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The New Imperialism: Brian Mier speaks to This is Hell

On April 27, Brasil Wire co-editor Brian Mier was interviewed by Chuck Mertz of Chicago Radio Show This is Hell, about new book ‘Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil‘, which deals with the events, processes, and foreign interference which have brought the Latin American nation to its grave moment. […]

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Lula: Brazil is governed by lunatics

“I would stay behind bars for 100 years before I traded my dignity for freedom,” says former President in first interview allowed since imprisonment by Brian Mier It is illegal to deny prisoners the freedom of expression to speak with members of the press in Brazil. This, however, did not stop former judge and current […]

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Institutional War: Brasil’s Supreme Court vs Brasil’s Media

By João Feres The latest event in the protracted institutional crisis of Brazil’s democracy is a conflict between Supreme Court Justices and the media. It is not a fortuitous conflict as one might imagine at first sight. In order to better grasp its meaning, it is important to understand the nature of the players involved […]

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Religion and Politics Interpenetrate in Brasil

By Ana Keila Mosca Pinezi The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus or IURD) is a complex that involves a media empire not only aimed at propagating its religious and moral precepts and proselytizing, but also expressing the extraordinary growth of the Evangelicals in Brazil, especially that of […]

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Clampdown: Justice Minister orders troops to Brasilia

In move reminiscent of Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, former Lava Jato judge/prosecutor Sergio Moro calls National Security Forces to Capital in advance of Indigenous and anti-pension privatization protests. Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro issued an order on April 17 for National Security Forces to patrol the federal ministries parkway and the capital square in Brasilia […]

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Dilma Rousseff: 2016 coup opened door to disaster

Brazil’s first woman President explains the relationship between her illegal ouster and the rise of Bolsonaro by Dilma Rousseff Three years ago today, Brazil’s lower house, chaired by a congressman who was convicted of corruption, started impeachment proceedings against me even though there was no crime of responsibility to justify the decision. That congressional vote […]

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Year of Lead: Michael Brooks on New Brasil Wire Book

Brasil Wire is proud to announce the launching of its new book, Year of Lead: Washington, Wall Street and the New Imperialism in Brazil, an anthology of articles about the threats to the country’s sovereignty, Lula’s political imprisonment and the rise of Jair Bolsonaro written by 20 authors. The following is the introduction to the […]

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Why is there so much fear of a free Lula?

After one year of solitary confinement, former President Lula is allowed to write his first Op Ed, for newspaper Folha de São Paulo. By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. It has been one year since I was unjustly imprisoned, accused and convicted for a crime that never existed. Every day that I spend here increases […]

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Temer released after 4 days: why did it happen?

Former President Michel Temer’s 4-day imprisonment was the result of a spat between Congressional President Rodrigo Maia and Justice Minister Sergio Moro. by Brian Mier Michel Temer was released from prison after serving only 4 days behind bars, after material evidence implicated him in hundreds of millions of dollars of personal enrichment and paying millions […]

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31/3/1964: Brasil’s Zombie History

On March 31, extreme-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has called for the Military to commemorate the Coup of 1964, a Coup which he insists was nothing of the sort. Such commemorations were outlawed under Dilma Rousseff in 2011, and for the Brazil of 2019 to celebrate the anniversary in any form is horrific. It is also unsurprising, […]