Gabriel Azevedo: I live in an apartment downtown.
Gabriel Azevedo: And I intend to keep living there.
The Palácio will serve as a space of memory and public use for the people of Minas.
Gabriel Azevedo: Above all to remind us that the Palácio das Mangabeiras, the Palácio da Liberdade, were two stages in Brazilian redemocratization.
Gabriel Azevedo: Unlike Governor Romeu Zema, I know that the dictatorship existed, I am part of the Brazilian democratic movement, and just like Tancredo Neves, who inspires me greatly, I know very well that Minas's first commitment is... to freedom.