“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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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
On March 18, on his first official visit to the United States far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited the Headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency. It was outside the President’s official agenda. None of his predecessors had visited the agency, and indeed very few foreign heads of state ever have. The scandal briefly engulfed coverage […]
“In whose interests is Temer’s arrest at this moment?” – Lawyer Patrick Mariano questions the methods of the operation and raises doubts about the legality of the arrest of the former president. By Leonardo Fernandes for Brasil de Fato. By order of Judge Marcelo Bretas, of the 7th Federal Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro, former President Michel […]
With two former governors in jail, the Rio de Janeiro justice system continues its efforts to dismantle the PMDB party. On March 21, Rio de Janeiro Judge Marcelo Bretas, a friend of neofascist governor Wilson Witzel who is loosely connected to the Curitiba based Lava Jato task force and a possible 2020 Rio de Janeiro mayoral candidate, […]
On March 18, Brazil’s extreme-right President Jair Bolsonaro made history. Outside the official agenda of his first official trip to the United States he paid a visit to CIA Headquarters, becoming the first ever Brazilian President to do so. In contrast, Bolsonaro has never visited ABIN, Brazil’s moribund equivalent of the CIA. On the agenda, it is […]