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How Manufactured Economic Crisis in Brazil Paved Way for a Soft Coup
It is increasingly apparent that the Brazilian economy was deliberately destabilized to lay the groundwork for the 2016 soft coup that removed former President …
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Vagner Freitas: Temer’s “Austericide”
In a recent article in NACLA, Sujatha Fernandes argues that there is a problem in the Northern left’s writing and analysis on Latin America, …
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How many jobs has Lava Jato cost?
Translated from Carta Capital. The Brazilian economy had a sharp rise in unemployment in 2015 and 2016. The main reasons were misguided economic policies and …
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Urban Reformer: An interview with Erminia Maricato
Original version of article at COHA. Reproduced with permission. This interview was originally conducted in Portuguese, and translated by the author. Erminia Maricato is …
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Bernardet: “We are watching the systematic deconstruction of an emerging power”
By Jean-Claude Bernardet A programmed decay. The BRICS are unacceptable. The BRICS Bank, which operates with various currencies, including the dollar, is unacceptable. A support …
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#31M: Brasil Prepares For General Strike
For the second time in two weeks, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to protest Post-Coup President Michel Temer’s neoliberal retirement …
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David Rockefeller & a dark legacy in Brasil – A critical obituary
On March 20, David Rockefeller died at the age of 101. As the obituaries for one of the world’s richest men gush over his …
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6 things Trump can learn from a Latin American “Populist”
Now that the disastrous election of Donald Trump has turned the United States into a land of chaos, anglophone journalists are comparing him to …
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The Balkanisation of Brasil?
The effect of Temer’s Government and its regional allies austerity and public security policies on the everyday life of Brazilians is being felt, in …
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When Janot went to Davos
In January 2017 Brazil’s Attorney General Rodrigo Janot made an unprecedented trip to Davos for the World Economic Forum, during which he addressed assembled billionaires about …
