Video evidence was presented to the 4th Regional Federal Court and a motion was filed to annul the judgement against Ex-President Lula. by Leonardo Fernandes. Brasil de Fato. On Friday, March 16, ex-president Lula’s defense team presented new proof that they argue nullifies all charges related to alleged ownership of a beach front apartment and demonstrates […]
By Pablo Villaça. Text translated with omission of author. From today – and until the situation changes in the country – I will cease my criticisms of our left comrades, no matter how different we may be. I am PSOL, I am PT, I am PCdoB, I am PSTU, I am PCB, I am PCO; I […]
By Joao Coimbra Sousa. Originally published at Council on Hemispheric Affairs. Brazil is currently living under a coup government. There is no disinterested discussion over this issue; there is no middle ground. The country is being governed by one of the most hated politicians in Brazil, Michel Temer, a non-elected office-holder who could literally say, “fear is my last […]
São Paulo, 16 March 2018. Lawyers for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have filed new evidence outlining illegal cooperation between Brazilian investigators and officials in the United States of America to the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF) in Porto Alegre. The new evidence presented concerns videos and statements demonstrating […]
The cowardly murder of socialist councilwoman Marielle Franco, on March 14, has all the hallmarks of political assassination. The protests that swept across Brazil on the night of March 15 were mobilised at short notice in outrage at a political act, and not merely a spontaneous outcry over Brazilians’ frustration with “one more gunfire death” as […]
On March 14th in the Estácio area of Rio de Janeiro, Councilwoman Marielle Franco of the Socialism & Freedom Party (PSOL) was executed with 5 shots to the head. Her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes, also died in the attack. Some witnesses say that they could not hear the shots, indicating that the excecution was committed with […]
The Brazilian military took over the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1964 and quickly consolidated its power in a national military coup that ended democratic rule for 25 years. At first, it allowed some democratic processes to continue. Street protests, labor unions and social movements were allowed to continue operating as usual and there […]
In his landmark work, “A Fantasia Organizada”, legendary developmentalist economist Celso Furtado described the modern history of Brazil as a conflict between internationally-backed monetarist economic strategies and efforts to implement a national development policy. As it becomes probable that US-sponsored lawfare attacks will succeed in preventing Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva, who is leading all […]
Under the motto, “Another World is Possible” Fórum Magazine was founded by a group of intellectuals and social movement leaders during a democratic assembly at the first World Social Forum in Porto Alegre in 2001. This article, originally published in Portuguese on March 10, reveals an off-the record meeting between illegitimate president Michel Temer and […]
In his academic paper, “The uncomfortable truths and double standards of bribery enforcement,” legal scholar Mike Koehler shows how the US government selectively uses the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to advance its own objectives. According to Koehler uncomfortable truths related to US use of the FCPA include: (i) how the U.S. government actively participated […]