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Brazil announces compensation for dictatorship victim Vladimir Herzog

Ivo Herzog, left, protests against a politician with ties to Brazil's military dictatorship on April 1, 2013 [Felipe Dana/AP Photo]

The government of Brazil has announced an agreement to acknowledge its responsibility in the murder of Vladimir Herzog, a journalist and dissident who was killed during the country’s dictatorship period.

On Thursday, the government agreed to a statement of liability and a compensation package for Herzog’s family, amounting to 3 million Brazilian reais, or $544,800.

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