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About last night: Brasil takes to the streets in defence of its future
On March 15 2019, a nationwide education strike became the platform for the biggest anti-government protests since Bolsonaro took power. With over 1 million …
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Interview: PSOL’s Andreia de Jesus
Born in Venda Nova district of Belo Horizonte, Andreia de Jesus, is a lawyer, educator, public employee and a State Representative for PSOL. Patrick …
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Bolsonaro and the death of social housing
The Bolsonaro government freezes funding for self-managed social housing construction, destroys the Ministry of Cities and tries to declare the housing movements as terrorists …
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The fight begins against Brazil’s draconian pension reforms
The Unions and Social movements successfully blocked Michel Temer’s neoliberal pension reforms but new proposals by the Bolsonaro administration are even worse by Brian …
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Brazil Solidarity Initiative: Editor Speaks At UK Parliament
To mark the launch of the new Brazil Solidarity Initiative, Brasil Wire founding editor Daniel Hunt joined various speakers from the Labour Party and …
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Xenophobic tweets end healthcare access for 60 million Brazilians
Jair Bolsonaro’s ideological prejudice, ignorance about public policy and the lack of social sensibility leave 60 million Brazilians without medical treatment, as Cuba calls …
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Hunger Crisis Returning to Brazil, says Francisco Menezes
Menezes, an economist who works for ActionAid and IBASE, says the data suggests Brazil will return to the UN World Hunger Map. The study, …
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62,500 murders: most violent year in Brazilian history
New data shows homicides increased during coup year of 2016. Most victims were Afro-Brazilian males. By Brian Mier Wednesday, June 6 marked the release of …
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The Paysandu Fire and the Right to the City
By Brian Mier. In the early morning of May 1, a 24 story building on Paysandu square in central São Paulo caught fire and …
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A Tragedy Foretold: FLM leader Osmar Silva Borges on the Paysandu Fire
Although squatters are frequently treated as criminals in the national and international media, according to article 5 of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution, any citizen …
