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The Shirt Off Our Backs
Facing worst shirt sales ever in the lead up to a World Cup, Brazil’s football federation the CBF has moved to ban sale of unofficial …
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São Paulo: 34 days after fire, victims still living in tents
City, State and Federal Governments abandon victims of Paysandu fire and building collapse By Benedito Barbosa On May 1, a former federal police building …
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Public Note: Petroleum Workers Unions Explain Abusive Prices
The increases in gasoline, cooking gas and diesel prices can not be treated merely as a tax issue. They are the result of a …
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Petroleum Workers Strike Against Neoliberal Price Policy
72-hour national warning strike started at 12:01 AM. Petroleum workers have been holding assemblies and protests for two months to halt Petrobras privatization and …
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Petroleum Workers Gear Up for National Strike
“The Brazilian people are anxious for reductions in gasoline, cooking gas and diesel prices,” says Petroleum workers union leader José Maria Rangel By Andre …
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Trucker Strike: Petrobras’ Dismantlement Leads Brazil to Chaos
by Paulo Kliass* Truck drivers tend to be conservative, but their demands are fair. About the coup, Petrobras’ price policies meet investors wishes but …
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Lula in Le Monde: I am running to give back the poor and excluded their dignity
Former President and leading 2018 Candidate Lula featured in France’s Le Monde, explaining Brazil’s worrying situation and his determination to run for the Presidency …
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Activists, American Unions Protest Award for Brazilian Judge
May 15, New York City, NY – American unions joined the Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee in Manhattan, to protest commemoration of the judge who investigated, …
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O Processo / The Trial – A Review
After it premiered at the Berlinale to a 7 minute standing ovation and won numerous festival awards, a series of pre-screenings for Maria Augusta …
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Gleisi Hoffman: Why we don’t give up on Lula’s Candidacy
Despite being held as a political prisoner, with no material evidence justifying the charges made against him, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues to …
