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This paper examines the status of human rights in Brazil since passage of a special human rights act by the Cordosa government in 1996. The report is not very encouraging, although some reforms have been passed, human rights violations are still vast. Bibliography lists 6 sources
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of military juntas and killing machines, with seats of governments being thrown over by military coups. For evidence, the overthrow of the Chilean government in 1973 by that countrys military,
as well as the overthrow of Argentinas government during the 1950s by General Juan Peron are well known in history. Throughout Latin America, Brazil, however, has been among the more
subdued in the arena of military police action, as well as massive human rights abuses. This does not mean, however, that Brazil does not need help in the area of
human rights. Like many of its neighbors, Brazil still has problem in implementation of human rights reform - it still has, for example, a very military police. Unlike its neighbors,
however, the Brazilian government is working hard to institute such reforms. In 1996, when Brazil passed a new national program and reform
for advancement of human rights, it was hailed as a trailblazing step to control human rights abuses throughout Brazil and hopefully and ultimately, all of Latin America (Brazil Slow on
Human Rights Reform, 2000). Although Brazil wasnt as bad as some of its neighbors in the area of human abuse, its record on human rights was low, with one of
the main problems being a militarized police force that tended to shoot first and ask questions later (Human Rights, Political Wrongs, 1996). Police abuses were rampant, with police gunfire killing
innocent victims, including children (Human Rights, Political Wrongs, 1996). When Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso was elected in 1995, however, he vowed
to right the human rights wrongs including child labor and prisoner abuse by releasing a special human rights plan. More than 200 Brazilian and international human rights organizations had participated
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