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Claim

Claim 854

The United States Embassy assessed that restoring press freedom in Brazil would be a long process.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement
The United States Embassy assessed that restoring press freedom in Brazil would be a long process.
Field
status
Value
Long process to restore press freedom
About
incident 1968-brazil-institutional-act-five-press-controls
Source
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Volume XXXI, Document 240
Publisher
Office of the Historian, United States Department of State
Method
primary document
Checked
2026-09-26
Confidence
high
Status
current
Source date
1968-12-20

Quotation from the source

we view restoration of press freedom as a long term process.