Luiz Carlos Prestes, 39, onetime Brazil Army officer who later became the leader of the Brazilian Communist Party, used to be hailed by his Red admirers as The Bearded Knight of Hope." He has since shaved, is now called "The Knight Hope." For the past few years Prestes been in a Rio de Janeiro jail, serving a 17-year sentence for sedition passed on him after the failure of the Communist uprising of 1935. Three weeks ago he stood trial again, this time for the murder a 17-year-old girl, Elvira Copelo Polonio, alias Elza Fernandes.
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