Brazil

Created
Tue, 09/07/2024 - 06:00

My new book Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina analyses three decades of development discourses in both countries, mapping the political impasse generated by the impoverished political economy debate between neoliberals and neodevelopmentalists.

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Created
Sun, 24/03/2024 - 09:23
by Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira* The literature on populism in the 21st century often assumes that far-right leaders draw their support from voters who have lost out to globalization. This is the case among low-skilled, white workers in Global North democracies, including the United States. But, there are also meaningful occurrences of backlash against the political establishment and […]
Created
Thu, 17/08/2023 - 00:58

Kit Klarenburg delves into the brutality meted out during the tenure of former President Jair Bolsonar by Brazil's infamous Rural Indigenous Guard—an undercover, lethal elite police force clandestinely established by the CIA.

The post Bolsonaro’s Butchery: CIA Fingerprints Are All Over Brazil’s Indigenous Genocide appeared first on MintPress News.

Created
Mon, 30/01/2023 - 22:07

Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia have refused to send weapons to Ukraine, despite pressure by the US and EU. Latin American left-wing leaders have urged peace with Russia and called for neutrality in the West’s new cold war.

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Created
Sat, 21/01/2023 - 22:05

By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded federal buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, and vandalised public property. The attack, carried out by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, came as no […]

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