By Ramzy Baroud Palestinians and their supporters are justified in celebrating the election victory of the leftist presidential candidate, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brazil’s runoff elections on October 30. But Lula’s victory is incomplete […]
Photo lula da silva By: Surya Lula da Silva, the former President and Workers’ Party (PT) candidate, won the Brazilian presidency with a narrow margin in the runoff election held on October 30th, 2022. The current […]
There was much rejoicing in the streets of cities, towns and villages all over Brazil on Sunday 31 October 2022 when it was announced that Brazil’s right-wing populist President, Jair Bolsonaro, had been defeated in […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro prepares to speak publicly for the first time Sunday’s presidential run-off election loss, at Alvorada Palace in Brasília, on November 1, 2022. (Photo: Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images). The far-right Brazilian […]
A firefighter combats a fire in the Brazilian Amazon on September 21, 2022. (Photo: Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images). Leftist President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has vowed to reverse Bolsonaro’s harmful deforestation policies, declaring, […]
Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro demand a military coup outside of an army building in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on November 2, 2022. (Photo: Silvio Avila/AFP via Getty Images). Thousands of […]
BY WAGNER IGLECIAS Photograph Source: Valter Campanato/ABr – Agência Brasil – CC BY 3.0 br The results of the first round of the general elections in Brazil surprised everyone, given the numbers in the polls on voters’ […]
BYC.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Brazil is now headed toward a rocky presidential runoff vote on October 30, after its October 2 election produced no clear winner between far right populist president Jair Bolsonaro — an outspoken admirer […]
Liberation Staff Download PDF flyer Photo: Protesters in 2021 carrying signs accusing Bolsonaro of genocide for his handling of COVID-19. Credit: Parzeus/Wikimedia Commons Brazilians will go to the polls in a pivotal election on Sunday […]
BY SONALI KOLHATKAR Photograph Source: Valter Campanato/ABr – CC BY 3.0 br Brazil’s first round of elections, held on October 2, yielded a major victory for the man who held the presidency from 2003 to 2010, Luiz […]