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Out with Bolsonaro, the Military, and the Coup Plotters!
President Bolsonaro of Brazil, one of Trump’s strongest allies in Latin America, is on the chopping block. He bungled the response to the coronavirus crisis so thoroughly that even much of his base has turned against him. Now, a wide spectrum of Brazilian society, from the capitalists to mass media to the far left, want him to step down. But, Vice President Hamilton Mourão is no better.
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April 6, 2020Who is the Revolutionary Workers Movement (MRT) of Brazil?
This is a series of articles about the Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International (FT-CI). Today we present the Brazilian section, the Movimento Revolucionário de Trabalhadores (MRT).
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May 16, 2019Brazilian Socialists Repudiate Bolsonaro’s Celebration of ‘64 Coup
On Sunday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ordered the celebration of Brazil’s 1964 coup, which established a military dictatorship. Below, we reprint a repudiation of this from Left Voice’s sister website in Brazil, Esquerda Diário.
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April 2, 2019The Rise of Bolsonaro and the Position of Brazilian Revolutionaries
Socialist Revolutionaries from Brazil explain how they are organizing against the rise of the far-right and why the call for a ‘critical vote’ to the PT in the coming runoff elections.
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October 17, 2018A Decisive Step in the Reactionary Right Wing Coup
The Brazilian Congress approved a legislative coup against President Dilma Rousseff, with speeches that proved just how right wing the impeachment process is.
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April 19, 2016How should the Left position itself facing the operation against Lula and the attempts to impeach President Dilma?
At Brazilian workplaces and universities the biggest topic of conversation is the police operation in the 24th phase of “Operation Lava Jato” (Lava Jato is portuguese for car wash, but is a term used for money laundering), which is forcing ex-President Lula to testify. This comes alongside news of a still unknown plea bargain with Delcídio do Amaral, a Senator in the Workers Party who was arrested in 2015 for accepting bribes from Petrobras.
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March 12, 2016