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64-85 DICTATORSHIP COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2022 FASCISM SOVEREIGNTY UNITED STATES

Elon Musk Leads Far Right Propaganda Blitz On Brazil’s Democracy

With all the bullshit money can buy, the Tesla billionaire is instigating a digital proto-coup, reminiscent of what happened on social networks in early 2013 – but this time those behind it are in plain sight. January 8 2023 was not a new coup attempt as is most often depicted, but the desperate, failed last […]

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US Media Suppressed Their Government’s Role in Ousting Brazil’s Government

By Brian Mier In a new peer-reviewed academic article in Latin American Perspectives (11/19/23), “Anticorruption and Imperialist Blind Spots: The Role of the United States in Brazil’s Long Coup,” Sean T. Mitchell, Rafael Ioris, Kathy Swart, Bryan Pitts and I prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the US Department of Justice was a […]

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Tucker/Fox Rally Behind Bolsonaro

From Rio de Janeiro, son of former Voice of America chief invents new cold war narrative. by Brian Mier Multi-millionaire Fox News host Tucker Carlson, son of former Voice of America and USIA chief Dick Carlson is spending the week broadcasting his popular program, Tucker Carlson Tonight, from Rio de Janeiro. During his first broadcast […]

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DEMOCRACY FILM

Film Review: The Coup d’État Factory

The new documentary by Brazilian duo Victor Fraga and Valnei Nunes dissects the role of media in creating the conditions to dismantle democracy and pave the way for the rise of Jair Bolsonaro. The Coup d´État Factory will premiere on Sunday 29th May at the BFI, London. By Livan Garcia-Duquesne. Originally published at Alborada. Since […]

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Transparency International: Brazil Court Opens Investigation Of Anti-Corruption NGO

By Brian Mier Brazil’s Federal Auditing Court and Public Prosecutors Office have filed to open an investigation against Transparency International and the Brasília district Public Prosecutors Office over allegations of illegal collaboration with Brazil’s now-disgraced Operation Lava Jato, which illegally imprisoned Brazil’s leading presidential candidate, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, removing him from the 2018 […]

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Lava Jato Hacker Walter Delgatti Speaks

Facing a 300 year prison sentence, the man who hacked into chats between Judge Sergio Moro and the Curitiba Lava Jato task-force explains why he did it and why he is disappointed with the Intercept. By Brian Mier Walter Delgatti, 31, grew up in a conservative region of Sao Paulo in the mid-sized city of […]

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EDITORIAL LAVA JATO

Whither the “Lava Jato Left”?

Left wing politicians and commentators who endorsed operation Lava Jato are now under fire for unwittingly helping bring about a Bolsonaro presidency, in what is now being called ‘The greatest judicial scandal in history‘. As Army-decorated former Judge Sergio Moro and the US-backed Lava Jato task force fall from grace in what has been called […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM Coronavirus

As it hits one million Covid-19 cases, Brazil needs our solidarity – Claudia Webbe MP

By Claudia Webbe MP As of June 20 it was reported that Brazil had seen 49,090 deaths from Covid-19, with 1,038,568 cases. This horrific number means Brazil now has the second highest death toll and the second highest number of cases in the world from COVID-19 behind the USA. Brazil has some 210 million inhabitants […]

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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 April 24, accusing the president of “political interference” in the country’s police force. Western corporate media apparently saw no irony in the allegations made by the former judge, who played an […]

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The Ghosts of June 2013

Originally published June 2020. Brazil is still haunted by the ghosts of June 2013. Its lesser known stories need to be re-examined in light of what has happened to the country since, and what is now better understood. To this day, June 2013’s popular portrayal obscures espionage, infiltration, manipulation, incitement and the seeds of an […]