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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

Bolsonaro Asked Biden For Help Against Lula Who “Threatens US Interests”

Bloomberg reported late on Saturday 11th June, two days after their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, that far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro asked Joe Biden for help against former president Lula da Silva for the October election. Bolsonaro trails Lula by around 20 points in the polls, and as it […]

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ECONOMY ENERGY HISTORY NEOLIBERALISM POLITICS SOVEREIGNTY

Bolsonaro’s Eletrobrás Privatization Buries Vargas Era

The 2016 coup, which started with the delivery of Petrobras, culminates with the privatization of the state electric company, Eletrobrás. By Leonardo Attuch* In December 1994, on the eve of his presidential inauguration, then-Senator Fernando Henrique Cardoso took the podium to say goodbye to parliament. The speech went down in history because it announced what […]

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ARMED FORCES DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 FOREIGN POLICY SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

Biden Recruits Bolsonaro To Save Summit Of The Americas

Biden’s one-on-one meeting with Brazil’s beleaguered far-right president Bolsonaro is now the awkward centrepiece of a collapsing Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. Little more than a month after United States’ Government sources leaked details of CIA warnings to Bolsonaro and the Military dominated government he fronts about the sanctity of October’s election, US […]

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IMPERIALISM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

New Reuters Leak: Lula Sent Emissary To Meet US Officials In Washington

In the latest instalment of an effort to manage the optics of Brazil-US relations ahead of the October election, an apparent new leak, again from unnamed sources, and again to Reuters news agency, reveals an unannounced meeting between a close Lula confidant and the Biden administration in Washington DC. There is nothing especially unusual about […]

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ARMED FORCES AUTHORITARIANISM DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 FASCISM IMPERIALISM SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

“Free And Fair”: US Government’s Unsettling New Calm On Brazil Election

Until recently US lawmakers and officials had warned of “democratic decline” in Brazil. Now emerges a new official insistence that the coming election will be “free and fair”. There are few examples in Latin American history that suggest anyone should take such a statement at face value. Over the the past twelve months, National Security […]

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AMAZON ARMED FORCES ELECTION 2022 SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

Elon Musk Meets Brazilian Air Force Over Launch Base And Monitoring Satellites

US-based South African billionaire Elon Musk’s visit to Brazil has generated enormous controversy and suspicion, as reported by BRASILWIRE. It is now revealed that as well as Jair Bolsonaro, his government, and business leaders, Musk also met the commander of the Brazilian Air Force over use of the Alcântara space launch facility, and a satellite […]

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AMAZON DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 IMPERIALISM INDIGENOUS RIGHTS RESOURCES SOVEREIGNTY TECHNOLOGY UNITED STATES

The Neocolonial Game Behind Musk-Bolsonaro Rendezvous

There was more to South African billionaire Elon Musk’s already bizarre meeting with Brazilian neofascist president Jair Bolsonaro than met the eye. “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.” Elon Musk on Bolivia, 24/7/2020 By Nathalia Urban A day after being implicated in a sexual harassment scandal with a Space X worker, the […]

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ELECTION 2022 IMPERIALISM LATIN AMERICA SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

SUR: Lula Proposes Lat Am Currency To “End US Dollar Dependency”

Lula’s announcement of plans for SUR, a new Latin American currency for bilateral trade, has excited proponents of regional integration, and will alarm Washington. The project, if successful, would mean twilight for US dollar hegemony, and it has clear implications for the 2022 election. Less than six months ahead of Brazil’s most crucial elections since […]

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COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS ELECTION 2022 PETROBRAS SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

With Re-Election Hopes Bleak, Bolsonaro Bets On Privatising Petrobras

With his re-election looking unlikely, Jair Bolsonaro now tries to unify international capital and supporters of the 2016 coup around his candidacy with a final throw of the dice: a fast-track privatisation of Petrobras and delivery of Brazil’s massive oil wealth to the foreign corporations which originally backed his presidency. Bolsonaro’s new Mines and Energy Minister […]

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ARMED FORCES DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 FOREIGN POLICY SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

Brazilian Armed Forces Sign Deal With Israeli Cybersecurity Firm To Help “Supervise Election”

By Paulo Motoryn. Originally published by Brasil de Fato. General Héber Garcia Portella, Commander of Cyber ​​Defense of the Brazilian Army (ComDCiber), was responsible for signing a cooperation agreement with the Israeli cybersecurity company CySource, in March of this year. Portella was nominated by the Armed Forces, in September of last year, to participate in […]