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Bruno De Oliveira
AUTHORITARIANISM
“Captain Brazil” & the arbitrary manipulation of Public Life
A theatre play that mocks the violence of the Military Police was interrupted by the Military Police itself, indicative of a dark moment — Brazil’s flirtation with fascism. The play, titled "Blitz: The...
DEMOCRACY
The Failed Experiment Of European Austerity Comes To Brazil
Brazil has been submitted to the arbitrary rhetoric that imposes austerity as the only way to revive the economy. In order to improve public accounts and restore the competitiveness of the...
DEMOCRACY
The uncertainty of Brazil: People’s democratic participation is crucial Â
The uncertainty of Brazil's democratic situation is not easy to read nor is it easy to predict how this will turn out.
When the President of the Chamber, Deputy Waldir Maranhão, decided...
DEMOCRACY
Brasil’s Democracy Under New Siege
We should be looking for viable alternatives to an archaic, arbitrary, failing and schizophrenic system. The issue that we are seeing in Brasil today is a democracy where those who represent,...
DEMOCRACY
Brasil’s Democracy & A Return To The Senzala
Lula da Silva is placed at the disposal of justice. A police apparatus was set up to coerce the former president to testify under the cross-hairs of the mainstream media, Globo,...
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With Re-Election Hopes Bleak, Bolsonaro Bets On Privatising Petrobras
With his re-election looking unlikely, Jair Bolsonaro now tries to unify international capital and supporters of the 2016 coup around his candidacy with a final throw of the dice:...
‘Go back to the plantation’ – Curitiba moves to impeach 1st City Councilor
The first impeachment process against a city councilor in the 329-year history of Curitiba - the Brazilian city that most cherishes its "European heritage" - is underway, and it...
“There Will Be A Coup”: Newspaper Editor Urges Journalists To Report Imminent Attempt To Sabotage Election
A veteran editor at Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil's biggest newspaper, criticises colleagues for failing to adequately report and prepare the public for an imminent coup attempt by Bolsonaro and...
