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Meet the second most famous former VAR-Palmares guerrilla (the first is called Dilma Rousseff and is president of a country south of the Equator): Persio Arida, one of the greatest Brazilian economists, former president of Brazil Central Bank and one of the main partners of BTG Pactual bank. At 18, in 1970, Persio was arrested and tortured by the military dictatorship. The thrilling story (though I didn't like the style), totally unknown till now, is the chapter of an autobiography to be released yet this year, and fills a good part of the latest piauí magazine. It's not yet on the website, it'll probably appear there soon (in Portuguese), and it's definitely a worth reading.
