Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - January 11, 2025 Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Rio de Janeiro to demand that the former DOI-Codi building, the largest torture center for opponents of the military regime (1964-1985), be transformed into a Memorial on State violence. Camera: BRUNO KAIUCA. FOOTAGE OF THE DEMONSTRATION IN RIO DE JANEIRO AND STATEMENTS BY ANTÔNIO CARLOS COSTA, PRESIDENT OF THE NGO RIO DE PAZ AND VICTÓRIA GRABOS, TEACHER. TRANSLATION: ANTÔNIO CARLOS COSTA: - “WE LIVE IN A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT FOR THE FORMATION OF A DEMOCRATIC CULTURE IN OUR COUNTRY. A COUNTRY THAT IS STILL FLIRTING WITH THE REGIME OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP. THIS IS BECAUSE THE FILM “I AM STILL HERE” BROUGHT BACK ALL THE MEMORIES OF THE DARK PERIOD THAT THE COUNTRY WENT THROUGH AFTER THE MILITARY COUP OF 1964 AND THIS PLACE IS VERY EMBLEMATIC BECAUSE MILITANTS CAME TO THIS BRAZILIAN ARMY BARRACKS TO SUFFER THE MOST DIVERSE TORTURES, BECAUSE THIS WAS THE PLACE OF TORTURE. WHAT WE WANT NOW IS FOR THIS PLACE TO BE TRANSFORMED, TO BE DEMOLISHED AND TRANSFORMED INTO A CULTURAL CENTER.” VICTÓRIA GRABOS: - “THE HISTORY OF RECENT BRAZIL IS VERY LITTLE STUDIED. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF BRAZIL. SO THE GREAT ADVANTAGE OF THE FILM IS THAT IT TAUGHT BRAZIL AND THE WORLD THAT IN BRAZIL THERE WAS A BUSINESS-MILITARY DICTATORSHIP FROM 1964 TO 1985. THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE TO REMEMBER, TO RESCUE THE MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES. BECAUSE MORE THAN 48 BRAZILIANS DIED HERE IN THIS BARRACKS, VICTIMS OF TORTURE”. - “AND NOW WE ARE HERE AGAIN TO RESCUE THE MEMORY AND TRANSFORM THE BARRACK INTO A MEMORIAL CENTER. THAT BRAZIL KNOWS THE ATROCITIES THAT HAPPENED HERE. WELL, THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE, ISN'T IT? OF MEMORY. BECAUSE BRAZIL IS THE MOST BACKWARD COUNTRY IN ALL OF LATIN AMERICA IN TERMS OF REPARATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY POLICIES." [Restrictions: Spain, Latin America, or the U.S. Hispanic market]