Lula est libre et le scrutin est en vue pour l’élection présidentielle de cette année au Brésil. L’extrême droite est-elle en train de perdre son emprise sur la politique brésilienne ? Source : Jacobin Mag, Andre Pagliarini, Sabrina FernandesTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises Interview de Daniel Denvir L’ancien président brésilien Luiz Inácio Lula […]
Le retour de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sur le devant de la scène politique a fait l’effet d’une bombe au Brésil. En avril 2021, la Cour suprême du Brésil a annulé une série de verdicts pour corruption qui avaient exclu l’ancien président de gauche des élections nationales de 2018, affirmant qu’un juge partial chargé […]
Brazil’s political atmosphere is unstable. On 30 March, 2021, the commanders of the Brazilian army, navy and air force – Gen Edson Leal Pujol, Adm Ilques Barbosa and Lt-Brig Antônio Carlos Bermudez – resigned from their posts in a historic move not seen since 1977 during the country’s military dictatorship. According to an official notice by […]
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He was the world’s most popular leader. Now he is “the world’s most prominent political prisoner” according to American political philosopher Noam Chomsky. From extremely humble beginnings as a peanut seller and a shoeshine boy on Brazil’s streets, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rose to become president of his nation in 2002. Yet he is now being kept hostage by the country’s fascist Bolsonaro administration.
Glenn Greenwald of The Intercept discusses the record-setting Amazon forest fires, the struggle against Brazil’s far-right government, and how his…
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The Intercept‘s bombshell about Brazilian corruption is being ludicrously spun by the country’s media and military as a “Russian conspiracy,” writes Pepe Escobar By Pepe Escobar in Paris Special to Consortium News It was a leak, not a hack. Yes: Brazilgate,…Read more →
Clarity emerges around the political persecution of Lula, Brazil’s former president. But what is still blurry for many is the actual case against him, writes Vijay Prashad. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula…Read more →
Stripped to its essence, the Brazilian presidential elections represent a direct clash between democracy and an early 21st Century neofascism, indeed between civilization and barbarism, writes Pepe Escobar. By Pepe Escobar in Paris Special to Consortium News Nothing less than…Read more →
As Venezuelans go to the polls Sunday, the U.S. is working to disrupt the re-election of Nicolas Maduro and rollback leftwing governments in the region, reports Roger D. Harris. By Roger D. Harris Special to Consortium News Venezuelan President Nicolás…Read more →
Even after three judges from Brazil’s Fourth Regional Federal Court, TRF-4, unanimously upheld his 2017 corruption conviction — a case many observers deem lawfare at its finest — former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva continues to top this year’s presidential poll.
