Fernando Gabeira

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rdf:langString Fernando Paulo Nagle Gabeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [feʁˈnɐ̃du ɡaˈbejɾɐ]; born February 17, 1941) is a Brazilian politician, author and journalist. He was a federal deputy for the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 to 2011. He is best known for his book O que é isso, companheiro? (literally "What is this, comrade?") written in 1979. The book tells of the armed resistance to the military dictatorship in Brazil, and particularly describes the 1969 episode of the kidnapping of the American ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick, in which Gabeira took part as a member of MR8, a group trying to fight the military dictatorship installed in Brazil five years prior. The book was made into a movie in 1997, titled Four Days in September in English. The movie was nominated for many awards, including an Oscar at the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards. Because of his role in the kidnapping of the ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick, Gabeira was considered a terrorist and banned to enter the United States and its territories until 2009. Gabeira has asked for a visa revision three times, and was denied each time. In a May 2009 interview with Ragga, Gabeira said he was in error in kidnapping the American ambassador in 1969 and that he would never participate in such activity now.