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Brian Mier
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...
DEMOCRACY
Social Movements March on Brazilian Finance Ministry
A coalition of 6 urban social movements demands the resignation of Paulo Guedes who was recently exposed in the Pandora Papers as profiting personally from his policy of devaluing the Brazilian...
AUTHORITARIANISM
Bombastic Documentary Raises Questions on Bolsonaro Stabbing
New film generates controversy by suggesting it's time to take a deeper look into the September 6th, 2018 stabbing incident of Jair Bolsonaro.
by Brian Mier
A new documentary by Joaquim de Carvalho...
AUTHORITARIANISM
September 7th, the View from Brasília
The Supreme Court is still operating as usual. The "coup" was getting everyone to think one was about to happen.
By Brian Mier
On the afternoon of September 6th I headed to Guarulhos...
Popular
Brazil’s Coup May Come After Lula Takes Office
In 2023, the bolsonarista horde, kept mobilized by the discourse of electoral fraud, may return to the streets demanding the deposition of the new “illegitimately elected” president.
By Marcelo Zero
Bolsnonaro...
Bolsonaro “Announces Coup” To Foreign Ambassadors
Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of "announcing the coup" to summoned foreign Ambassadors. The extraordinary meeting at Alvorada palace was reportedly convened at the request of the Military core...
Exclusive: British Parliament Denounces Bolsonaro Election Threats, Political Violence
British politicians have signed a special motion in defence of Brazilian democracy, following threats to the election process from neofascist president Jair Bolsonaro and his military dominated government. That...
