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Fernando Horta
AUTHORITARIANISM
Lula, Political Prisoner
By Fernando horta.
There is no government in the World that admits that it has political prisoners. They all are – and were – arrested for “crimes” or “threats” and given sentences...
DEMOCRACY
Fernando Horta: Lula is “Plan O”
By Fernando Horta.
Plan A was for us to pressure the coup-mongers in 2013, investigating who was financing the Movimento Brasil Livre, Vem para Rua and other proto-fascist groups and stopping things...
DEMOCRACY
Brazilian McCarthyism: Why don’t we learn from history?
By Fernando Horta.
There are astonishing similarities between post-World War 2 US and present day Brazil. Both countries had same-party rule for extended periods. In the US Roosevelt and Truman were in office...
DEMOCRACY
Moro, Lula and the consolidation of the Coup
By Fernando Horta.
After helping Aécio Neves and Michel Temer avoid conviction, Judge Sergio Moro uses shaky evidence to prevent Ex-president Lula's candidacy on the day that the Brazilian Senate wipes 70...
DEMOCRACY
Beauty and the Beast
Since the emergence of what would come to be called "Lava Jato" in 2009, every honest political commentator has been clear: the operation was designed to reach ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula...
DEMOCRACY
Republic of the Snake
“Do we want to serve a snake? Brazil is not a Snake Republic!” - Janaína Paschoal
These words were of Janaína Paschoal, the lawyer who wrote the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff with...
Popular
Elon Musk Meets Brazilian Air Force Over Launch Base And Monitoring Satellites
US-based South African billionaire Elon Musk's visit to Brazil has generated enormous controversy and suspicion, as reported by BRASILWIRE. It is now revealed that as well as Jair Bolsonaro,...
The Neocolonial Game Behind Musk-Bolsonaro Rendezvous
There was more to South African billionaire Elon Musk's already bizarre meeting with Brazilian neofascist president Jair Bolsonaro than met the eye.
“We will coup whoever we want! Deal with...
Film Review: The Coup d’État Factory
The new documentary by Brazilian duo Victor Fraga and Valnei Nunes dissects the role of media in creating the conditions to dismantle democracy and pave the way for the...