Brazil, From Military Rule to Semi-Democracy, is Topic of Talk
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, October 14

Brooklyn, N.Y. – The Latin American and Caribbean Studies program of Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus will present a discussion on Brazil’s struggles to achieve democracy.

Jorge Zaverucha, distinguished professor of the Magistrate Superior School of Pernambuco, Brazil, will talk on “Brazil: From Military Rule to Semi-Democracy,” on Thursday, October 14, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Health Sciences Building, Room 121.

An expert on the Brazilian military, Zaverucha will speak about Brazil’s military regime and its practices, and explain the difficult struggle to democratize the country after the military withdrawal from government in the 1980s. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call J. Patrice Mc Sherry at (718) 488- 4105

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Some 31,000 students currently are enrolled at the university’s three residential and three regional campuses, including more than 12,000 at the Brooklyn Campus. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.