By JOHN MCEVOY The UK played a covert role in the landmark US-backed coup in Brazil that ushered in a brutal 21-year military dictatorship, newly released files show. On 31 March 1964, a military coup was launched against Brazilian president João Goulart. Brazil’s democracy was already fragile, and Goulart’s attempt at an ambitious program of land reform while extending the … [Read more...] about Britain’s Hidden Hand in Brazil’s 1964 Coup
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Bolsonaro marches against democracy in Brazil
The Brazilian political and institutional crisis has taken on dramatic dimensions since Jair Bolsonaro became the President of the Republic in 2019. Since then, the Brazilian nation, which had experienced disastrous effects of the preposterous removal from office of President Dilma Rousseff through an illegal impeachment process in 2016, has gone downward in an endless spiral … [Read more...] about Bolsonaro marches against democracy in Brazil
5 Years Since Brazil’s 2016 Coup: An Interview with former President Dilma Rousseff
Five years after being removed from the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil during an impeachment in which no crime of responsibility was established, economist Dilma Rousseff has a clear vision of the process that culminated in her downfall, that led to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s political imprisonment and the rise of the right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro … [Read more...] about 5 Years Since Brazil’s 2016 Coup: An Interview with former President Dilma Rousseff
‘Everybody has to buy a rifle!’ Brazilian President Bolsonaro tells his supporters
Armed people will never be enslaved, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, who is trailing in polls for the 2022 election, told a crowd of his supporters in the capital Brasilia, urging everyone to get a rifle as soon as possible. Bolsonaro’s ratings have crumbled amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has seen Brazil become one of the world’s worst-affected countries. A recent … [Read more...] about ‘Everybody has to buy a rifle!’ Brazilian President Bolsonaro tells his supporters
Brazil: On the Road to Dictatorship?
The military has published 13 manifestos in favor of Bolsonaro in the last two weeks. Where there is smoke, there is fire, goes the popular saying. Most Brazilians and world public opinion know that Brazil is governed by a man of fascist convictions. Bolsonaro always praises the torturers of the military dictatorship implanted in Brazil in 1964 and regrets that “at least … [Read more...] about Brazil: On the Road to Dictatorship?
32,000 Brazilians dead after getting injected with Covid serum as breakthrough cases continue
Reports of large numbers of hospitalizations and deaths following Covid serum injections, often called breakthrough cases, continue coming in from all around the world. Previous posts have shared large numbers of breakthrough cases in Israel, Singapore, Iceland, United Kingdom, Gibraltar, and the United States, including Massachusetts and Illinois. And now the following … [Read more...] about 32,000 Brazilians dead after getting injected with Covid serum as breakthrough cases continue
US seeks to entice Brazil with prospect of joining NATO ‘global partnership’ if it bans China’s ‘untrustworthy’ Huawei – reports
In the latest salvo in the US-China trade war, America’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has reportedly dangled a NATO ‘global partnership’ carrot in front of Brazil – if it squeezes Huawei out of its 5G network market. On his first visit to the country, Sullivan apparently brought up the prospect of Brazil joining the military coalition as a “global partner” while … [Read more...] about US seeks to entice Brazil with prospect of joining NATO ‘global partnership’ if it bans China’s ‘untrustworthy’ Huawei – reports
Brazil’s US-Backed Military Regime Casts Shadow Over Hopes for 2022 Election
Without acknowledgement of Brazil’s government for what it is – effectively a US-backed military regime – no sense can be made of its recent past nor useful analysis of its coming elections. With attempts to force changes to the voting system, backed by threats that the 2022 elections will not take place at all, Brazil is entering phase three of its slow coup, and the … [Read more...] about Brazil’s US-Backed Military Regime Casts Shadow Over Hopes for 2022 Election
Under Bolsonaro, Attacks on Amazonians Have Skyrocketed
The Bolsonaro government is committed to handing over Amazonian land to Brazilian and foreign capitalists. As their exploitation continues, violent conflict over land and water in the Amazon has escalated — increasing 8% in 2020, to the highest levels in the 35 year history that this reporting has been conducted. Many of these attacks are from the state itself. Violence … [Read more...] about Under Bolsonaro, Attacks on Amazonians Have Skyrocketed
Bolsonaro and the CIA Conspire Against “New Pink Tide” in South America
As reported yesterday, the CIA Director William J. Burns travelled to Brazil to meet Bolsonaro government ministers. The reason for the meetings had been kept secret, but Jair Bolsonaro during his daily social media broadcast to his supporters, claimed he had a meeting with Burns (although not on his official schedule). The Brazilian president openly admitted that the meeting … [Read more...] about Bolsonaro and the CIA Conspire Against “New Pink Tide” in South America
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