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Brian Mier
ARMED FORCES
Celso Amorim on Brazil/Minustah occupation of Haiti
During a guest appearance on Brasil 247's Globalistas, a web TV program which I co-host with Nathalia Urban, former Brazilian Foreign Affairs Chancellor Celso Amorim spoke about Brazil's role in Minustah,...
ARTS
Brazil mourns the loss of Elza Soares
With a career that spanned nearly 70 years and 34 albums, Brazil's beloved singer and activist passed away peacefully at the age of 91
by Brian Mier
In 1953, a young woman appeared...
CANDIDATES
Elections 2022: And They’re Off…
The candidates have not been officially declared for this year's Brazilian presidential elections but we all know who they are, and they can be divided into two categories...
By Brian Mier
I moved...
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
Greenwald’s embarrassing public spat with Brazilian Union
In heated Twitter exchange, millionaire Fox News commentator Glenn Greenwald insinuates that a labor union representing petroleum platform workers who made an average of US$350/month in 2020 is "privileged".
By Brian Mier
It...
FEMINISM
Brazil mourns Marília Mendonça
In the macho, back-country world of Sertanejo music, Mendonça demanded respect for women
by Brian Mier
On Friday, November 5, news broke that a small plane had crashed in Caratinga, Minas Gerais, but...
CENSORSHIP
Who Killed Leuvis Manuel Olivero?
Leuvis Manuel Olivero was a US citizen, dad, and author critical of the Bolsonaro administration. Why was he murdered?
by Brian Mier
In 2011, Leuvis Manuel Olivero, a Dominican immigrant to the US...
Popular
Military Plans Control Of Brazil’s “Manifest” Political Destiny Until 2035
Since the return of Brazil's military to government in 2016, it's objectives, and desire for permanence of its political project far beyond current frontman Bolsonaro, have become increasingly clear....
“Free And Fair”: US Government’s Unsettling New Calm On Brazil Election
Until recently US lawmakers and officials had warned of "democratic decline" in Brazil. Now emerges a new official insistence that the coming election will be "free and fair". There...
UN Alerted Over “Unprecedented Authoritarian Risk” To Brazil Election
Monica Bergamo reports in Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that UN Special Rapporteur for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Garcia, received a document on the 17th May in which...
