Brazil’s first woman President explains the relationship between her illegal ouster and the rise of Bolsonaro by Dilma Rousseff Three years ago today, Brazil’s lower house, chaired by a congressman who was convicted of corruption, started impeachment proceedings against me even though there was no crime of responsibility to justify the decision. That congressional vote […]
Brasil Wire is proud to announce the launching of its new book, Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil, an anthology of articles about the threats to the country’s sovereignty, Lula’s political imprisonment and the rise of Jair Bolsonaro written by 20 authors. The following is the introduction to the […]
Leia em português | Leer en español | Brasil de Fato | São Paulo By Marcos Hermanson. Army officers in Rio de Janeiro opened fire on a family car in the west area of the city on Sunday and shot 80 times, killing the musician Evaldo Rosa dos Santos. His wife, seven-year-old son, a friend […]
By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Dear friends, untiring comrades, brothers and sisters in the struggle. Exactly one year ago today I was arrested for the crime of dedicating my whole life to building a more just, developed and sovereign Brazil. They blocked my candidacy for the Presidency so that I could not walk up the […]
After one year of solitary confinement, former President Lula is allowed to write his first Op Ed, for newspaper Folha de São Paulo. By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It has been one year since I was unjustly imprisoned, accused and convicted for a crime that never existed. Every day that I spend here increases […]
Former President Michel Temer’s 4-day imprisonment was the result of a spat between Congressional President Rodrigo Maia and Justice Minister Sergio Moro. by Brian Mier Michel Temer was released from prison after serving only 4 days behind bars, after material evidence implicated him in hundreds of millions of dollars of personal enrichment and paying millions […]
On March 31, extreme-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has called for the Military to commemorate the Coup of 1964, a Coup which he insists was nothing of the sort. Such commemorations were outlawed under Dilma Rousseff in 2011, and for the Brazil of 2019 to celebrate the anniversary in any form is horrific. It is also unsurprising, […]
On March 18, on his first official visit to the United States far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited the Headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency. It was outside the President’s official agenda. None of his predecessors had visited the agency, and indeed very few foreign heads of state ever have. The scandal briefly engulfed coverage […]
On March 18, Brazil’s extreme-right President Jair Bolsonaro made history. Outside the official agenda of his first official trip to the United States he paid a visit to CIA Headquarters, becoming the first ever Brazilian President to do so. In contrast, Bolsonaro has never visited ABIN, Brazil’s moribund equivalent of the CIA. On the agenda, it is […]
President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will meet in Washington, D.C. later this week in a highly-anticipated gathering. The two men are not only the presidents of the two largest countries in the Americas, but also the two most important leaders of the conservative right-wing nationalist wave. Trump has never shown real interest […]