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Published in TZ Latest News 27 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Brazil probe of dictatorship period not satisfied by Volkswagen testimony

The leader of a truth commission investigating abuses during Brazil’s 1964-85 military dictatorship lambasted German automaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE) at a hearing on Friday for providing what he called “unsatisfactory” testimony regarding its alleged ties with the regime. In a contentious, nearly three hour-long session, Sao Paulo state legislator Adriano Diogo and several former Volkswagen employees pressed a company executive to explain whether and how the automaker collaborated with the right-wing regime.

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