 The book became later one of the biggest source of data for the Brazilian National Truth Commission, basically for financial reparation, as it is not possible to legally charge any state member in Brazil for human rights crimes occurred from 1961 until 1979 due to 1979 Amnesty law.The book was kept secret for five years under the dictatorship, and only published with the return to democracy.The book was a bestseller and provoked a widescale movement for change.