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Subject: Developments in Brazil
freedominfo.org - Update, May 27, 2009
Developments in Brazil
-- President Lula da Silva Sends Draft FOI Bill to Congress
-- National Archive Launches Website with Historical Records from
Dictatorship
Recent developments in Brazil have fueled a growing debate on open
government, historical memory, and truth and justice initiatives in the
country. On May 13, 2009, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent a
long-awaited draft Access to Information Bill to Congress, acting on his
2006 campaign promise to enact a freedom of information law by the end of
his term. The law is now being reviewed by Brazil's two houses of Congress
and continues to be scrutinized by international and domestic FOI advocates
alike.
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