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Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Monday, November 25, 2019

Brazil Aims For $18 Billion From Its Sale Of Key Refinery Assets — Tsvetana Paraskova

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In late April, Petrobras approved the sale of eight refineries as part of its divestment plan. In May, the energy firm struck a deal with...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Released Lula in for greatest fight of his life — Pepe Escobar

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Lula detailed the current “terrible conditions” for Brazilian workers. He ripped to pieces the economic program – basically a monster sell-...
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Lula tells world he’s back in the game from jail — Pepe Escobar

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Lula's recent interview with Pepe Escobar and others. Asia Times Lula tells world he’s back in the game from jail Pepe Escobar
Sunday, July 21, 2019

China must avoid a role in destruction of Amazon — Pepe Escobar

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Beijing could be forever tarnished if it does ‘dirty business’ with the Bolsonaro government in Brazil Asia Times China must avoid a role ...
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Pepe Escobar — On The Road to a Post-G20 World

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The ascendence of China and multilateral trading blocks could eventually spell the doom of the G20 and U.S. global dominance, as Pepe Escob...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Pepe Escobar — Welcome to the Jungle

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[Jair Bolsonaro's] first speech as president exuded the feeling of a trashy jihad by a fundamentalist sect laced with omnipresent vulga...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Pepe Escobar — Future of Western Democracy Being Played Out in Brazil

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Stripped to its essence, the Brazilian presidential elections represent a direct clash between democracy and an early 21stCentury neofascis...
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Monday, October 8, 2018

Mark Weisbrot — Brazil’s Fight for Democracy

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For the first time in decades, the threat of a military dictatorship is surfacing. No responsible journalism should ignore this threat, nor...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Noam Chomsky — I Just Visited Lula, the World’s Most Prominent Political Prisoner. A “Soft Coup” in Brazil’s Election Will Have Global Consequences.

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Long and detailed. The Intercept I Just Visited Lula, the World’s Most Prominent Political Prisoner. A “Soft Coup” in Brazil’s Election Wi...
Sunday, August 5, 2018

Raphael Machado — Native Brazilian Traditions Against Liberal Globalism

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Traditionalism versus liberalism. Fort Russ Native Brazilian Traditions Against Liberal Globalism Raphael Machado Dr. Charles Eastm...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Michael Roberts — Brazil: austerity, debt and trade

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Michael Roberts reports from Brazil. The emerging economies are under the gun (of the the US). Michael Roberts Blog Brazil: austerity, deb...
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Friday, April 13, 2018

Leandro Demori — Lula Goes to Prison, Deepening Brazil’s Political Crisis — as Military Waits in the Wings

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Meanwhile in Brazil meet Jair Bolsonaro. The Intercept Lula Goes to Prison, Deepening Brazil’s Political Crisis — as Military Waits in the...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Under Threat of Military Coup, Brazil's Supreme Court Sends Lula to Prison — Sharmini Peries interviews Brian Mier

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Brazilian-style"justice" comparable to Brazilian-stlye jiu-jitsu ? According to Brazilian law if you have a conviction underway...
Sunday, April 1, 2018

Matias Vernengo — Goodbye Lula?

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Backgrounder on Brazil. This is also a challenge for BRICS in addition to Brazil, since all of these countries have a significant and end...
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Thursday, January 25, 2018

Mark Weisbrot — Brazil’s Democracy Pushed Toward the Abyss

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Brazil slips back to banana republic status. Counterpunch Brazil’s Democracy Pushed Toward the Abyss Mark Weisbrot
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Brazil's Corruption Scandals: No Winners, No End in Sight — Gregory Wilpert interviews Alex Hochuli

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Brazil has become an international laughingstock and poster child of a banana republic, but this is no laughing matter for millions of peopl...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

teleSUR — Brazil's Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Claim

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Indigenous communities in Brazil have scored a major victory, as the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in their favor in a conflict over the ...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Matias Vernengo — On Venezuela, Democracy, Violence and Neoliberalism

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The question then is how much of the push to limits to the power of the legislative assembly dominated by the opposition, and how much of t...
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Saturday, August 5, 2017

Glenn Greenwald — Brazil’s Corrupt Congress Protects its Bribe-Drenched President, Finalizing Elites’ Two-Year Plot

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Just imagine the most extreme, primitive cartoon version of a gleefully hypocritical moralizer – a preacher who leaves his weekly whorehous...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Zero Hedge — Brazil Plunges Into Fresh Political Crisis After Temer "Hush Money" Recordings Emerge

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Et tu, Brazil? Zero Hedge Brazil Plunges Into Fresh Political Crisis After Temer "Hush Money" Recordings Emerge Tyler Durden
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