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Interview: Curitiba City Councilor Carol Dartora
“We view the state of Parana as a laboratory for all of Bolsonaro’s worst ideas,” says Dartora, who is the first Afro-Brazilian woman elected …
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Lesser Evil: Olympics bogeyman back as Rio mayor
Rio de Janeiro hasn’t elected a progressive mayor since the 1980s but this year progressives are celebrating anyway, as center right candidate and former …
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Brazilian elections – A day of shame for the far right
As the PT and Brazilian left made modest gains, the Bolsonaro coalition imploded By Brian Mier On Sunday, November 15, over 147 million Brazilians …
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Municipal elections promise gains for left, losses for Bolsonaro
Sunday’s elections promise to provide solid, but not breathtaking advances for the Brazilian left. On the other hand, all signs show that it will …
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SOS Rio: Military Police kill 434 in 2019
Bolsonaro ally Governor Wilson Witzel’s Military Police are now killing 5 people a day. Most victims are Afro-Brazilian youth. Many are being killed execution …
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RJ Governor orders helicopter snipers: Police kill 13
Rio De Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel orders use of helicopter snipers in poor communities and police break 20 year record for killing civilians. On …
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“Fahrenheit 241”: A burning Museum became a ghastly symbol of post-coup Brasil
Brasil’s Education crisis is not a crisis, it is a project. – Darcy Ribeiro. Across the political spectrum Brazilians will tell you that the …
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Military Operation in Maré: Harassment, Illegality and Murder
The action lasted over 14 hours, leaving one dead, dozens of injured and thousands of angry citizens. As Rio de Janeiro’s military occupation reaches …
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“Lots of Gunfire, Little Intelligence”: Rio’s Military Failure
Deaths in massacres have increased while arms apprehensions have dropped, according to data from the Candido Mendes University Center for Security and Citizenship Studies’ …
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Brasília: Homeless Workers Occupy Federal Cities Ministry
Thousands march against increase in violence, mass evictions and criminalization of social movement leaders On June 5, bus caravans arrived in Brasilia from across …
