Fifty Years Tonight: The Coup, the Dictatorship, and Exile

THE COUP, THE DICTATORSHIP AND EXILE IN THE MEMOIRS OF JOSÉ SERRA Reflecting critically on the origins and consequences of the 1964 military coup, the former governor of São Paulo José Serra – known for the clarity and assertiveness of his writing – uses all his experience (and his astonishing knowledge) to create what could be considered a memoir, were it not also an analysis aimed at raising, situating and dissecting issues that, 50 years later, still remain on the agenda in Brazil.