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BAUER, Caroline Silveira. The Brazilian civic-military dictatorship in the speeches of Jair Bolsonaro: uses of the past and negationism. Relac. int. [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.57, pp.37-51. ISSN 2314-2766.

This paper aims to reflect on the uses of Brazil’s dictatorial past for the benefit of contemporary politics. I start from the idea that President Jair Bolsonaro, being a military man, is part of a "community of memories" about the dictatorship that has produced a kind of memorial story that has conquered stability over time. Moreover, the uses made of that past respond to the institutional, economic, political and social crisis experienced in Brazil, and they try to recover a very specific national identity.

Palavras-chave : Brazilian dictatorship; Memory; Uses of the past; Jair Bolsonaro; Negationism; Historical revisionism.