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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 FASCISM

Incitement To Murder: Bolsonarista Terror Threatens Election

The murder of a Workers Party activist by a Bolsonaro supporter has shocked Brazil, but it is not without precedent, and reflects the use of incitement by the Bolsonaros and their allies as a political tool. By Nathalia Urban  Coup threats, radicalization, dog-whistling and political violence have become commonplace in the Brazil since the rise […]

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AMAZON DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 IMPERIALISM INDIGENOUS RIGHTS RESOURCES SOVEREIGNTY TECHNOLOGY UNITED STATES

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 it.” Elon Musk on Bolivia, 24/7/2020 By Nathalia Urban A day after being implicated in a sexual harassment scandal with a Space X worker, the […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 IMPERIALISM LATIN AMERICA PETROBRAS SOVEREIGNTY THINK TANKS UNITED STATES

US Coup Specialist Victoria Nuland Visits Brazil

With an election six months away which promises to be far from business as usual, the notorious US official Victoria Nuland’s arrival in Brazil has aroused understandable suspicion. By Nathalia Urban  The US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, arrived in Brazil last week for a “Meeting with Young Entrepreneurs from Brazil” and […]

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ATLANTIC COUNCIL BRICS FOREIGN POLICY

Fantasist Bolsonaro Pretends To Have Stopped Russian Invasion

By Nathália Urban Amongst all the absurdities surrounding Jair Bolsonaro, perhaps the most extreme yet is the idea that he could have averted an escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine with his visit to Moscow. Bolsonaristas have used social media this Tuesday (15/2) to claim that President Jair Bolsonaro avoided the war between […]

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FOREIGN POLICY LATIN AMERICA SOVEREIGNTY UNITED KINGDOM

Argentina Denounces UK Military Flights From Brazil To Malvinas

By Nathália Urban  Argentina’s ambassador to Brazil, Daniel Scioli, has expressed his concern at a significant increase in British military flights stopping in Brazilian territory, on their way to the Falklands Islands / Malvinas. In a diplomatic document delivered to Pedro Miguel Costa e Silva, Secretary of Bilateral and Regional Negotiations for the Americas, the […]

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FOREIGN POLICY RELIGION

Bolsonaro and Islamophobia in Brazil

By Nathália Urban  Brazil is home to several cultures and religions, such as Islam, which according to a demographic census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), carried out in 2010 is practiced by 35.000, but the Islamic associations in the country and Harvard Divinity School argue that the number it can reach […]

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AMAZON ENVIRONMENT IMPERIALISM LATIN AMERICA UNITED STATES

Kindred Spirits at COP26: US Allies Duque Of Colombia And Brazil’s Bolsonaro

Colombia’s Duque along with Chile’s Piñera and Brazil’s Bolsonaro form the core of an alliance defending US interests in South America. Bolsonaro and Duque both face 2022 re-election campaigns amidst falling popularity and a left wing resurgence.  By Nathalia Urban Colombian President Iván Duque, one of the leaders of the far right in Latin America […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 UNITED STATES

Steve Bannon Declares War On Lula 

By Nathália Urban  Far-right guru and former White House strategist Steve Bannon has been using his political weight to support Jair Bolsonaro’s electoral campaign. Eduardo Bolsonaro, Jair’s congressman son, met Bannon last Tuesday, at a conference organized by Mike Lindell, Trump supporting businessman and one of those responsible for spreading conspiracy theories about the victory of […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2018 ELECTION 2022

Bolsonaro Attacks International Left As He Tries To Prove Electoral Fraud

By Nathália Urban  In yet another attempt to discredit the Brazilian electoral system, Bolsonaro claimed without evidence that the left rigged the 2018 elections. In an August 9 interview, the president said: “the left hired a hacker to divert 12 million votes, with money from the Foro de São Paulo, of the FARC, of ​​Narcos”. Bolsonaro […]

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Biden Admin Offers Hand Of Friendship To Bolsonaro

Latest U.S. government visit is further evidence that the Biden administration has no qualms about supporting Brazil’s far-right military-dominated regime. By Nathália Urban  US President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visited Brazil on Thursday and gave a positive start of an agenda between the United States and Brazil, although in the past many […]