As the Amazon burns, 13 progressive Democratic Members of Congress request clarification on the US Department of Justice’s role in Jair Bolsonaro’s rise to power. By Brian Mier 13 Democratic Members of Congress delivered a letter to US Attorney General William Barr this week, demanding answers to questions about the legality and ethics of the […]
Everyone who cared about Democracy who was paying attention to what was happening in Brazil knew, from day one, that Lula’s arrest was a sham result of a biased political witch hunt led by right wing extremists in order to remove him from the presidential race. The Intercept revelations now prove, unequivocally, that they were […]
In an interview with Bob Fernandes, on TVE Bahia, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that the US government “created the Lava Jato investigation to take our oil.” For former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, events in Brazil since the 2016 coup that deposed President Dilma Rousseff were orchestrated by the US […]
Brazil’s president has a long history of controversial remarks that put Donald Trump to shame. Here are 13 of his most shocking comments. From Congresso em Foco, Treze frases de Bolsonaro de natureza sexual e machista. Not even a year has passed since he became president of the Republic, and already Jair Bolsonaro has amassed […]
“Does anyone still doubt that Sérgio Moro was a central player in the coup?” said Congressman Henrique Fontana, on the revelation that Bolsonaro’s Justice Minister and former Lava Jato judge Sérgio Moro ordered prosecutors not to seize Eduardo Cunha’s cell phones. Cunha, now serving a 14 year prison sentence for corruption and money laundering, was […]
Regardless of whether they regret it, we are in this situation because of people who knew perfectly well what the risks of supporting Bolsonaro were. By Esther Solano* First there was José Padilha. The director of the The Mechanism which, during season 1, introduced Netflix viewers to a complimentary and glorious description of the magnificent […]
The National Student Union and 187 allied student associations calls a national strike against Bolsonaro’s privatization plan to open public university system to private sector investment and control. by Marcos Hermanson Brazil’s National Students Union (UNE) announced a schedule of social and institutional mobilization during August to stop Jair Bolsonaro’s government from implementing a program […]
On the throes of the election of right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro, the country seems to be plunging into a political chaos that can only be addressed by reinstating the rule of law. This can only be achieved by freeing the country’s main political prisoner, former president and most popular political leader, Luis Inacio Lula da […]
On the morning of August 7th, local Curitiba criminal court judge Carolina Lebbos, who has made a series of illegal, politicized rulings denying former President Lula’s Mandela Rights, ruled that the former President, 73, can be transferred to a prison in São Paulo. Although this initially appeared to be good news for the millions of […]
When you acheive human rights you should never let them be taken back from you in any way under any pretext,” said the 76 year old musician, “this has been happening around the World and it is happening in Brazil. It’s a neurosis.” During an interview on the Brazilian TV talk show Lady Night on […]