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The life story of Madalena das Dores Oliveira, the first woman to reach the rank of Brigade Chief of the PIDE (the Estado Novo secret police), who became known by the inhuman way in which she acted.
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Biography of Madalena das Dores Oliveira, known as Pide Leninha, set within the secret police apparatus of the Estado Novo regime, and the account of how her political fanaticism and the boundless pleasure she derived from torturing her victims propelled her to become the first woman to reach the rank of Brigade Chief in 1968.