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Lula’s full speech after being declared innocent

Ex-president Lula da Silva delivered an historical speech in São Bernardo do Campo, on March 10th, 2021, two days after the annulment of Operation Car Wash convictions. Below is the full transcript. I was sitting at your place and I was finding it a little difficult to understand the words you were saying, possibly because you […]

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Why was British media silent about the persecution of Lula?

“Through these omissions, British media coverage, like Brazilian mainstream coverage, did not just simplify & sensationalise what was happening in Brazil, it provided editorial cover for wrongdoings.” By Mariana Noviello. Originally published at Labour Outlook. During the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s international reputation was positive, based on combatting hunger and lifting […]

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Brazilian Supreme Court Authorizes Investigation of Sergio Moro

For years, the media treated far-right Lava Jato Judge Sergio Moro as a superhero. Now he’s facing felony charges by Brian Mier In a landmark ruling on March 23, 2021, the Brazilian Supreme Court Second Working Group ruled that Sergio Moro, the judge who imprisoned former President Lula and opened the door for the presidential […]

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“Lula won’t be released before 2018 election” Supreme Court President promised General

The Supreme Court’s annulment of former president Lula’s convictions, which kept him out of the 2018 election, is forcing re-examination of events that year. Having removed the Workers Party from power in 2016, phase two of the plot was to prevent their return at the ballot box. A meeting between the head of the Armed […]

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Lava Jato Dies, Lula Is Reborn: Behind The Supreme Court Ruling

By Brian Mier On March 8th, Brazilian Supreme Court Minister Edson Fachin dismissed all Lava Jato related charges against former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. The ruling came as a surprise to some, since Fachin has been accused of pro-Lava Jato bias in past rulings, and leaked Telegram messages, published by the Intercept in […]

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NYT Fails to Examine Its Participation in Brazil’s ‘Biggest Judicial Scandal’

By Brian Mier. Originally published at FAIR. The Brazilian Supreme Court on March 8 dismissed all charges against former President Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva made during the Lava Jato investigation, a little over a month after the investigation was officially ended. The termination came shortly after the Supreme Court admitted 6 terabytes of leaked […]

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Economic Hit Job: Lava Jato cost “4.4 million jobs and R$172.2 billion in investments”

Mônica Bergamo in Folha reports on a new study published by the CUT Trade Union Confederation which surveys the economic damage the now disgraced anti-corruption operation Lava Jato did to Brazil’s economy. The economic effect of the US-backed Lava Jato on unemployment, GDP and currency, were used as rhetorical weapons in the campaign to oust […]

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Lava Jato Hacker Walter Delgatti Speaks

Facing a 300 year prison sentence, the man who hacked into chats between Judge Sergio Moro and the Curitiba Lava Jato task-force explains why he did it and why he is disappointed with the Intercept. By Brian Mier Walter Delgatti, 31, grew up in a conservative region of Sao Paulo in the mid-sized city of […]

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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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José Genoino: “Military won’t leave power in 2022”

José Genoino, former guerrilla, federal deputy and ex-president of the Workers’ Party, has spoken about how Jair Bolsonaro was the Military’s strategy to return to government without a traditional coup, and sees no sign that they are prepared to relinquish their power voluntarily. As a young man in the 1970s José Genoino was part of the […]