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Can China Help Brazil Restart Its Global Soft Power?
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Can China Help Brazil Restart Its Global Soft Power?
December 31, 2022

Ten days of full immersion in Brazil are not for the faint-hearted. Even restricted to the top two megalopolises, Sao Paulo and Rio, watching live the impact of interlocking economic, political, social and environmental crises exacerbated by the Jair Bolsonaro project leaves one stunned.

What Worries the U.S. Most About Lula
November 3, 2022

Steve Ellner says opposition to NATO’s stance on Ukraine has created fertile ground for the expansion of a bloc of non-aligned nations, now with a progressive possibly at the helm.

What Worries the U.S. Most About Lula
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Comeback kid Lula in the eye of a volcano
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Comeback kid Lula in the eye of a volcano
November 1, 2022

Luis Ignacio “Lula” da Silva may be the ultimate 21st century political comeback kid. At 77, fit and sharp, leading an alliance of 10 political parties, he has just been elected as Brazilian president for what will be a de facto third term after his first two from 2003 to 2010.

State-Backed Violence Against Indigenous Communities in Brazil Contradicts Plans for Protection
November 10, 2021

It is only the indigenous communities who are clarifying the importance of their inclusion in political decision-making with regards to the environment.

Ramona Wadi
State-Backed Violence Against Indigenous Communities in Brazil Contradicts Plans for Protection
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Broken Environmental Pledges in Brazil
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Broken Environmental Pledges in Brazil
May 1, 2021

It remains to be seen whether the international community can curb Brazil’s neoliberal profit upon environmental exploitation, Ramona Wadi writes.

Ramona Wadi
‘Pacification’ – the Euphemism for Brazil’s Dictatorship Under Bolsonaro
April 11, 2021

While Bolsonaro may have recently stirred a rift between the government and the military, any divergences or differences of opinion or strategy between both entities will still veer toward the right-wing ideology.

Ramona Wadi
‘Pacification’ – the Euphemism for Brazil’s Dictatorship Under Bolsonaro
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Militarising the Amazon
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Militarising the Amazon
April 4, 2021

Despite the centrality of indigenous peoples to sustainable environments, governments and corporations are doing the utmost to ensure indigenous erasure.

Ramona Wadi
Biden’s Betrayal of the Western Hemisphere
February 16, 2021

Biden, showing exactly the same legendary independence of mind and intellect that has characterized him since he first became a United States Senator 48 years ago, is boldly going exactly where Bolton insisted on treading.

Martin Sieff
Biden’s Betrayal of the Western Hemisphere
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