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The Day That Lasted 21 Years

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The Day that Lasted 21 Years reveals how and why the United States supported a conspiracy to overthrow the Brazilian elected President Joao Goulart in 1964.

Forty-five years later, Top Secret CIA and White House Telegrams reveal how United States Ambassador Lincoln Gordon acted behind the scenes to plan the longest military dictatorships of South America, which lasted until 1985, with the support of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.

The documentary was written by journalist Flavio Tavares; an ex-political prisoner who was arrested during the military dictatorship and recovered his freedom in exchange for the life of United States Ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick.

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