they heard the metallic click of bullets being loaded into the rifles of a firing squad were they put into vehicles by laughing policemen and taken to Rio's international airport for the flight to Algiers...
Empty streets filled with honking processions of cars, samba bands and conga dancers who happily chanted "Bra-sit! Bra-sil! Bra-sil!" In Rio, fireworks exploded in the evening sky, while air-force jets trailing plumes of smoke swooped low over Copacabana Beach. The only untoward aspect of the celebration was the toll of dead and injured. Brazilian doctors had publicly warned heart patients not to watch the match on TV, but many did anyhow and died of overexcitement. Some celebrators blew off hands with firecrackers or were trampled underfoot in the streets...
Only two weeks after the kidnaping of General Aramburu in Argentina, West Germany's Ambassador to Brazil, Ehrenfried von Holleben, was seized by terrorists in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian government, which had released 15 political prisoners in return for the life of U.S. Ambassador C. Burke El-brick last September, agreed to release 40 prisoners for Von Holleben...
...Buenos Aires. Jose Melia, Spain's largest hotel operator, is also building the 1,000-room Melia Castilla. in Madrid. Some governments follow Berlin's example by giving tax concessions on tourist construction. Results vary: 25 hotels are under way in Singapore while three are rising in Rio de Janeiro, including the circular Nacional, a 38-story tower...