Deutsche Welle censors Brazilian writer on behalf of Bolsonaristas
By Nathália Urban João Paulo Cuenca is an award-winning Brazilian author, whose work is recognized in various mainstream media outlets. Among his various works, …
Western Media Rehabilitate Brazil’s Criminal Ex-Justice Minister for Presidential Run
By Lucas Koerner. This article originally appeared at FAIR. Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro resigned from his post in the far-right Bolsonaro government on …
Paralysis of the present: How Western media confines US imperialism to the past
Using Venezuela as an example, journalist John McEvoy explores the Western media tendency to ignore and erase US imperialism in the present day, only …
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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, …
