In the major film award ceremonies of the past two years, my country, Brazil, has been garnering numerous statuettes. I'm Still Here and Secret Agent share a common theme: our military dictatorship, which began with the 1964 coup d'état. Brazil was but one of six Southern Cone nations to have its democratic regime severed during that era through Operation Condor, in which the CIA was deeply entrenched.
Excerpt from a report based on CIA information, drafted by the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Harry Shlaudeman, and presented to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in August 1976.