Jango and I: Memories of an exile with no return

At age 7, João Vicente, son of Jango and Maria Thereza, was, along with his sister Denize, a witness and victim of the circumstances that drove the family into exile. Now, more than 50 years later, João recovers the memories of a turbulent period, from his life in Uruguay, where he learned to read and write, to adulthood. In this emotional inventory of the Goulart family, the historical record intertwines with the personal. The uncertainty, the lack of news, the difficult adaptation to everyday Uruguayan life. The terrible moment when it became clear that the coup was much more than a military coup and that it would last for decades. The rise of totalitarian governments in the Americas. The end of relative freedom with the fall of Uruguayan democracy in the early 1970s and the subsequent move of the Goularts to Argentina. The encounters with Paulo Freire, Glauber Rocha, Juan Domingo Perón, among other illustrious friends of Jango. More than a memoir written by João Goulart's son, this is a valuable record of the consequences of the loss of individual freedoms and a reminder to always remain attentive to the country's political direction, in order to ensure the maintenance of democracy.