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AUTHORITARIANISM DEMOCRACY FOREIGN POLICY SOVEREIGNTY

Bolsonaro, Trump and trance diplomacy

Bolsonaro arrives in Washington with Brazilian diplomacy in a political, administrative and mystical trance. By Marcelo Zero One can best understand Ernesto Araujo – our vibrant, pre-Enlightenment Foreign Relations Minister – as a spiritual being who is detached from materialism. He recently said, for example, that Brazil should not betray its soul and its values […]

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AUTHORITARIANISM CENSORSHIP CRIME DEMOCRACY ECONOMY EDITORIAL ELECTION 2018 FASCISM LAVA JATO LAWFARE OPINION SOVEREIGNTY

Send In The Clowns.

“Welcome to the Brazilian Necropolitical Circus.” On December 10 2018, the 70th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights, Brazilian President elect Jair Bolsonaro and his Vice, General MourĂ£o, received their diplomas from the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE). They were presented with the inaugural certificates after a lecture on democracy by Rosa Weber, the […]