Translated and edited for readability by Brian Mier On January 24, 2018, after three conservative judges rejected ex-president Lula’s appeal against charges that he received illegal reforms in an apartment that prosecutors were unable to prove he ever owned or set foot in, a crowd of some 70,000 people gathered on Praça de Republica in […]
Contributing editor Brian Mier interviewed for the Real News Network on the publicly admitted role of the United States in Brazil’s controversial Anti-Corruption Operation Lava Jato (Carwash) and the prosecution of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. [qpp]
January 24th, 2018. Today marks the culmination of 4 years of US-backed efforts to destroy Brazilian social democracy. Ex-president Lula, who’s Keynesian economic policies, including massive minimum wage increases, lifted 36 million people above the poverty line and ended famine in Brazil, is going up in front of a group of 3 judges to appeal […]
Brazilian democracy has historically been truncated and as such, a continued work in progress. A recent development in this direction is that, on January 24th, an appellate court will decide the electoral fate of Luis Ignacio “Lula” da Silva – the most popular candidate, leading in the polls, and a successful two-term president from 2002-2010. […]
On January 24, a team of three conservative judges will decide on ex-president Lula’s appeal against a 9.5 year sentence for allegedly receiving illegal reforms to a penthouse apartment in Guaruja, São Paulo, which prosecutors were unable to prove he ever owned or set foot in. The fact that there is no physical evidence implicating […]
World renowned linguist, philosopher, historian and social scientist, Noam Chomsky, has added his voice to a wave of international condemnation, which is growing in response to the treatment of Brasil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In a video, published on 19th January, Chomsky drew attention to the need for Lula to be allowed his Presidential candidacy […]
In new book ‘Comments on a Notorious Verdict: The trial of Lula‘, a team of Jurists, Professors, Lawyers and Intellectuals comprehensively dismantle the case against former President Lula, which if his conviction is upheld, could see him imprisoned for years, and barred from running in an election where he is front-runner. The consequences of the case will change […]
Some are calling it the Coup’s endgame, others the “final battle” for Brasil’s next decade. Former President Lula, who held office from 2003-2011 has twice the support of his nearest rival to succeed Putschist Michel Temer in the October 2018 elections. However, on the 24th January in the southern city of Porto Alegre, he will face judgement on […]
This statement was released by Projeto Brasil Nação, a group of intellectuals and artists engaged in a fight against the post-coup ‘dismantling’ of Brazil. Led by economist Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, it includes figures such as writer Raduan Nassar, singer Chico Buarque, Satirical cartoonist Laerte, Actor Wagner Moura, Roberto Schwarz, Fábio Konder Comparato, and Liberation Theologist Frei Betto. […]
By Manuela D`Avila. Embraer is more than one of the largest aviation companies in the World – it is the materialization of Santos Dumont‘s dream. It is a symbol of our peoples’ capacity, the realization of the power of flight, and the Brazilian intellect. When Embraer was founded during the end of the 1960s, it overcame the […]