"Why Hasn't This Teacher Been Shot?" Moral-Sexual Panic, the Repressive Right, and Brazil's National Security State.

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.