DEMOCRACY

Regardless of what happens next Tuesday, this September 7th has already gone down in history as the saddest September 7th of all times. By Marcelo Zero Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro  just appropriated Brazil's...

The 2016 coup was ground zero. It was the inaugural act, but the process continues By Olímpio Cruz Neto Five years after being removed from the Presidency of the Republic during an impeachment...

Bolsonaro prays every day for a major crisis, be it Covid-related or out of growing hunger. He hopes the desperation of the people will lead to riots, mayhem, and violence. By Jean...

As Brasil Wire has reported, Bolsonaro and his allies played a behind the scenes role in Bolivia’s November 2019 coup. Liszt Vieira argues in Le Monde Diplomatique that the increasingly unpopular...

Court ruling means Atibaia vacation home case against former President Lula - one of three US DOJ-backed, illegal convictions used to help elect Jair Bolsonaro - can never be reopened. by Brian...

With social media psyops and white supremacist symbolism, a coalition of Bolsonaro-allied right wing millionaires is working to shut down Brazil's Supreme Court on Independence Day, in what some fear will...

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,...

Brazil's Workers Party has reacted with indignation to a report from an economist at Banco Santander which openly defended a new coup to prevent former President Lula da Silva from returning...

Brazil's mass protests against Bolsonaro and the far-right show that the country is at a tipping point. Our international solidarity is vital for those fighting for social progress, democracy and public...

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:...

Many are laughing at Bolsonaro's failure to intimidate Congress, but things could still get a lot worse. by Brian Mier Brazilians woke up yesterday to visions of a nightmare they thought would never...

With a cowardly and pathetic parade, Bolsonaro tried to threaten Brazil's National Congress By Maria do Rosário* The greatest fear of those who try to impose themselves by force, brutality and threats is...

Without acknowledgement of Brazil's government for what it is - effectively a US-backed military regime - no sense can be made of its recent past nor useful analysis of its coming...

In an exclusive report by journalist Jamil Chade for UOL it has been revealed that disgraced anti-corruption operation Lava Jato had negotiated with Israeli Cyber weaponry firm NSO for its Pegasus spyware,...

The ‘soybeanisation’ of the Paraguayan economy has had a devastating impact on the country’s ecology, rural populations and democratic process, but it has been lucrative for foreign corporations and the domestic...

Leftist unions and social movements promise to put hundreds of thousands on the streets of 400 towns and cities. by Brasil de Fato This past Tuesday (22nd), the group that unifies organizations seeking...

Days after visit by CIA director, top military brass attempt to pressure end of corruption investigation against General Eduardo Pazuello and his former aides. By Brian Mier For weeks, millions of Brazilians have...

Background: Shortly after taking office, Jair Bolsonaro became the first Brazilian leader to visit CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. He was accompanied by his Justice Minister Sergio Moro who had jailed...

Brazil's former Finance Minister cites 2012 as the moment international capital began conspiring to bring down its left wing government. The same interests, many of which are represented by Council of the...

President of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), Luís Roberto Barroso, insists that the printed vote "will be bad for Brazilian democracy". 247 - The president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Minister...

An article published by German news network DW has catalogued Brazil’s descent into the abyss following president Dilma Rousseff's impeachment. So far, very few high profile supporters of the 2016 coup...

U.S. historian James N. Green is a Professor of Modern Latin American History and Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University, Rhode Island, and National Co-Coordinator of the US...

Former President Lula's defence lawyers Cristiano Zanin Martins and Valeska T. Z. Martins released a short statement following the Brazilian Supreme Court's April 22 ruling to uphold an earlier judgement, making...

During the Supreme Court's April 22 decision to try Lava Jato judge Sérgio Moro for judicial bias in his jailing of presidential candidate Lula da Silva in 2018, Minister Ricardo Lewandowski...

On the fifth anniversary of Dilma Rousseff's impeachment, the role foreign media played in propagandising for it still warrants further investigation. Little of international media coverage of Brazil’s 2016 coup and its...

Since its inception in 2014, Brasil Wire has published 230 critical articles on Operation Lava Jato, and specifically its relationship with the United States government. Evidence we and Brazilian independent media...

On Friday 26th March 2021, TV Globo's flagship news bulletin Jornal Nacional made an admission with serious ramifications. After six years of relentless smears, often briefing direct from the Lava Jato task...

Ex-president Lula da Silva delivered an historical speech in São Bernardo do Campo, on March 10th, 2021, two days after the annulment of Operation Car Wash convictions. Below is the full transcript. I...

For years, the media treated far-right Lava Jato Judge Sergio Moro as a superhero. Now he's facing felony charges by Brian Mier In a landmark ruling on March 23, 2021, the Brazilian Supreme...

The Supreme Court's annulment of former president Lula's convictions, which kept him out of the 2018 election, is forcing re-examination of events that year. Having removed the Workers Party from power...