Testimonial and memoir of Lina Penna Sattamini's attempts to save her son from possible death at the hands of Brazil's military dictatorship, which had accused him of subversive activities in the early 1970s.

Lina Penna Sattamini, a former freelance interpreter with the U.S. State Department, lives in Rio de Janeiro.

James N. Green is Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University.

Acknowledgments ix
A Political Chronology of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964–85) xiii
Introduction: The Personal and the Political under the Brazilian Military Regime / James N. Green 1
We Must Never Forget: A Memoir / Lina Penna Sattamini 19
1. The Beginning 21
2. Operation Bandeirante 23
3. The Military Hospital 26
4. Incommunicado 32
5. Our First Visit 36
6.. Still Imprisoned 40
7. Transferred to Rio 48
8. Solitude 62
9. Support in the United States 68
10. My Return to Brazil 71
11. The Saga Continues 77
12. Anguish 85
13. Despair 92
14. Freedom 95
15. Exile 100
16. Protest 104
17. Recovery 108
18. Continuing the Struggle 112
19. Another Martyr of the Dictatorship 120
20. In Search of a Permanent Visa 122
21. Returning Home 128
22. Never Forgetting 133
Epilogue: No Path for the Righteous Traveler / Marcos P. S. Arruda 137
Editor's Postscript / James N. Green 175
Bibliography 177
Index 181