Lina Penna Sattamini, a former freelance interpreter with the U.S. State Department, lives in Rio de Janeiro.James N. Green is Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University.

“A Mother’s Cry is the story of a Brazilian mother who, while living in the United States in the 1960s, learns by mail of her son’s kidnapping by agents of Brazil’s military regime. Without immediate means to locate her son, there is ‘only’ his grandmother in Brazil to initially confront the dictatorship’s atrocity establishment. The stuff of a great film, A Mother’s Cry juxtaposes their efforts to secure the young man’s release with his strategies for surviving brutalizing physical and potentially spirit-breaking torture. This great book joins the yet unconnected literatures on human agency, big and small, that run from the Holocaust, to Argentina’s mothers and grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, to Cambodian survivors of S-21 prison, to recent accounts of CIA rendition victims. This impressive book is must reading.”-Martha K. Huggins, Tulane University “A family’s chance descent into the indignities of Brazil’s military dictatorship is uncompromisingly recorded in nearly a decade of letters penned across continents; so too is the inextinguishable hope to set free a son, grandson, and brother. Arbitrarily imprisoned, brutally tortured, and subsequently whisked abroad to safety, Marcos P. S. Arruda would then face years of difficult rehabilitation. His is the tale of many a political prisoner; but, fortunate to escape with his life, he has ever since borne witness against the oppression, corruption, and brutality of authoritarian regimes, their supporters, and their protectors the world over.”-Ralph Della Cava, Columbia University “... this tale of mother and son brings to light a never to be forgotten break in Brazil’s long-standing history of democracy.” - Linda S. Maier (Bulletin of Latin American Research) “A Mother’s Cry should rank among the foremost publications of the testimonial genre and is suitable for a broad, interdisciplinary audience interested in human rights, resistance, and social justice.” - Cathy Marie Ouellette (History) “This work provides ample detail of the tortures inflicted by the OBAN secret police…This book is a memorable and highly readable human story and source that has gained a new relevancy since its publication.”  - Philip Evanson (The Americas)

• Acknowledgments ixA Political Chronology of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964–85) xiiiIntroduction: The Personal and the Political under the Brazilian Military Regime / James N. Green 1We Must Never Forget: A Memoir / Lina Penna Sattamini 191. The Beginning 212. Operation Bandeirante 233. The Military Hospital 264. Incommunicado 325. Our First Visit 366.. Still Imprisoned 407. Transferred to Rio 488. Solitude 629. Support in the United States 6810. My Return to Brazil 7111. The Saga Continues 7712. Anguish 8513. Despair 9214. Freedom 9515. Exile 10016. Protest 10417. Recovery 10818. Continuing the Struggle 11219. Another Martyr of the Dictatorship 12020. In Search of a Permanent Visa 12221. Returning Home 12822. Never Forgetting 133Epilogue: No Path for the Righteous Traveler / Marcos P. S. Arruda 137Editor's Postscript / James N. Green 175Bibliography 177Index 181

Lina Penna Sattamini, a former freelance interpreter with the U.S. State Department, lives in Rio de Janeiro.James N. Green is Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University.

“A Mother’s Cry is the story of a Brazilian mother who, while living in the United States in the 1960s, learns by mail of her son’s kidnapping by agents of Brazil’s military regime. Without immediate means to locate her son, there is ‘only’ his grandmother in Brazil to initially confront the dictatorship’s atrocity establishment. The stuff of a great film, A Mother’s Cry juxtaposes their efforts to secure the young man’s release with his strategies for surviving brutalizing physical and potentially spirit-breaking torture. This great book joins the yet unconnected literatures on human agency, big and small, that run from the Holocaust, to Argentina’s mothers and grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, to Cambodian survivors of S-21 prison, to recent accounts of CIA rendition victims. This impressive book is must reading.”-Martha K. Huggins, Tulane University “A family’s chance descent into the indignities of Brazil’s military dictatorship is uncompromisingly recorded in nearly a decade of letters penned across continents; so too is the inextinguishable hope to set free a son, grandson, and brother. Arbitrarily imprisoned, brutally tortured, and subsequently whisked abroad to safety, Marcos P. S. Arruda would then face years of difficult rehabilitation. His is the tale of many a political prisoner; but, fortunate to escape with his life, he has ever since borne witness against the oppression, corruption, and brutality of authoritarian regimes, their supporters, and their protectors the world over.”-Ralph Della Cava, Columbia University “... this tale of mother and son brings to light a never to be forgotten break in Brazil’s long-standing history of democracy.” - Linda S. Maier (Bulletin of Latin American Research) “A Mother’s Cry should rank among the foremost publications of the testimonial genre and is suitable for a broad, interdisciplinary audience interested in human rights, resistance, and social justice.” - Cathy Marie Ouellette (History) “This work provides ample detail of the tortures inflicted by the OBAN secret police…This book is a memorable and highly readable human story and source that has gained a new relevancy since its publication.”  - Philip Evanson (The Americas)

• Acknowledgments ixA Political Chronology of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964–85) xiiiIntroduction: The Personal and the Political under the Brazilian Military Regime / James N. Green 1We Must Never Forget: A Memoir / Lina Penna Sattamini 191. The Beginning 212. Operation Bandeirante 233. The Military Hospital 264. Incommunicado 325. Our First Visit 366.. Still Imprisoned 407. Transferred to Rio 488. Solitude 629. Support in the United States 6810. My Return to Brazil 7111. The Saga Continues 7712. Anguish 8513. Despair 9214. Freedom 9515. Exile 10016. Protest 10417. Recovery 10818. Continuing the Struggle 11219. Another Martyr of the Dictatorship 12020. In Search of a Permanent Visa 12221. Returning Home 12822. Never Forgetting 133Epilogue: No Path for the Righteous Traveler / Marcos P. S. Arruda 137Editor's Postscript / James N. Green 175Bibliography 177Index 181

Lina Penna Sattamini, a former freelance interpreter with the U.S. State Department, lives in Rio de Janeiro.James N. Green is Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University.

“A Mother’s Cry is the story of a Brazilian mother who, while living in the United States in the 1960s, learns by mail of her son’s kidnapping by agents of Brazil’s military regime. Without immediate means to locate her son, there is ‘only’ his grandmother in Brazil to initially confront the dictatorship’s atrocity establishment. The stuff of a great film, A Mother’s Cry juxtaposes their efforts to secure the young man’s release with his strategies for surviving brutalizing physical and potentially spirit-breaking torture. This great book joins the yet unconnected literatures on human agency, big and small, that run from the Holocaust, to Argentina’s mothers and grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, to Cambodian survivors of S-21 prison, to recent accounts of CIA rendition victims. This impressive book is must reading.”-Martha K. Huggins, Tulane University “A family’s chance descent into the indignities of Brazil’s military dictatorship is uncompromisingly recorded in nearly a decade of letters penned across continents; so too is the inextinguishable hope to set free a son, grandson, and brother. Arbitrarily imprisoned, brutally tortured, and subsequently whisked abroad to safety, Marcos P. S. Arruda would then face years of difficult rehabilitation. His is the tale of many a political prisoner; but, fortunate to escape with his life, he has ever since borne witness against the oppression, corruption, and brutality of authoritarian regimes, their supporters, and their protectors the world over.”-Ralph Della Cava, Columbia University “... this tale of mother and son brings to light a never to be forgotten break in Brazil’s long-standing history of democracy.” - Linda S. Maier (Bulletin of Latin American Research) “A Mother’s Cry should rank among the foremost publications of the testimonial genre and is suitable for a broad, interdisciplinary audience interested in human rights, resistance, and social justice.” - Cathy Marie Ouellette (History) “This work provides ample detail of the tortures inflicted by the OBAN secret police…This book is a memorable and highly readable human story and source that has gained a new relevancy since its publication.”  - Philip Evanson (The Americas)

• Acknowledgments ixA Political Chronology of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964–85) xiiiIntroduction: The Personal and the Political under the Brazilian Military Regime / James N. Green 1We Must Never Forget: A Memoir / Lina Penna Sattamini 191. The Beginning 212. Operation Bandeirante 233. The Military Hospital 264. Incommunicado 325. Our First Visit 366.. Still Imprisoned 407. Transferred to Rio 488. Solitude 629. Support in the United States 6810. My Return to Brazil 7111. The Saga Continues 7712. Anguish 8513. Despair 9214. Freedom 9515. Exile 10016. Protest 10417. Recovery 10818. Continuing the Struggle 11219. Another Martyr of the Dictatorship 12020. In Search of a Permanent Visa 12221. Returning Home 12822. Never Forgetting 133Epilogue: No Path for the Righteous Traveler / Marcos P. S. Arruda 137Editor's Postscript / James N. Green 175Bibliography 177Index 181