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Coronavirus FOREIGN POLICY UNITED STATES

Lula to Biden: Convene Emergency Covid-19 Summit Now

In a March 17 interview with US news network CNN, Brazil’s former president Lula called on US President Joe Biden to convene a special emergency Covid-19 summit of G20 leaders with one purpose: to facilitate the vaccination of the whole world, not just wealthy nations. On March 14, Brasil Wire revealed that the previous US […]

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Fallout: US suppression of Russian vaccine in Brazil becomes diplomatic incident

On Sunday March 14 2021, Brasil Wire published an exclusive story on how the United States pressured its ally, Brazil’s Bolsonaro regime, into rejecting Sputnik V, the world’s first approved Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Russia’s Gamaleya institute. The story, by investigative journalist John McEvoy, was based on discovery of a report from the US Department […]

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Exclusive: Washington pressured Brazil not to buy ‘malign’ Russian vaccine

By John McEvoy As Brazil’s death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic nears 275,000, documents reveal that Washington pressured the Brazilian government not to buy Russia’s “malign” Sputnik V vaccine – a decision which may have costed many thousands of lives. Malign influences The US Department of Health and Human Services recently published its Annual Report […]

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The EU and US Imperialism in Latin America. An interview with Mick Wallace MEP.

The MEP for Ireland South, Mick Wallace, has become a powerful voice for the left in the European Parliament. He is known for pointing out the hypocrisy of the bloc’s foreign policy and defying the establishment from the parliament floor. One of these instances was when he famously denounced the January 2019 coup attempt in […]

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Pandora’s box: Geopolitics of the Brazilian Coup d’État and its Consequences

Originally published by Transcience Journal following Jair Bolsonaro’s election, the following paper is a thorough and essential overview of Brazil’s long coup, the geopolitics and hybrid warfare behind it, by Professor Dr. Carlos Henrique Vieira Santana, containing vital technical detail and extensive citations. Abstract: Besides the judicial achievements going after the corrupt schemes which were bleeding the balance […]

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Bolsonaro’s Brazil aided repression of Chile’s 2019 protests, documents show

After conspiring in favour of the coup against Bolivia’s Evo Morales, aiding its protagonists, and making unprovoked attacks on the governments of Argentina and Venezuela, newly disclosed documents have revealed that Jair Bolsonaro’s government was also assisting Chilean security forces in their attempts to crush the wave of protests which swept the country in late […]

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“Strategic Partners”: Britain’s secret lobbying of Bolsonaro for Big Pharma, Oil and Mining

Brasil Wire Exclusive: Britain secretly lobbied far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro on behalf of its pharmaceutical, oil and mining interests in lead-up to the 2018 election. The companies include AstraZeneca, whose Oxford Covid-19 vaccine remains the only one bought by the Brazilian federal government, despite being unready for production. By John McEvoy, Nathalia Urban | Português A […]

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Bolivian presidential frontrunner attacks Bolsonaro for interference in his country

“President Jair Bolsonaro must give an explanation to Bolivians for the actions of interference in the sovereignty of the country, anti-democratic and non-diplomatic, of their embassy in Bolivia.” – Luis Arce, MAS-IPSP candidate for Bolivian Presidency in the October 18 2020 election. By Nathália Urban The frontrunner in Bolivia’s presidential election has attacked Brazilian president Jair […]

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Operation Amazônia: Brazilian Army “simulates war” with Venezuela

A massive Brazilian military exercise in the Amazon involved 3,600 soldiers and unprecedented rocket fire. During the simulation, Trump’s Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, was visiting Roraima, and triggered a diplomatic crisis by talking about “taking” Nicolás Maduro “out of there”. Former President Lula earlier referenced a a meeting of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) generals […]

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Lula: US suppression of Brazil’s sovereignty “is not a theory, it is a fact”

In an interview on Brasil 247 on the morning of 11th of August, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave one of his strongest denunciations yet of United States interference in his country, and the suppression of its sovereignty. I asked the former president several questions, the following excerpt will be of particular […]