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they have arrested thousands of people for going on strike

they have requisitioned employees and workers

in order to force to them to return to work...

And still you come here

to speak to me about the Constitution...

If I understood correctly,

according to the Constitution, neither the President,

nor the Government has the right to release those prisoners.

Indeed

But the United States, Brazil,

the Church, national and international public opinion

they're objectively forcing President and the Government

to accept the exchange

and to release all the political prisoners.

So, what can the President do?

The only possibility

it is to present a decree of amnesty to Parliament.

This, according to the Constitution,

is the only way to annul a sentence.

Very well, but for various reasons

different interests, both left and right,

all want to end with this President.

In my opinion,

most of the Parliament will take advantage of this

in order to vote against the amnesty.

And what happens then?

The exchange won't be carried out.

But we said that the President is forced...

- Then, he must resign. - You see?

Of all our problems, it is most important.

And you think that this is possible?

If all the convenient contradictions happen,

whoever replaces him

will have to accept the exchange.

Why are these young people so stubborn?

They're defending the autonomy of the University

Stay seated

Alfredo!

- Where are they? - Basti�n, take a look

- Where? - Here. They have taken the district.

Here, close by.

Prepare the consul.

Pretty car.

It's old, but it still works well.

- I've seen others these days. - Not so pretty.

Although we have been in many garages.

You will have searched a lot of them.

- Yes, garages, houses... - Sergeant, look at this.

It seems to be empty at the back Take a look,it sounds empty

And with the bookcases... as if they had blocked it up.

Good, if it's blocked up, he's blocked up.

Isn't it a little boring, all these searches?

To begin with, it was fun.

But soon...

Going up and down stairs for 4 days

I'm fed up.

I understand. And it's worse that you've got to check one by one

Well, we've seen everything now. Let's go.

Wait.

We stay.

Close it

Were they on top of us yes?

They were close by.

- What a useless bunch - No information.

Exactly.

And that means they have.

The appropriate technique,

the appropriate material...

You're crazy!

The continued use of torture instruments

has been demonstrated by the Investigating Commission.

Remind them that this Commission

of representatives is comprised of all the parties

of the Parliament.

Its conclusions, voted unanimously,

were as follows:

First:it has been demonstrated that in our country

torture has become frequent, systematic and

habitual.

Second:They have resorted to using torture

against people who, for being innocent,

have not been subjected to a legal judgement,

and against people who, when subjected to legal judgement,

have been declared innocent.

Third:the main victims of these methods

are students

and union leaders.

Fourth:the explanations of the competent authorities,

that they deny the existence of these facts or declare that they don't know them

are unacceptable.

Then to accept them

it would be to admit the existence, within our police,

of parallel organizations,

independent and uncontrollable.

That's it, Mr. President.

Gentlemen,

all this has happened in our country.

All this happens to the press in our country.

All this must stop in our country.

Gentlemen of the Government,

I do not know if they were or weren't knowledgable about all this.

But in either case,

they no longer have the right to govern our country.

Let us demand a presidential election.

Exactly, that's our intention.

Nevertheless, the tortures continued. You know that,

since you were advisor to our police.

You keep implicating me in things that were none of my business

and that I totally ignored.

But your students at the Academy have been accused of torture.

- That does not demonstrate anything. - Yes.

Simple coincidence... one more.

How many were sent to the Academy since you arrived?

The last one was the eighth, I think.

But I didn't send them, the Government did.

37 exactly, selected and recommended by you.

Here is the programme

of the Academy.

In five months of classes,

you hardly spoke of communications and traffic.

It's futile to continue speaking of communications and traffic,

Isn't that true, Mr. Santore?

Very well. We didn't talk about it much.

Yes, you spoke a lot about revolutionary war,

of Algeria, of Cuba, of Vietnam...

You talked a lot about strikes, of demonstrations,

of trade unionism, of explosives...

Would you like to see it?

I know about it.

As far as the explosives, there's a place in the Academy

that administers a specialist course

in Texas, an abandoned village near the Mexican border.

There were 8 policemen who specialized in explosives.

Deputy Commissioner Fontana.

Captain Pi�atores

Deputy Commissioner Su�rez.

Commissioner Garc�a

Deputy Commissioner Panizolo.

Commissioner Torresi.

Captain Bard�s.

A provocative attack, by the police

Commissioner Ben�tez.

A provocative and

intimidatory attack.

That was the specialist program.

Yes, I know.

What was this fascination with explosives for?

They are the weapons of terrorists.

It is necessary to learn to know them.

They don't learn to defend themselves against bombs, but to use them.

It is you who needs the terrorists.

Why?

Why do they want them?

Good morning, Mr Rector.

Is it serious?

Do you know Enrique Machi?

I know him.

You were seen every week in one

of the nightclubs.

You know him perfectly well and we do too.

An old student of economics,

he never obtained a degree,

but organised the first fascist group in the university.

He opened three nightclubs,

and he liaises with one Johanna,

a young woman who has a red VW,

secretary of the American cultural attach�

You know much more about that gentleman than me

That is not possible.

The file you have is the most complete one in the country.

That is another myth.

But you knew that he is a fascist?

- We never spoke of politics. - It happens.

And what did you speak of, every week?

Of women?

Why not?

For that you paid him?

That's not very friendly since I'm no longer young.

In any case, I never paid him.

Machi and his fascist organization is very expensive.

Their members are killers, thugs, professionals of violence.

Their services cost lots of money.

Perhaps... but I never paid them.

Mr Pero Machi takes care of the transactions

involving cars of the American Embassy workers

You're only asking me about foreign cars!

It's a way to finance an agent-provocateur

Why? So that these people serve him?

That a policeman frequents a nightclub does not prove anything.

And the fact that it was me doesn't, either.

Naturally

Nor frequenting a photographic laboratory.

Do you know Agent Bard�s?

You know him very well. We do too.

Ex-Agent Bard�s,

expelled from the police for robbery. All the newspapers mentioned it.

He's changed.

A photographer, he continues doing what he did,

supported by the police, but without compromising it.

It is the principle of the "Death squad".

To eliminate adversaries without the problems of the Constitution,

of laws, courts.

Captain Lopez, for the police,

along with Fontana,

Captain Riggi, of the navy,

Colonel Gonz�lez, of the Army,

Commander Pi�atores, of the Air Force

And Bard�s, the confidante of Bain, your predecessor.

So as to serve the secret High Command,

this organization of extra assassins at our service,

what does it want?

What will they do in the future?

Is your son there?

- What do you want? - Police. Come with us.

He hasn't done anything. He's no longer involved in politics!

Let him go! He's only been free for a week!

Indeed,we don't agree with it.

Well, you know him?

No, I do not know him.

- You do not know him. - No

But you recognize yourself?

No

You do not know him, eh?

- No! - No?

We know them

they are Tupamaros.

Come.

Is that the Martinera?

- Yes. - It happens

Everyone leave, it is only a check,

Everyone leave, please.

Attention... I repeat.

All those that are inside section 20

must leave immediately.

You are not just any employee.

You are not an employee, or a mere specialist.

You are a leader.

You directed Belo Horizonte police, in Brazil,

And those of the Dominican Republic and ours.

You do it directly,

and through men you send to Washington,

where they learn to betray their country.

You say that you defend freedom and democracy.

Your methods...

are war, fascism, torture.

Agreed, Mr. Santore?

You are communist subversives!

You want to destroy society,

the fundamental values of our civilization, the existence of the free world.

You must be fought at all costs.

- I have nothing else to say to you. - Same here.

I would like to know...

What type of civilization are you fighting to create?

Really?

It is a weakness.

For a civilization where people like you would not make sense.

FRIDAY Communiqu� no. 3

Mr. Fernando Campos, Consul of Brazil,

is and has demonstrated himself to be the worthy representative

of the savage dictatorship of Brazil.

Mr. Philip Michael Santore,

citizen of the USA, civil employee of the A.I.D.,

is and has demonstrated to be during the interrogations

the person in charge, in our country, and in others of Latin America,

of an organization which, parallel to the police

and concealed by it,

is dedicated to activities of espionage and repression

by means of methods that they contemplate

the political assassination, and torture.

If the Government rejects our proposal to release

immediately all the political prisoners,

the accused prisoners will be brought to justices.

It's that house.

- Is it safe? - Yes.

Excuse me, Mr. President,

Go back to the beginning:

"... I would like my people to understand."

Very well.

We will already speak.

I would like my people

to understand the responsibility that falls upon me.

I adamantly hope that this distressing situation

does not have a tragic end.

But the affair, in spite of its international implications,

since the victims are not subjects of our country,

is strictly a police matter.

Like the President of the Republic,

I have a supreme duty

to defend the right,

to defend the institutions,

to defend lawful justice

since that is the only one that can judge

and convict.

SATURDAY MORNING

- Mr Snow, please

Yes? What's happening?

He doesn't speak our language. What's happening?

We are the police. We have orders to detain Mr Snow.

He must come with us to the police station.

- A simple formality. - Okay

Perhaps I should call his secretary.

It's better not to call anybody. Do as you're told.

The keys.

It's preferable that you keep quiet for ten minutes

if you don't want problems.

This is no longer funny.

It is heartbreaking.

The Government no longer governs.

It responds to problems with violence.

But the other violence,

the one that it has triggered, it is much more intelligent.

This morning, when the Minister of Agriculture

was told of the new kidnapping,

the President urgently summoned

his ministers, the deputies,

the big landowners.

The Economics Minister, politician, banker,

president of 4 companies, 2 of them American,

The Minister

of Foreign Affairs, politician, banker,

he controls 70 companies,

representing the Rockefeller group.

Their companies have 200,000 hectares.

The Vatican Ambassador,

head of a group that controls 85 companies,

19 of them foreign.

Minister, proprietor of two newspapers.

Ex-minister, Politician, two banks.

6 companies, 2 of them American.

The Herbert family, bankers,

they controls 300,000 hectares, 7 companies, 3 of them American,

A politician, a Minister, a former Minister.

More bankers.

More industrialists that were former ministers.

Ministers who are bankers or industrialists.

Industrial bankers that will be ministers.

And finally, the Minister of the Interior,

the only one that is neither a banker, nor rich,

and whose task is to defend the rich ones and the bankers.

If they are all gathered

it is, to take an important decision,

very important.

And given events, there is only one possibility...

the resignation of the President

and the exchange, negotiated for the new president.

This one for the front page.

Wonderful, he is the President.

- Where did you get it? - Look at the caption.

- Was he also a boxer? - A mediocre boxer.

Middleweight.

He became a mediocre journalist and soon...

in mediocre parliamentarian.

Who'd could have imagined

that he would be a mediocre president?

Everybody.

A purely rhetorical question.

- Is the biography ready? - Here it is.

We can only wait for

the official notice of resignation.

Are you, Ogo?

Yes.

Who is it?

Inspector Ravallo

Are you still living in 8th of October Avenue

with the family of your brother?

We are your prisoners. Behave yourselves.

Lopez, has anyone removed that bullet from the nape of your neck?

The handcuffs.

And now, we will wait for Hugo.

How were we discovered?

A very good blow, Lopez.

Who are you?

We waited for the others, for the meeting.

This one is of the old guard, Captain.

I believe so.

Come, we are going to chat a little...

while we wait for the others.

- It's the police. - Go back.

They don't tell us anything, what we are going to write?

What is better, to write or to try to understand?

Ladies and gentlemen, I am here with the Police Commander

and of Captain Lopez, who has managed to arrest the rebels,

and I'm going to interview them

Will this capture have an effect

on the luck of the three kidnap victims?

I hope so

How?

It's not possible to say, yet.

By all means, I don't know.

that they have... the kindness

to lead us into the place

or the places in where they're hidden.

In any case, we will ask them.

In any case,

Do you think that they know those places?

We have good reason to believe

that these are the people that direct the organization.

Could you tell us

how you managed to carry out the raid?

How did you catch them, Captain?

With patience...

- And something of luck, perhaps? - No

It has not been luck.

But to find out the place

where the kidnap victims are held how will that happen?

So the terrorists know where the prisoners are?

Get ready, we're leaving

That's enough already ! Quick!

- Get ready, we're going, Mr Snow - What?

- Are you here? - Yes, right here.

- Are you Santore? - Yes.

Get ready, we're leaving

What's happening?

You too, get ready

SATURDAY EVENING

Communiqu� number 4

First:in case of criminal charges,

of coaxed confessions, of tortures,

or of death of our fellow prisoners,

severe measures will be taken of retaliation.

The people in charge of the forces of repression and the oligarchy

will answer for the physical well-being of our comrades.

Second:the ultimatum has ended

without the government answering our proposal.

Therefore, the Movement of National Liberation

has consequently decided to execute Mr. Philip Michael Santore.

Third:the execution will take place

24 hours after the circulation of this official notice

and if the government has not accepted

our proposal of exchange.

SUNDAY You say that you defend freedom and democracy.

Your methods are war, fascism and torture.

Agreed, Mr. Santore?

You are communist subversives!

You want to destroy society,

the fundamental values of our civilization,

the existence of the free world.

You must be fought at all costs.

- I have nothing else to say to you. - Same here

Has it been

cold tonight?

A little.

And your wound?

It is better.

We leave in 2 hours time.

Change again?

Yes.

And the guy who took care of me?

Now I'm the guy who takes care of you.

If you like,

write to your family.

Yes, very well.

Any news?

It's good.

Wait.

Victor. A small table, please.

Thanks.

Perhaps you will be executed tomorrow.

We didn't think about it, we would prefer not to do it,

not because you don't deserve to die, but because we would prefer another solution.

Did you want to use me for an exchange?

Yes. And we still want that.

There's still hope.

Let us speak a little. It could be useful to me.

How?

Not like you think.

But I know how they think the others,

their reactions.

It is very important in a deal.

If you think you can influence them, you can write...

You can write to the ambassador.

I will do it, but first, explain the situation

and what has happened.

Something just happened, yes?

Sit down, please.

Until yesterday, the situation was balanced.

We captured yesterday another employee

of the A.I.D.

- Who? - An agronomist.

The situation changed in our favor.

The government had to accept the exchange

or to resign.

The situation is that he was on the verge of resigning...

and it was then the police arrested certain comrades.

- How many? - Some.

lmportant?

All are important.

The police agreed

that they are very important.

And you're sure?

In a certain sense, yes.

- The government will not resign. - No

They won't resign.

And it has blocked negotiations.

The Minister of the Interior has given out a victory communiq�

And you have fixed an ultimatum.

Yes.

- Does this only concern me? - You're the most guilty.

Still we have 24 hours left.

Do you think we'll be able to do something?

No. I don't think so.

Does he think that your government will intervene?

Given the situation, no.

It thinks you're more useful dead than alive.

Yes.

Yes, I believe so.

You are in a crisis, and they take advantage of it.

They will try to give you the coup de grace.

It's enough for them to take advantage of what you do

They really do not know what we are going to do.

I do not know what you will eventually do,

but I know what they will do.

Because they will do what I would do if I were in its place.

That is to say, nothing.

They have brought 100 FBI agents

In order to protect the Embassy and to the American citizens.

The police no longer have their confidence.

And you do not have a choice.

If you kill me,

it will be a cruel and impotent gesture.

If you do not kill me...

it will be a sign of weakness...

and therefore of impotence.

We have just a short time left. If you want to write...

Yes, I am going to write.

Not to the Ambassador.

To my wife.

Mr. Ambassador...

Mr. Ambassador. What is the position of your Government?

Have you received a message from the Pope?

For 24 hours, total silence!

So that meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs?

Do you think that there's any hope for Campos and Santore?

A declaration, Mr. Minister!

Gentlemen, please!

They know that the Government is deliberating.

I excused myself to talk with the Ambassador.

Mr. President!

A little patience!

When the meeting finishes, there will probably be

a press conference or a communiqu�

- Do you really want to save them? - This is a serious subject.

- There they are. - They're here!

You can see that I fulfill my promises.

But we'll try not to uselessly prolong the matter

I will say that from the beginning

that the Government has not modified its position.

Do you want to say

that the communiqu� of the Minister of the Interior

of the other day is still valid?

Exactly.

The communiqu� of the Minister of the Interior

it reflected and reflects the point of view of the executive.

Like all self-respecting democracies.

So be it.

And your personal point of view?

The Government has adopted the only possible position

that it could take to defend

its sovereignty and that of the other countries

involved.

Have you spoken with the Ambassador about the ultimatum of the rebels?

What do you think?

Then.. yes.

And how has the Ambassador reacted?

In that case, you should have asked the question better.

In any case, the attitude of the Ambassador of the USA,

as well as the one of the Ambassador from Brazil,

has been of understanding and respect

towards our sovereignty.

And they bear in mind that the decision

of the executive authority it is only the possible one.

Mr. Minister,

the ultimatum runs out within twelve hours.

According to the terms of that ultimatum,

Philip Michael Santore will be executed.

What is the question?

Nothing.

There is no question.

I have received the report.

Then, you know the situation.

This is not a sentimental problem.

It never was

This is a political problem

Yes or no?

I am not safe.

He certainly deserves it.

But I do not know what is better for us.

We're not the only Latin Americans.

You understand?

If we execute him,

the press, the television,

the radio will speak of his seven children.

If we did not execute him, the Governments will be strengthened,

the revolutionary movements will be weakened.

We have started up a revolutionary mechanism

without being able to make them respect it

Or to see it through to the end ourselves.

You ought to have thought this through before..

Precisely because of that, we're consulting you.

Yes or no?

Yes.

I have received the report.

Then, you know the situation.

This is not a sentimental problem.

It never was.

This is a political problem

Yes or no?

Yes.

Then you know the situation

This isn't a sentimental problem

It never was.

This is a political problem.

Yes or no?

I had thought...

The report explains the situation.

- Yes or no? - Yes.

I have received the report.

Then, you know the situation.

This is not a sentimental problem.

It never was.

This is a political problem.

Yes or no?

No

I have received the report.

Then you know the situation.

This does not cure a sentimental problem.

We didn't have one.

This cures a political problem. Yes or no?

Yes.

What about the other two prisoners?

They are not directly responsible, particularly the agronomist.

He is really an agronomist and a good man. We will release them.

- We have majority of "yeas". - We also.

We also.

Unanimously "yea".

And you?

Majority.

It needs to happen quickly. We just have a short time.