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Brazilian Supreme Court Authorizes Investigation of Sergio Moro
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 …
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Bolsonaro’s Neoliberal Disaster: An Interview With Esther Dweck
“The Bolsonaro government’s social and economic policies will have a huge negative impact on Brazil’s future. We are actually already seeing this, based on …
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Covid 19 and the right to the Brazilian city
The following speech was given by Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier on a World Social Forum webinar entitled: The Right to the City: Towards …
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Curitiba: beyond the myth of the perfect city
Curitiba is known around the world for innovative urban planning and European heritage. During a speech at the World Social Forum, however, Carol Dartora …
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Benedita da Silva’s 50 year fight for racial justice
The veteran congresswoman and civil rights leader speaks about her role in the 2020 municipal elections and the record number of newly elected Afro-Brazilian …
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Interview: Curitiba City Councilor Carol Dartora
“We view the state of Parana as a laboratory for all of Bolsonaro’s worst ideas,” says Dartora, who is the first Afro-Brazilian woman elected …
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Lesser Evil: Olympics bogeyman back as Rio mayor
Rio de Janeiro hasn’t elected a progressive mayor since the 1980s but this year progressives are celebrating anyway, as center right candidate and former …
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Interview: Bruna Rodrigues and the fight against necropolitics
When we say that black lives matter we are saying that we can no longer accept the fact that 83 young black men die …
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Sérgio Moro’s strange new job
The Lava Jato judge and former Bolsonaro administration Justice Minister will now work with former NSA, DOJ and FBI officials in a consulting firm …
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On Obama, Lula and Tammany Hall
In his new book, Barack Obama, who is the husband of Chicago machine Mayor Richard M. Daley’s former Assistant Planning Commissioner, compares Lula to …
