Unicamp's founder considered himself a "revolutionary of 1964" and the institution was born and prospered during the military period. But Zeferino Vaz used this to act as a Schlinder who, even giving speeches every March 31st, visited the regime's basements to break the incommunicado situation and negotiate the release of teachers and students.

This themed edition of Jornal da Unicamp commemorates the 40th anniversary of the coup with a series of texts that show how Zeferino coexisted with the dictatorship and how some dramas experienced by the academic community he led unfolded. It also brings the assessment that four scholars of the period make of the scars left by the regime and the 20 years of democracy since its end. Pages 5 to 11

1965. Robêni Baptista da Costa joins a dissent from the PCB. After that, between comings and goings, Robêni was imprisoned for almost four years. She says she would do it all again. page 4.

The island of ITA boys

Students arrested and expelled from ITA during the dictatorship, rejected from several institutions, found Unicamp an “island of tolerance”. page 12.