This important article was originally published in Spanish in August 2019 (read the original here). Cristina Flores has translated it for LAB as a contribution to our ongoing project Voices of Latin America, represented by our book of that name, and the ongoing website which continues the work of the book.
In an important new investigation, journalist Natalia Viana of Agência Pública has revealed how, during Sergio Moro’s 15 month tenure as Justice and Security Minister under Jair Bolsonaro, he quickly enabled the US Federal bureau of investigation to drastically expand its activities and reach in Brazil.
The report reveals meetings involving the representatives from...
April 23 2020. I'm not a gravedigger’ said President Jair Bolsonaro scornfully, when a reporter tried to question him about the number of coronavirus deaths in Brazil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imkh0RGZjvQ
Bolsonaro on the number of deaths from coronavirus: 'I'm not a grave-digger'. Video: Poder360 21 April 2020
But that is exactly what...
Watching the Brazilian political scene is a
bit like watching an old disaster movie, where a suicidal maniac has taken over
the plane’s controls and put it into a steep dive, while members of the crew wrestle
with him to avert the crash.
A typical disaster movie of the genre.
See featured...
Veteran journalist Luis Nassif explains the
Military’s silent and gradual seizure of power from President Bolsonaro in five
acts.
This is an edited version of the article
published in Brasil Wire and translated by Brian Mier. The original in
Portuguese was
published by GGN.
Act 1 – How they got...
In what has become a daily ritual in Brasilia, the sleek black car stops by the band of fervent Bolsonaristas waiting outside the Alvorada Palace exit, the President steps out and glad-hands his supporters. But although he wears the presidential sash, this ‘president’ is not Jair Bolsonaro, but a comedian impersonating him,...
This article was published by Bolivia Information Forum as BIF Bulletin No.48, 7 March 2020
Weblinks to BIF Bulletins are also available through the BIF Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/Boliviainfo
Main image: The Salar de Ayuni. Image: Pixgood.com
As time moves on,
some of...
The anthropologist
Eduardo Viveiros de Castro discusses indigenous resistance in the Amazon, the
indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, and his pessimism about the climate crisis
Translated by Tom Gatehouse. You can read the original, longer interview, (in Portuguese) here.
This is the third in a series of articles written and published in Portuguese...
This article was published by Bolivia Information Forum as BIF Bulletin No.47, 20 January 2020.
Weblinks to BIF Bulletins are also available through the BIF Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/Boliviainfo
Banner image: Cartoon by Al Azar (Alejandro Salazar)
In spite of its interim status,...
This Special Bulletin from Bolivia Information Forum was issued on 17 November 2019
A right-wing government has taken office in La Paz representing the most conservative forces in Bolivian society. The new cabinet hails, in large measure, from Santa Cruz and the east of the country. They include...