Bolsonaro will not step down from his soapbox
Do not expect rationality and political pragmatism from a government based on Christian fundamentalism and neofascism. Do not expect democratic governability and republicanism from …
47 US Organizations Warn of Risks of Bolsonaro Presidency
We are particularly concerned about a number of Bolsonaro’s policy proposals that, if implemented, can be expected to inflict far-reaching and lasting damage on …
Army High Command Meets. Lula Stays In Jail. Who Is Running Brasil?
On December 19th 2018, Brazil was sent into a frenzy at the news that Supreme Court Judge Marco Aurélio had accepted a petition from PCdoB …
Supreme Court Justice Ruling Could See Lula Freed
by Brasil de Fato Brazil’s Supreme Court justice Marco Aurélio Mello issued a ruling this Wednesday, Dec. 19, ordering the suspension of prison sentences …
AI-5 and the forbidden future of Brasil
On the 50th anniversary of Institutional Act 5, the 1968 “coup within the coup” which ushered in an even more brutal and repressive phase of …
Assassination plot against PSOL Congressman Freixo
Reports have emerged that PSOL’s newly elected Federal Deputy, Marcelo Freixo, elected in October is the target of an assassination plot by a paramilitary group …
Send In The Clowns.
“Welcome to the Brazilian Necropolitical Circus.” On December 10 2018, the 70th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights, Brazilian President elect Jair …
Brasil according to William Blum
On December 9th 2018, historian, analyst and long term critic of US Imperialism and Foreign Policy, William Blum, died at the age of 85. …
How The US Left Failed Brasil
Why did the US left media bash a successful democratic socialist party during a right wing coup? by Brian Mier, Sean T. Mitchell, and Bryan Pitts On November …
“I will not trade my dignity for freedom,” says Lula
In a letter written to an international crowd of union and social movement activists and political leaders gathered in a São Bernardo do Campo …
