Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will receive compensation for the torture she was subjected to by the military during the country's dictatorship, DPA reported, quoted by BTA.
A commission at the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship of the South American country awarded Rousseff, as a person persecuted for political reasons, compensation of 100,000 reais ($17,720), reported "Globo" television, quoted by DPA.
The president from 2011 to 2016, whose father is Bulgarian (Petar Rousseff), was arrested at the age of 22 in 1970. The reason for her detention was her participation in the resistance against the military junta, DPA recalls.
Rousseff was systematically tortured during her approximately three-year imprisonment, the agency points out.
The military dictatorship in Brazil lasted from 1964 to 1985. According to a report by a national commission, more than 400 people were killed and thousands were tortured during the dictatorship.
Rousseff has already received compensation totaling 72,000 reais from the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul, where she was tortured while in prison. She donated the amount to public organizations, DPA points out.
In April 2023 Rousseff took office as head of the New Development Bank, known as the BRICS Bank - an organization of developing economies founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.