Special report on Brazil – Bolsonaro and behind Bolsonaro, from The Delphi Initiative
Brazil: a victory in a tragedy underway
by Virgínia Fontes 1 January 2023 Lula’s victory raises many hopes, despite the alliances made too early with a motley array of forces, including those who helped to topple Dilma Roussef in 2016, and those who welcomed Lula’s April 2018 jail sentence. In the final moments, Lula and his team finally came out of their […]
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‘No Amnesty!’: Brazilian Democracy Defenders Call for Imprisonment of Pro-Bolsonaro Attackers
“In a revolutionary situation workers are a hundred times more to the left than the Party, the Party a hundred times more to the left of the Central Committee” Vladimir Lenin, 1917 By Kenny Stancil Jan 11, 2023 Thousands of Brazilians hit the streets of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo on Monday night to […]
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Brazil – the Netanyahu connection
Brazil’s new leader Lula ousts Israel envoy appointed by predecessor Bolsonaro Jan 11, 2023 Brazil’s Ambassador to Israel General Gerson Menandro Garcia de Freitas was booted from his post on Tuesday in one of the first moves by the Latin American country’s newly minted president Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva since taking office. Menandro was […]
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Brazil – The Bannon connection
How Trump’s allies stoked Brazil Congress attack Jan 11, 2023 The scenes in Brasilia looked eerily similar to events at the US Capitol on 6 January two years ago – and there are deeper connections as well. “The whole thing smells,” said a guest on Steve Bannon’s podcast, one day after the first round of […]
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Eduardo Bolsonaro and Bannon
Son of Brazil President Bolsonaro joins Steve Bannon group Feb 2, 2019 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s lawmaker son has joined a nationalist group founded by Steve Bannon, US President Donald Trump’s former adviser, the group said Saturday. “I’m very proud to join Steve Bannon as the leader of The Movement in Brazil, representing Latin American […]
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