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DEMOCRACY LAVA JATO LAWFARE

“A Judge should not have a Party” – Philosopher Djamila Ribeiro confronts Sergio Moro at debate in London

Philosopher Djamila Ribeiro questioned Judge Sergio Moro about his position at the head of Operation Lava-Jato. The Prosecuting Judge participated yesterday (13/5) in a debate at the London School of Economics, with the presence of former Attorney General José Eduardo Cardozo. Cardozo said Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment was a coup based on accusations and was received with […]

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DEMOCRACY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

General Strike 28/4: Brazilians Fight For Their Future

Video by Freelance Journalist Michael Fox. April 28 2017: as a massive general strike against illegitimate President Michel Temer’s Neoliberal reforms rock Brasil, the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere, São Paulo, grinds to a halt. CUT Trade Union Confederation estimated 35 million across Brazil participated in the General Strike, making it the biggest in […]

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DEMOCRACY FOREIGN POLICY LAVA JATO LAWFARE OPINION UNITED STATES

Brazil’s Putschists, made in the USA

As a series of widely publicized corruption accusations against former President Luis “Lula” Inacio da Silva fail to pan out, the local and international press continue to give much larger coverage to the charges than the subsequent proof of innocence. Most of these charges have been raised and dropped by a Parana-based federal judge, Sergio […]

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BLOG DEMOCRACY FOREIGN POLICY OPINION UNITED KINGDOM

Brasil & Latin America have a friend in Jeremy Corbyn

The activist group Democracy for Brasil UK met with the Latin community and the leader of the British Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn on Saturday April 30th (eve of the May 1 Workers Day celebrations) at the Momentum Latino launch in London. It denounced the attempted Coup taking place in Brazil through a speech and meeting at a passionate event aimed at engaging the Latin Community with various social movements in […]

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DEMOCRACY FOREIGN POLICY MEDIA Português

O Colapso Da Narrativa – A Semana Em Que O Mundo Percebeu O Golpe

A última semana foi crucial na cobertura da imprensa internacional sobre a crise política no Brasil. O discurso sobre a “heroica e imparcial campanha contra a corrupção” (afinal de contas, questionar o combate à corrupção é defender ladrões) e em “manifestações espontâneas, populares e patrióticas contra o governo” (falar na convocação feita pela mídia dominante […]

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ACADEMIC DEMOCRACY LAWFARE POLITICS UNDERSTANDING BRASIL

Overthrowing Dilma Rousseff: It’s Class War, and Their Class is Winning

Every so often, the bourgeois political system runs into crisis. The machinery of the state jams; the veils of consent are torn asunder and the tools of power appear disturbingly naked. Brazil is living through one of those moments: it is dreamland for social scientists; a nightmare for everyone else. Dilma Rousseff was elected President […]

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ACADEMIC DEMOCRACY POLITICS

The Future of Brazil’s Left Turn

President Dilma Rousseff appears to have weathered calls for her impeachment, but the ruling Workers’ Party is in tatters, and a resurgent right is threatening the social progress of the last 12 years. Yet despite recent setbacks the left is showing signs of regeneration. Sunday, August 16, witnessed a third round of protests against Brazil’s […]

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DEMOCRACY ECONOMY FOREIGN POLICY LAWFARE PETROBRAS RESOURCES UNITED STATES

Leaks: The United States and Brasil’s Oil

In mid-2013, just before large street demonstrations rattled São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, news broke of Edward Snowden’s leak of secret internal documents from the NSA, GCHQ and allied FVEY surveillance services. Early observers in Brazil paid particular attention to a map which measured the intensity of surveillance in the ‘Boundless Informant‘ programme. On this map, […]

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DEMOCRACY OPINION POLITICS

Anti-government protests fizzle: Could this be the end of a cycle?

During a year in which the Brazilian Military Police claimed that the São Paulo gay parade somehow shrunk from its regular crowd of 2.5 million people to 20,000 with no discernible difference in size  it’s hard to treat crowd estimates seriously, especially coming from traditional anti-PT media oligarchies who own Veja Magazine, O Globo and […]

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ARCHITECTURE CITIES ENVIRONMENT INTERVIEW SÃO PAULO UNDERSTANDING BRASIL

Arco do Futuro: A conversation with Fernando de Mello Franco, Secretary of Urban Development for São Paulo

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