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Lava Jato/Fascism is a match – who’s the matchmaker?

After arresting Brazil’s antifascist presidential front runner on trumped up charges to bar his candidacy, Inquisitor Sergio Moro now announces his ideological alignment with a militarized, neofascist regime. Did outside meddling lead to this marriage of convenience? by Brian Mier Over the past several years, the Anglo media has gushed over neofascist president-elect’s new Minister of […]

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The Not-so Invisible Hand of Uncle Sam

The United States has spent over a century meddling in Latin America. Recent crusades against corruption in Latin America are only the latest chapter. Today Brazil is on the front lines of the US battle to re-establish its hegemony in the region. by Bryan Pitts When you study Latin American history, as I have for […]

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Why Bolsonaro won: beyond the cliches

If  mind-stopping cliches of violence and corruption do not correspond with voting patterns or Bolsonaro’s governmental plan why did he win the election? It was not a free or fair process. by Brian Mier Why did the Brazilian people elect a neofascist? If you get your information from the newspapers, you might think that this […]

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Elections 2018: Possible Scenarios

Brazilian Economist Marcos Arruda,  from the PACS Institute (Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone) in Rio de Janeiro, and the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, makes a political economy analysis of possible scenarios in the 2018 presidential elections. by Marcos Arruda Understanding a very complex historical situation, like that of Brazil today, is not an easy […]

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US DOJ and Operation Car Wash: Facts and Questions

In 2008, US Department of Justice officials falsely prosecuted US Senator Ted Stevens for receiving illegal reforms on a vacation property. Could this have been the blueprint for Lula’s arrest? by Brian Mier It is no secret that American corporations have immensely benefited from Operation Car Wash, the international corruption investigation that was initiated in partnership […]

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DEMOCRACY ELECTION 2018 LAVA JATO LAWFARE

UN: Lula has right to run for President

August 17th 2018 – The United Nations Human Rights Commission officially requested the Brazilian government to allow Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 2018 presidential front-runner, to run for President and access the media and all members of his political party while being kept as prisoner. The decision reflects a growing concern in the international community that […]

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Lula’s Kafkaesque Imprisonment: Defense Lawyer Valeska Martins Speaks

“The law can destroy reputations, it can destroy assets, it can destroy freedom and it can end people’s lives. So when it is misused it is extremely violent.” by Brian Mier On July 8th, 2018, Brazil’s 4th Regional Federal Court Chief Judge Rogerio Favreto ordered ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s immediate release from prison. From […]

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UN investigates Lula’s Imprisonment

The argument used to condemn Lula is a farce and Sergio Moro acted like a Judge from the Inquisition – Geoffrey Robertson QC In a speech made to the Geneva Press Club in Switzerland on July 3, British barrister and Queen’s Counsel Geoffrey Robertson revealed that, although the Brazilian government recently requested for the UN […]

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Behind bars, Lula announces candidacy

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been behind bars for 2 months on charges of committing undetermined acts with no material evidence, announced that he is the PT party’s pre-candidate for the presidency, in a race that he is leading in all election polls. If Brazilian electoral law is respected, his candidacy can only be […]

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The wholesale attack on Brazilian sovereignty: an interview with Celso Amorim

By Brian Mier. For the past 25 years, Celso Amorim has been Brazil’s most important diplomat, serving as Foreign Affairs Minister in the governments of Itamar Franco (1993-1995) and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), and Minister of Defense for Dilma Rousseff (2011-2015). Born in 1942 in the port city of Santos, Amorim graduated at […]