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DEMOCRACY INTERVIEW LAVA JATO LAWFARE SOVEREIGNTY

Lula’s Kafkaesque Imprisonment: Defense Lawyer Valeska Martins Speaks

“The law can destroy reputations, it can destroy assets, it can destroy freedom and it can end people’s lives. So when it is misused it is extremely violent.” by Brian Mier On July 8th, 2018, Brazil’s 4th Regional Federal Court Chief Judge Rogerio Favreto ordered ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s immediate release from prison. From […]

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DEMOCRACY LAVA JATO LAWFARE

Moro “Slipped on Banana Peel”, say Court Ministers

The ministers from the Federal Supreme Court and Federal Supreme Justice Court reckon that the PT caused Moro to make a mistake. For them, the judge broke the law when he ordered the Federal Police to disobey Lula’s release order. Some ministers were in favor and others opposed Chief Judge Rogério Favreto’s concession of a […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2018 LAVA JATO LAWFARE

Higher Court Orders Lula’s Release. Moro Tries to Ignore Orders

Today, on July 8th, 2018, Brazil’s 4th Regional Federal Court Chief Judge Rogerio Favreto ordered ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s immediate release from prison, ruling on a motion filed by Workers’ Party Congressmen Paulo Pimenta and Wadir Damous Filho. Judge Sergio Moro, a lower court judge and hero to the Brazilian far right who has […]

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DEMOCRACY LAVA JATO LAWFARE

UN investigates Lula’s Imprisonment

The argument used to condemn Lula is a farce and Sergio Moro acted like a Judge from the Inquisition – Geoffrey Robertson QC In a speech made to the Geneva Press Club in Switzerland on July 3, British barrister and Queen’s Counsel Geoffrey Robertson revealed that, although the Brazilian government recently requested for the UN […]

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CENSORSHIP DEMOCRACY LAVA JATO LAWFARE

Operation Car Wash: A Tale of Two Sergio Moros

Judge Sergio Moro’s Curitiba task force, its parallel power and four-year influence on Brazilian politics and economy. By Rodrigo Tacla Duran* Gag. In Portuguese it’s a feminine noun that is synonymous with a muzzle, cloth or any object put in the mouth to impede someone from speaking or screaming. It is also a verb that […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2018 POLITICS

Behind bars, Lula announces candidacy

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been behind bars for 2 months on charges of committing undetermined acts with no material evidence, announced that he is the PT party’s pre-candidate for the presidency, in a race that he is leading in all election polls. If Brazilian electoral law is respected, his candidacy can only be […]

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DEMOCRACY FOOTBALL

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 “Leftist” versions of the national team’s iconic jersey. A blazing red, and carrying both the antique logo of the CBD – the CBF’s predecessor organisation – and a hammer and sickle, […]

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DEMOCRACY ECONOMY PETROBRAS SOVEREIGNTY

Inside the Gringo Oil Grab: Parente leaves, Petrobras hikes prices

Unions claim partial victory as top PSDB insider and Shell executive resign from Petrobras leadership by Brian Mier On May 30th, as a trucker’s strike that paralyzed the country for 9 days began to wind down, Brazilian petroleum workers initiated a 3 day, nationwide “warning strike.” Their demands were: 1) the immediate firing of Royal […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION ELECTION 2018 HOUSING MOVEMENTS SOCIAL MOVEMENTS SOVEREIGNTY

Brazil Popular Front Manifesto for Free and Democratic Elections

Manifesto to the Brazilian People The Frente Brasil Popular* (Brazil Popular Front/FBP) denounces the persecution and injustice against Lula and defends his right as a candidate in free and democratic elections 1. A man is being unjustly persecuted because, together with the Brazilian people, he proved that it is possible to build a free, just, […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2018 LAVA JATO LAWFARE SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

Conflict of Interest Motion Filed Against Sérgio Moro

Over the past three years the Lava Jato investigation has come under sharp criticism for its apparent refusal to prosecute any politician from the conservative PSDB party, despite mountains of material evidence showing tens of millions of dollars in bribes, while ex-President Lula languishes in solitary confinement for the crime of “undetermined acts” with no […]