Brazil
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Brazil, India and Azerbaijan In Play
The wheels of geopolitics keep turning, and the aims of the US policies have become very evident with respect to these three countries: Brazil: Reinstate US dominance and Brazilian vassalage in America’s “backyard” India: Undermine Russia by cutting off its oil sales, while forcing India to reduce its linkages with BRINKCISTAN (Belarus, Russia, Iran, North… Continue reading
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Why Brazil opposes Venezuela’s BRICS membership
This Monday, October 21, it became known that Brazil opposed Venezuela’s entry into the BRICS group, in the context of the 16th Summit of the block in the city of Kazan, Russia, an event to which President Nicolás Maduro was invited by the Russian President himself, Vladímir Putin, at the beginning of August. Continue reading
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Lula and Petro: A Suspicious Mediation
Presidents Petro and Lula are proposing an unusual “transitional cohabitation government and new free elections” in Venezuela to calm their incomprehensible impatience to know the definitive results of the presidential election. Continue reading
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Biden stoops to conquer Brazil’s Lula
The tragicomic “insurrection” in Brasilia on Sunday was destined to meet a sudden death. The universal condemnation and, in particular, the brusqueness with which the Biden Administration distanced itself from the protestors, sealed their fate. Certainly, this revolt is no “civil war,” although it is difficult to make predictions about new protests in the country. Continue reading
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Why the CIA attempted a ‘Maidan uprising’ in Brazil
A former US intelligence official has confirmed that the shambolic Maidan remix staged in Brasilia on 8 January was a CIA operation, and linked it to the recent attempts at color revolution in Iran. Continue reading
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PSL statement: Far-right coup attempt vs. democracy in Brazil
The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with countless progressive people and organizations around the world in expressing our outrage over the coup attempt underway in Brazil by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Today, a far right mob numbering in the thousands stormed the headquarters of the Supreme Court, Presidency, and Congress of Brazil… Continue reading
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India’s got the BRICS blues
The Brazilian news agency reported that Lula da Silva’s inauguration as the new president on January 1 for a historic third term amidst a carnival-like backdrop was attended by over five dozen foreign delegations, composed of heads of government, vice presidents, foreign ministers, special envoys and representatives of international organisations. It was the largest event… Continue reading
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Lula: Warmed Up Green Neoliberalism With Crumbs
As I write this, the progressive Lula (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) has very narrowly won the election for the Brazilian presidency, with the current right-wing President Bolsonaro losing. This is good news for the Amazon rainforest, and probably the poorer members of Brazilian society as they will benefit from small government income transfers. However,… Continue reading
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Lula never left Brazil’s centre stage
The former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula, has won the country’s presidential election by an incredibly narrow margin of 50.90% of the vote against his right-wing rival and incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro’s 49.10%. Continue reading
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Lula da Silva Wins Brazilian Presidency
Right-winger Jair Bolsonaro’s claims of election fraud reduced to sour grapes as Brazil’s bulletproof voting process shames the United States’ swiss-cheese system Continue reading
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is Elected President of Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the first former Brazilian president to be elected to serve a new term in office. At 7:57pm, the PT candidate had 59.563.912 votes and could no longer be reached by his opponent, the current occupant of the Planalto Jair Bolsonaro (PL), consolidating the victory. Continue reading
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Watch: 5 questions about Brazil’s historic elections
Everything you need to know about the second round presidential elections in Brazil which will see former president Lula face off against far-right incumbent Bolsonaro Continue reading
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Brazil’s economic and political rollercoaster
The latest polls put Workers Party leader Lula de Silva ahead in the two-horse race with incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro in today’s final round of the presidential election in Brazil. If Lula wins, it will be a dramatic comeback for the former president after having been jailed for alleged corruption under the previous right-wing… Continue reading
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Bolsonaro Implements Policies that are Completely Subservient to U.S. government, Says Director of Brazilian Data Privacy Group
Inauguration of a Fusion Center of Multinational Intelligence gathering located next to the pristine Iguaçu Falls—a long-held dream of the U.S. Embassy—is a case in point Continue reading
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It Is Dark, but I Sing Because the Morning Will Come: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 22 July 2022 — The Tricontinental Photograph by Wellington Lenon / MST-PR Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In the chilly Brazilian winter of 2019, Renata Porto Bugni (deputy director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research), André Cardoso (coordinator of our office in Brazil), and I went to the Lula Continue reading
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In the World, There Are Many Traps, and It Is Necessary to Shatter Them: The Twelfth Newsletter (2022)
On 31 March 1964, the Brazilian military initiated a coup d’état against the democratically-elected progressive government of President João Goulart. The next day, Goulart was deposed and, ten days later, the 295 members of the National Congress handed the state over to General Castello Branco and a military junta. The military ruled over Brazil for… Continue reading
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The opinion of a professional about the special operation in Ukraine (MUST READ!)
Note by the Saker: one of our readers today sent me a very interesting document in Russian. First, I thought “more of the same” (5th columnist stuff) but then I started reading it and I changed my mind. This was clearly written by a military professional, his name is Alexander Dubrovsky. It was posted here and here. So I… Continue reading
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Brazil’s Lula in a Wilderness of Mirrors
A surprising Supreme Court decision that, while not definitive, restores Lula’s political rights has hit Brazil like a semiotic bomb and plunged the nation into a reality show being played in a wilderness of shattered mirrors. At first, it looked like three key variables would remain immutable. Continue reading
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NYT Fails to Examine Its Participation in Brazil’s ‘Biggest Judicial Scandal’
The Brazilian Supreme Court on March 8 dismissed all charges against former President Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva made during the Lava Jato investigation, a little over a month after the investigation was officially ended. The termination came shortly after the Supreme Court admitted 6 terabytes of leaked Telegram chats between public prosecutors and judges as evidence in… Continue reading
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