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US Intelligence Penetration of Brazil: an Interview with Bob Fernandes
On July 4, 2015, Brazil learned, through Edward Snowden, that President Dilma Rousseff and 29 members of her government were being spied on by …
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Benedita da Silva’s 50 year fight for racial justice
The veteran congresswoman and civil rights leader speaks about her role in the 2020 municipal elections and the record number of newly elected Afro-Brazilian …
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Interview: Curitiba City Councilor Carol Dartora
“We view the state of Parana as a laboratory for all of Bolsonaro’s worst ideas,” says Dartora, who is the first Afro-Brazilian woman elected …
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Interview: Bruna Rodrigues and the fight against necropolitics
When we say that black lives matter we are saying that we can no longer accept the fact that 83 young black men die …
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2020 Mayoral Elections: Far Right Crumbles, Left Makes Progress
By Brian Mier On November 29th, residents of 57 of Brazil’s largest cities voted on second round mayoral elections. In a process that was …
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On Obama, Lula and Tammany Hall
In his new book, Barack Obama, who is the husband of Chicago machine Mayor Richard M. Daley’s former Assistant Planning Commissioner, compares Lula to …
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Brazilian elections – A day of shame for the far right
As the PT and Brazilian left made modest gains, the Bolsonaro coalition imploded By Brian Mier On Sunday, November 15, over 147 million Brazilians …
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Election Day: A Left Challenge in Bolsonaro’s home town
The Bolsonaro family stronghold of Eldorado is a bastion of conservatism but on this election day they might lose control of the local government …
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Municipal elections promise gains for left, losses for Bolsonaro
Sunday’s elections promise to provide solid, but not breathtaking advances for the Brazilian left. On the other hand, all signs show that it will …
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US Election: What’s at stake for Brazil
If the US has been the number one enemy of democracy and freedom in Latin America for the past century, why would a new …
