1988: Secrets of the Constituent Assembly

An essential book for understanding contemporary Brazilian political history Thirty years after the 1987-1988 National Constituent Assembly, which marked Brazil's redemocratization, Luiz Maklouf Carvalho searches for answers to understand the twenty-month period during which the country witnessed the drafting of the so-called Citizen Constitution, what has changed since then, and what we can learn from the experience. Through 43 exclusive interviews with key figures in the Constituent Assembly—from José Sarney to Michel Temer—the journalist questions, interrogates, and shakes the past to confront it head-on, bringing to light collusion, betrayals, threats, and resistance, without ever forgetting the power of the people, so present and fundamental.