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Fascist Militia Fire On Lula’s Presidential Election Convoy

On the night of March 27, in the conservative state of Parana, a small group of militia men opened fire on a bus full of journalists that was traveling in ex-president Lula’s Caravan, a whistle stop tour of Southern Brazil in preparation for the 2018 presidential campaign in which he is leading all polls. The […]

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The Mechanism: Character Assassination, Election Propaganda & Entertainment

Netflix series, the Mechanism, premiered on Friday, March 23. The new feature by Narcos and Elite Squad director José Padilha was immediately received with criticism for, in the guise of being “based on a true story”, slandering ex-presidents Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, during an election year in which Lula is the […]

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Dilma Rousseff Attacks Netflix’s ‘The Mechanism’ & Director

On March 23, Netflix launched a new series called “The Mechanism” about a court case which is still underway, featuring a character based on the Brazil’s leading presidential candidate, Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva, during an election year. The series is directed by José Padilha, who’s Narcos program has been criticized for looking at the […]

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Violence Against Brazilian Left: Militias Attack Lula Rallies

In Rio Grande do Sul, right wing militia beats up four women during speech by Lula, blocks road to prevent people from arriving at event. For the past four years, the US-government has collaborated on a political witchhunt, called the Lava Jato investigation, designed to destroy the legacy of former president Luis Inacio “Lula” da […]

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Scandal over illegal US role in Lula conviction intensifies, reaches court

Video evidence was presented to the 4th Regional Federal Court and a motion was filed to annul the judgement against Ex-President Lula. by Leonardo Fernandes. Brasil de Fato. On Friday, March 16, ex-president Lula’s defense team presented new proof that they argue nullifies all charges related to alleged ownership of a beach front apartment and demonstrates […]

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Veering towards totalitarianism, Temer Government silences critics

The Brazilian military took over the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1964 and quickly consolidated its power in a national military coup that ended democratic rule for 25 years. At first, it allowed some democratic processes to continue. Street protests, labor unions and social movements were allowed to continue operating as usual and there […]

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The US and Lawfare: Meet the Latin American leaders under investigation

In his academic paper, “The uncomfortable truths and double standards of bribery enforcement,” legal scholar Mike Koehler shows how the US government selectively uses the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to advance its own objectives. According to Koehler uncomfortable truths related to US use of the FCPA include: (i) how the U.S. government actively participated […]

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Brazilians take the fight for its Democracy & Sovereignty to AS/COA HQ in New York

On the morning March 2, 2018, a small but determined group of protesters braved the New York rain, sleet and snow to demonstrate outside the Park Avenue headquarters of Americas Society / Council of the Americas (AS/COA). Inside, an event was being held featuring guest speakers from across the region about what AS/COA, publisher of […]

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AS/COA and Fake News: How a corporate think tank molds mainstream media narratives on Latin America

When Luis Inacio Lula da Silva took office in 2003, one of his first moves was to prioritize open source software for the federal government computer systems in order to reduce costs, increase competition, generate jobs and develop the knowledge and intelligence of the country in this area.  Although it was never fully adopted by all […]

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Is the US using Odebrecht as a Trojan Horse?

On February 17, 2018, Brasil Wire editor Brian Mier was interviewed on Chicago radio station WNUR’s This is Hell Program. The following is a transcript, edited for readability. Chuck Mertz: The US has launched a new kind of war on Latin America and it’s called “lawfare”: using the local legal system to oust unfriendly but […]