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Chomsky: Bolsonaro Is Spreading Trump-Like Fear of “Election Fraud” in Brazil

7Sep

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Brazil, Politics

Chomsky: Bolsonaro Is Spreading Trump-Like Fear of “Election Fraud” in Brazil

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the launch ceremony of the platform Participa + Brasil, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brasil, on February 8, 2020. BYC.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Since 2019, Brazil finds itself in the midst of one of its most difficult periods since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985, thanks to the inhumane policies of the Jair Bolsonaro regime which parallel those of Donald Trump’s administration. President Bolsonaro is an apologist for the brutal military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, and there is even the possibility that he may attempt to resort to the military guys who he thinks might back him up in the face of growing opposition to his handling of the pandemic. Noam Chomsky has followed closely Brazilian an...

Brazil: Bolsonaro Calls Supreme Court’s Head “Son of the Bitch”

9Aug

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Brazil: Bolsonaro Calls Supreme Court’s Head “Son of the Bitch”

The offenses came after last week's clashes with the senior judge over the national electronic voting system. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro publically offended the country's Head of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) Judge Luiz Barroso by calling him "son of the bitch" and "terrorists' defender" during a visit to Joinville. RELATED: Brazilian Business Leaders Defend the Electoral System Bolsonaro took part in a motorbike rally in Santa Catarina while violating all health measures established by federal and local authorities to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The President also accused Brazil's Supreme Court of defending "impunity and corruption," since it released former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from all charges and allowed him to take part in the 2022 President...

Brazilians Mobilize To Send Humanitarian Aid to Cuba

6Aug

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Brazil

Brazilians Mobilize To Send Humanitarian Aid to Cuba

World-renowned Brazilians like Frei Betto, Fernando Morais, Eric Nepomuceno, Chico Buarque, and João Pedro Stédile are leading the initiative to help the Cuban people and collect $10 million to ship at least 240 kg of seeds and 10,000 tons of organic rice for the Cuban people to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazilian Landless Rural Workers and Workers Movement (MST) alongside artists and religious organizations launched an initiative to collect $10 million to ship at least 240 kg of seeds and 10,000 tons of organic rice for the Cuban people to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. RELATED: Cuba Thanks Vietnam and Sister Nations for their Solidarity According to Brazil de Fato, although there are no commercial flights between both countries because of the sanitary c...

In Brazil, an alarmingly high number of babies and children are dying of Covid-19

12Apr

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In Brazil, an alarmingly high number of babies and children are dying of Covid-19

By Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN By Nicole Acevedo MSNBC: The coronavirus has killed an estimated 1,300 babies in Brazil since the beginning of the pandemic, even though there’s overwhelming evidence that Covid-19 rarely kills young children. While data from the Health Ministry suggest that over 800 children under age 9 have died of Covid-19, including about 500 babies, experts say the real death toll is higher because cases are underreported because of a lack of widespread coronavirus testing, according to the BBC, which first reported the story. Isabela Espadas Barros Leal@isabela_espadasAn alarmingly high number of babies and children are dying of Covid-19 in Brazil https://nbcnews.com/news/latino/brazil-alarming-high-number-babies-children-are-dying-covi...

Evangelical Missionaries Stoke Fears of COVID-19 Vaccine in Brazil’s Indigenous Villages

12Feb

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Brazil, Health, Politics

Evangelical Missionaries Stoke Fears of COVID-19 Vaccine in Brazil’s Indigenous Villages

By Carol Duff, MSN, BA, RN www.youtube.com Indigenous leaders warn of missionaries turning Amazon villages against vaccines By Anthony Boadle Reuters.com Health Editor’s Note: Shame on any group who would try to keep people from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically playing off fears of those who do not understand the process of how the virus replicates, spreads, and harms and kills humans is particularly heinous. Coronavirus vaccines are essential to put a halt to this pandemic that is sickening hundreds of thousands daily, and killing thousands more. Daily the U.S. alone looses several thousand people to the ravages of this virus This is NOT acceptable! The numbers of those who contract the virus, become ill, perhaps so ill they die, will dwindle as long as we can ...

Why a Growing Force in Brazil Is Charging That President Jair Bolsonaro Has Committed Crimes Against Humanity

28Aug

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Why a Growing Force in Brazil Is Charging That President Jair Bolsonaro Has Committed Crimes Against Humanity

by VIJAY PRASHAD Photograph Source: Prefeitura de Olinda – CC BY 2.0 Jhuliana Rodrigues works as a nurse technician at the Hospital São Vicente in Jundiaí, Brazil. “It is very difficult,” she says of her job these days. Brazil has just passed 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, with 3 million Brazilians infected with the virus. “We meet colleagues and feel a heavy energy, a lot of pressure, a block,” Rodrigues says. She is the vice president of Sinsaúde Campinas, a trade union of health workers. “We work with fear of each other,” Rodrigues says, which is why her union is part of a lawsuit filed at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on July 27. Sixty-five unions and organizations, which represent millions of Brazilians including Afro-Brazilians and the Indigenous comm...

Chinese Participation in 5G Auction Could Save Brazilian Economy

29Jul

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Brazil, China

Chinese Participation in 5G Auction Could Save Brazilian Economy

By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Agribusiness is the center of the Brazilian economy, corresponding to more than 20% of the national GDP. In fact, Brazilian economy has suffered a heavy blow in recent years, with the country being subjected to an advanced process of deindustrialization. At that time, the agricultural sector is one of the few that still stands, further increasing its importance for the country. The pandemic strongly threatened Brazilian agribusiness and, at first, affected exports, but, contrary to initial expectations, the market overcame difficulties and emerged victorious from the crisis, mainly due to the heightened tensions in the US-China trade war. In June, the data of Brazilian exports in agribusiness broke a record, with more than 10 billion dollars – about 25% m...

Brazil: Car Wash Case: Brazil's Authorities and FBI Colluded Illegally

25Jul

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Brazil, USA

Brazil: Car Wash Case: Brazil's Authorities and FBI Colluded Illegally

The Intercept Brasil and Agencia Publica revealed the FBI-Car Wash Task Force illegal agreement. The Workers' Party (PT) denounced in the Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office the illegal cooperation agreement signed between the Car Wash (CW) task force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). RELATED: Leaked Chats Show Collab Between Brazilian Prosecutors, DOJ The PT lawyers Eugenio Aragao and Angelo Ferraro pointed out that the CW task force acted illegally as it did not respect the Justice Ministry's authority and promoted a selective criminal process against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Both lawyers delivered a communication of criminal offense against the CW coordinator in Curiti...

20Jul

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Brazil, Health, USA

As Pandemic Soars in US and Brazil, Red Cross Federation Chief Slams Trump and Bolsonaro for Anti-Science Responses

The remarks from International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies president Francesco Rocca for lawmakers to heed science came as Trump said the coronavirus is "going to sort of just disappear." by: Andrea Germanos, The President of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Francesco Rocca, speaks during a press conference on Greece-Turkey border near Kastanies, on the Greek side on March 5, 2020. (Photo: Sakis Mitrolidis/ AFP via Getty Images) The head of the Red Cross federation on Wednesday expressed grave concern about the continuing spread of the coronavirus in the Americas and criticized Brazil and U.S. government leaders for their disastrous science-rejecting responses to the pandemic thus far. Francesco Rocca, president of the In...

10Jul

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Brazil, Health

Brazil records more than 42,000 new infections and 1,220 deaths from the Corona virus

Brasilia: The Brazilian Ministry of Health said today, Thursday, that it had recorded 42,619 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 1,220 deaths. According to the ministry's data, the total number of people infected with the virus in Brazil has reached more than 1.7 million since the outbreak of the epidemic, while the number of deaths reached 69,184 people. (Reuters)