Rio de Janeiro During the Summer of Love: Rock and Rebellion Takes on a Dictator

Today Gilberto Gil is a musical legend and Brazil's Minister of Culture, but in 1965, he was a budding bossa nova singer and guitar player in the rural Bahia region, drawn to the action in Sao Paulo. "I was young and very enthusiastic about sharing our country views," says Gilberto. The previous year, Humberto Branco had taken over the government in a military coup, recessed the Congress, and started cracking down on leftists and political rivals. At the same time, hordes of idealistic...

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