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Marcelo Zero
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Sociopathic Neoliberalism Is Brazil’s Biggest Obstacle In Fight Against Pandemic
It is not just the Brazilian President and his followers' flat-earthism that prevents Brazil overcoming the pandemic and the crisis it has generated. Sociopathic neoliberalism and its prioritisation of economic dogma...
AUTHORITARIANISM
Worms Feed on Corpses: Bolsonaro’s Demented TV Address
by Marcelo Zero.
Last night the tapeworm who rules Brazil said something unbelievable.
Contradicting science, the WHO and the common sense of Brazil’s governors and all of the serious countries in the world,...
AUTHORITARIANISM
Lula and democracy at the crossroads
Sooner or later, Brazil, Latin America and the World will have to choose between neoliberalism, fascism and authoritarianism on one side and real, substantive democracy on the other
by Marcelo Zero
Latin America...
AUTHORITARIANISM
Fear of Lula is fear of democracy
Both the far-right and the "center" are afraid of Lula. It is not because he is a violent radical, but because he represents the possibility of real social, economic and political...
AUTHORITARIANISM
How Lava Jato Destroyed Brasil’s Future
Thanks to the Intercept leaks, everyone can see how filthy the entrails of the Lava Jato investigation are, and how it helped destroy Brazil's democracy and economy. What few people know,...
AUTHORITARIANISM
Eduardo Bolsonaro, Caligula and the Brazilian embassy
Roman emperor Caligula once appointed his horse to the Roman Senate but Jair Bolsonaro's nomination of his son as Ambassador to the US has a potential to cause more damage.Â
In "The...
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Military Plans Control Of Brazil’s “Manifest” Political Destiny Until 2035
Since the return of Brazil's military to government in 2016, it's objectives, and desire for permanence of its political project far beyond current frontman Bolsonaro, have become increasingly clear....
“Free And Fair”: US Government’s Unsettling New Calm On Brazil Election
Until recently US lawmakers and officials had warned of "democratic decline" in Brazil. Now emerges a new official insistence that the coming election will be "free and fair". There...
UN Alerted Over “Unprecedented Authoritarian Risk” To Brazil Election
Monica Bergamo reports in Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that UN Special Rapporteur for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Garcia, received a document on the 17th May in which...