- Fernando Gabeira
Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (born
February 17 ,1943 inJuiz de Fora ,Minas Gerais ) is aBrazil ianpolitician ,author andjournalist . He has been a federal deputy from the State of Rio de Janeiro since 1995.He is best known for his
book "O que é isso, companheiro?" (literally "What is this, comrade?" andcolloquially "What are you doing, comrade?"). Written in 1979, the book tells of the armed resistance to themilitary dictatorship in Brazil , and particularly describes the 1969 episode of thekidnapping of the American ambassadorCharles Burke Elbrick , in which Gabeira took part as a member ofMR8 . The book was made into a movie in 1997, titled "Four Days in September " in English.Gabeira was also one of the founding members of the Green Party of Brazil, but left the group in 2002 to join the Workers' Party. Recently he rejoined the Greens, due to his disappointment with
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 's government, and also because of the way the Worker's Party was dealing with its remaining far-left members.Gabeira is a cousin of Leda Nagle, a well-known Brazilian TV hostess. Gabeira has lived many years exiled from
Brazil , during the military dictatorship, and returned to his country in 1979. Just after his return to Brazil, a photo of Gabeira wearing a very small knitted swimsuit onIpanema beach turned into a national scandal. Many years later, Gabeira revealed that his scandalous bathing suit was indeed the bottom part of one of Leda Nagle's bikinis.Fact|date=February 2007Gabeira has repeatedly voiced his ideological support for the legalization of
marijuana .External links
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* [http://www.sidneyrezende.com/sec_news_view.php?id=1235 Interview to journalist Sidney Rezende (in Portuguese)]
* [http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/27/reportagens/rep_aber1.htm Article from "Isto é Gente" magazine (in Portuguese)]
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