The records are among nearly 300,000 digital files posted on the &ldquo;Political Memory and Resistance&rdquo; portal made public by the state of Sao Paulo. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all public,&rdquo; said Governor Geraldo Alckmin, noting that people can access the records from their homes. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/pele.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 475px;" /> Brazilian legend Pele &ldquo;It is very important in terms of transparency and freedom of information for the families of victims during the dictatorship period,&rdquo; he added. The Cold War-era military regime often probed leftists, as well as people suspected of being leftists. The file belonging to Pele &mdash; whose real name is Edson Arantes de Nascimento &mdash; includes details on money transfers, newspaper article cutouts related to assaults on his home in 1973, and police reports. President Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist rebel who was tortured and jailed by the dictatorship, last year put in place a truth commission to probe human rights abuses. But she did not strike down the amnesty for those who committed crimes of repression, which has been in place since 1979.u00a0

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