By Joaquim Palhares and Mariana Serafini. Tolstoy opens his classic Anna Karenina with the famous phrase “all happy families look alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”, “and our way is more cruel,” adds former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, explaining the challenges that Brazil must face in order to return to […]
By Revista Consultor Jurídico. The US government closely followed – and worried about – the Brazilian government’s initiatives to create a strong and cohesive political bloc in South America, especially the way construction company Odebrecht had become a government partner in those plans. This is according to former US ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon, who […]
By Tiago Angelo for Brasil de Fato. In an interview with Brasil de Fato on Friday 12 July, Former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said that the process of dismantling Brazilian diplomacy, which has been under way since President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) took office, was not because of lack of ability, skill, but “a political project”. […]
“Treating corruption as society’s only problem is a problem,” says Brazilian economist Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo, who talks of the damage to the Brazilian economy caused by the Lava Jato and Carne Fraca investigations. By Daniel Giovanaz The Lava Jato operation paralyzed construction projects throughout Brazil, caused unemployment and contributed to the deindustrialization of the country. […]
João Gilberto, native of Bahia and pioneer of Bossa Nova, which put Brazilian popular music on record players in homes across the planet during the 1960s, has died aged 88 in his adopted Rio de Janeiro. His cultural importance to Brazil, and indeed the world, is immeasurable. We cannot think of a better tribute than […]
With assassins, militia leaders and drug traffickers all circulating within the security zone around President Bolsonaro it’s time to investigate, says PT Congressional Leader Paulo Pimenta. On Wednesday, June 26th, PT’s congressional leader, Paulo Pimenta, (Rio Grande do Sul) said that Congress should investigate the grave crime committed inside the President of the Republic’s security […]
Lava Jato prosecutors used an imported US model out of context to destroy Lula’s right to defense. by Fabio de Sá e Silva During his Senate hearing on his messages that were exchanged with Lava Jato task force prosecutors, former judge and current Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sérgio Moro, built his defense on […]
Proof that, as suspected, Sergio Moro and Operation Lava Jato was protecting high profile centre-right politicians such as US-backed former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is yet another smoking gun, and more vindication for those who voiced concerns over the anti-corruption operation, its underhand methods, political motives, and US involvement since it began in 2014. In […]
By André Barrocal, Carta Capital. Under the Dilma Rousseff administration, José Eduardo Cardozo, then Minister of Justice, was once advised by Leandro Daiello, head of the Federal Police (PF) at that time, of the presence of United States attorneys in Curitiba. Cardozo sought out Rodrigo Janot, then head of the Attorney General’s office, to find […]
Strikers made stoppages in public transportation, blocked roads and organized street demonstrations in 380 cities By Juca Guimarães e Rodrigo Chagas – Brasil do Fato The streets answered with a resounding “no” to Jair Bolsonaro’s pension reform proposition, to his intentions of restraining rights, and to the continuity of attacks against the people that have […]