Within a stone’s throw of Luz station stands a building with an ornate facade and a dark history. Once the headquarters of the State Department of Political and Social Order of São Paulo, today this building is a memorial and museum dedicated to the victims of Brazil’s fascist military dictatorship. In 1964, a coup d’etat against the government of President Joao Goulart was launched by right-wing extremists in the Brazilian military. The coup had been set in motion with the coordination and logistical support of the CIA. President John F. Kennedy’s…
