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The article discusses political aspects of Brazil's corporatist labor movement during the military dictatorship in 1964-1985. It looks at the role of the Regional Labor Council in São Paolo and examines the judicial cases filed between January 1963 and March 1964 during the institutional and political instability under President João Goulart. It also analyzes the council dealth with the demands of workers in the early years of the military dictatorship.

The article discusses the relation between Brazilian race relations and apartheid in South Africa, noting anti-racism in Brazil's 1988 Constitution. Topics include a 1954 United Nations (UN) report by sociologist Gilberto Freyre on race relations, attempts by South Africa's government at economic and military relations with Brazil's military dictatorship, and a 1991 visit by anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela to Brazil. The impact of democratization on Brazilian race relations is noted.

The article discusses homosexuality among members of revolutionary, Marxist groups in Brazil during the 1960s and 1970s, how gay revolutionaries coped with their sexual orientation and political ideology, and how other revolutionaries reacted to their gay peers. Topics include how gay revolutionaries were sometimes executed, the idea that the fight for gay rights fractured the otherwise united revolution, and the roles gay revolutionaries played in the reorganized, liberal Brazilian government.

The article discusses the crônicas, or chronicles, of the political columnist Sérgio Porto, who wrote under the pen name Stanislaw Ponte Preta, within the populist Brazilian newspaper "Última Hora" during the 1960s. An overview Porto's use of the term "democradura" to depict the repressive nature of Brazil's military dictatorship, including in regard to the social conditions of fear and suspicion and the Brazilian right's fondness for sycophants, is provided. Porto's skepticism of Brazil's radical Left and his appeal to the country's political center are discussed.

The article discusses the origins of the Brazilian military government and the country's repressive social conditions during the 1960s. An overview of the alliance between the Catholic Church and Brazil's anticommunist political right, including the political activity of the archbishop of Diamantina, Brazil, Dom Geraldo Proença Sigaud, is provided. The role that the conservative columnist Gustavo Corção played in creating a panic in Brazil regarding morality and youth sexuality is discussed. An overview of the right wing terrorist organization the Brazilian Anticommunist Alliance (AAB) is provided. The article also discusses the impact that the Higher War College (Escola Superior de Guerra, or ESG) had on Brazilian national security doctrine.