Brazil

‘It's a tsunami’: COVID-19 plunges Latin America back into poverty, violence

Jul 10, 2020 08:43

As Latin America grapples with a tragedy that has yet to fully play out, there are also growing fears about the coronavirus pandemic’s longer term impact on a region the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects to shrink 9.4 percent this year. Tens of millions are expected to be plunged into poverty and decades of social progress erased.
As coronavirus pandemic soars in US and Brazil, Red Cross federation chief slams Trump and Bolsonaro for anti-science responses

Jul 08, 2020 10:12

The head of the Red Cross federation on Wednesday July 1st expressed grave concern about the continuing spread of the coronavirus in the Americas and criticized Brazil and U.S. government leaders for their disastrous science-rejecting responses to the pandemic thus far. The two countries have the highest number of Covid-19 related deaths; the U.S. has had over 128,000 such deaths and Brazil over 60,000.
Flights logs suggest Bolivia coup may have been planned in Brazil

Jun 19, 2020 13:29

Bolivian President Evo Morales was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup in November. But new details have emerged that suggest Brazil had a larger hand in his ouster than previously confirmed.
Brazilian indigenous peoples confront double threat of COVID-19 and Bolsonaro’s policies

May 19, 2020 08:38

After six days of fighting for his life in an intensive care unit in a Amazonas state hospital, a 15-year-old Yanomami teenage boy died in April 9 from complications caused by the novel coronavirus. The boy’s death sounded the alarm for Brazil’s Indigenous peoples who now face the fear of the virus alongside the stress of increasing criminal activities by land grabbers, illegal loggers, gold diggers, poachers, drug traffickers, hitmen and questionable “guests” like tourists in their lands.
Released Lula in for greatest fight of his life

Nov 13, 2019 09:18

Better not mess with the former Brazilian president; Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping, are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s real top allies in the Global Left, says investigative Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar in his article for ‘Asia Times’, titled: “Released Lula in for greatest fight of his life”.
Genocide underway against uncontacted tribes, experts warn Bolsonaro

Oct 14, 2019 21:31

The burning of the Amazon Forest, which is considered the heart of the planet, has raised alarm bells all over the world at the irreparable damage to not just the indigenous people but also to the unique fauna and flora of South America, especially after the Brazilian president tried to justify his irrational policies against ‘Mother Nature’, by saying the Amazon forest is not the heritage of humanity.
China must avoid a role in destruction of Amazon

Jul 24, 2019 15:51

Beijing’s image would be tarnished if it does ‘dirty business’ with the pro-US Bolsonaro government in Brazil, cautions investigative Brazilian journalist Pepe Escobar in his article for ‘Asia Times’, titled: “China must avoid a role in destruction of Amazon”.
Is the US behind the Brazilian coup?

Jun 10, 2016 13:38

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, recently suspended as president of Brazil in an impeachment process that smells of a coup for permanently removing her from power in a few months, seems to be the work of the US, which hates to see large and powerful countries independently running their own policies, determined to derail Washington’s vested political and economic interests in Latin America.