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 […]
In letter signed by 13 members of Congress, US Attorney General is asked to “describe the full extent of DOJ’s engagement with Judge Sergio Moro”. by Brian Mier On Tuesday, August 20, 13 members of US Congress delivered a letter to Attorney General William Barr demanding answers on possible illegal collusion and ethics violations made […]
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 […]
“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 […]
On Twitter, Dilma Rousseff, the former Brazilian President who was deposed in the 2016 Coup, called the electoral victory of the Alberto Fernández/Christina Kirchner ticket in the Argentinian presidential primaries a “light at the end of the tunnel” for Latin America. Dilma: Argentina election, “light at end of tunnel” “Alberto Fernández/Cristina Kirchner’s victory in the […]
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 […]
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, however, is how far it strayed from actually fighting corruption. by Marcelo Zero The Lava Jato investigation was designed by the US Department of Justice […]
Right wing extremist President Jair Bolsonaro accused Glenn Greenwald of committing a felony but, in a scene captured on the Government’s TV Brasil, his Press Secretary, General Otávio Rego Barros, fails to explain what the crime committed was and, instead, tries to stare down the journalist who asks about it. By Brian Mier In a […]