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Bob Fernandes on the Media, Coronavirus and Brazil’s Far Right
Bob Fernandes, 65, is a veteran print and television journalist from Bahia who’s personal youtube channel has nearly 200,000 followers. Since starting his career …
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In Solidarity With Glenn Greenwald
Lawfare is the strategic use of Law to delegitimise, damage or annihilate an enemy – Valeska Martins Brasil Wire expresses it’s absolute solidarity with …
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Michel Temer: “It was a Coup”
During a television interview on September 16th, 2019, former Brazilian President Michel Temer twice referred to the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff as a Golpe …
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How to navigate Anglo media’s Amazon doublespeak
By Brian Mier I spent last week in the Brazilian Amazon in Porto Velho, Rondonia, on the edge of what is called the arco do …
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Independent media and the war of narratives
Brian Mier’s speech at the 2019 Left Forum in Brooklyn, NY. I would like to start by talking about how Brazilian alternative media works …
A Coup at close range: Petra Costa’s ‘The Edge of Democracy’
Three years in the making, Petra Costa’s masterful new documentary ‘The Edge of Democracy’ is an essential telling of Brazil’s recent history, and a …
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“Podemos tirar…”: Lava Jato’s protection of Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Proof that, as suspected, Sergio Moro and Operation Lava Jato was protecting high profile centre-right politicians such as US-backed former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, …
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Bad neighbor: a US hand behind the Sérgio Moro show
Lava Jato chief Sérgio Moro was never a superhero, despite Anglo media’s tireless attempts to portray him as one. By Brian Mier Now that the …
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Lava Jato: “The Narrative Must Be Protected At All Costs”
It is simply the most important geopolitical story of recent times. Documents leaked to the Intercept have led to the exposure of ostensible anti-corruption …
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Fracasso: Bolsonaro fails to take the streets
Sunday 26th May saw demonstrations in 52 cities around Brazil, in support of the beleaguered Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. After five months his is …
