NOVANEWS By Sue Branford and Thais Borges Mongabay President Jair Bolsonaro appears intent on decriminalizing Amazon deforestation, ending most fines, straitjacketing law enforcement, and gutting environmental agencies with mass firings. *** The Brazilian government’s environmental agency, IBAMA, has […]
NOVANEWS BY: Amy Goodman Democracy Now! Voters in Brazil head to the polls on Sunday in an election that could reshape the political landscape of South America. Polls show the current frontrunner is the far-right Jair […]
NOVANEWS The burden of losing four consecutive elections turned Brazil’s elites inside out. They would resort to, as an efficient yet obvious mode of attack, all out lawfare, stirring their already agitated base along the […]
NOVANEWS By Party for Socialism and Liberation Lula (right), pictured with now-deposed President Dilma Rousseff after her election. Photo: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agência Brasil (Agência Brasil) [CC BY 3.0 br (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons The Party […]
NOVANEWS By Toya Mileno All over the country the landless movement (MST) blocked roads in support of Lula. Line of buses going to Porto Alegre for Lula trial Jan. 24 In August 2016, Brazilian President […]
NOVANEWS Brazilian President Michel Temer attends a ceremony for several new top diplomats at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil | Photo: Reuters Criminal charges against a sitting president have to be approved by around two-thirds […]
NOVANEWS Brazilian President Michel Temer | Photo: Reuters Loures admitted that he had accepted bribes from JBS, Brazil’s largest meatpacking company, and that the funds were intended for Temer. Early Saturday morning Brazilian federal police […]
NOVANEWS By Joana Tavares/Brasil de Fato “After Temer falls, we need to stay on the streets,” Stedile says. Joao Pedro Stedile, leader of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) and of the Brazil Popular Front, […]
NOVANEWS teleSUR The mainstream media channel has long claimed that both former leftist presidents were involved in the massive corruption scandal. Brazil’s largest television channel, Globo, has admitted that is has divulged false information about […]
NOVANEWS By: Ted Snider Brazilians protest the institutional coup against President Dilma Rousseff and the de facto government of Michel Temer. | Photo: AFP They are protecting themselves from prosecution for corruption and carrying out […]