JUDGMENT
On July 19 and 20, 2016, at the Teatro Oi Casagrande, Avenida Afrânio de Melo Franco, 290, Rio de Janeiro, was established the International Tribunal for Democracy in Brazil, with the specific aim to discuss and judge the impeachment of President of the Republic, Dilma Vana Rousseff, which procedure, approved by the House of Deputies, it is in final stage of trial in the Senate.
Brazil's interim President Michel Temer attends a meeting with governors of Brazilian states, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 20, 2016. Reuters/Adriano Machado
The coupist government isn’t even good at carrying out their neoliberal and right-wing agenda.
Two months have gone by since Vice President Michel Temer achieved his goal of taking office temporarily as interim President of the Republic of Brazil, since the process of impeachment against Dilma Rousseff was approved by the Senate.
By João Pedro Stédile
Brazil is experiencing a severe economic, political, social, and environmental crisis. We lived similar historical crises during the decade of 30, 60 and 80. All of them demanded great debates in society, huge political participation and disputes in the class struggle. Its outcome was always delayed and was only possible around a new project that could unite social base to support it. Or the ruling classes appealed to the military.
by Vijay Prashad
What is striking about the protests in Brazil against the Rousseff government is that these are not coming mainly from the slums or the industrial working class. They mark the collective hatred on the part of the elite, of the rich, against a party and a president
By: Emir Sader / Source: Pagina12.com.ar / The Dawn News / March 15, 2016.
The last coup attempt in Latin America didn’t work out. It was against Hugo Chávez, in 2002. He was kidnapped by military commanders, taken to an island, isolated, while the then President of the Businessmen Association assumed the Presidency, flanked by Venezuela’s media owners, in a traditional party of the coupist Latin American oligarchies.
By Mark Weisbrot
This article was published in Spanish by Últimas Noticias on April 3, 2016 and in English by The Hill on April 4, 2016.
His piece, “Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption—and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy,” recently was published by The Intercept (article below).
By: Igor Fuser / Source Resumen Latinoamericano and Alai AM Latina / March 28, 2016. ,
It is important that we inform all Brazilian men and women, we must report in such a clear and objective manner, that even the wooden figureheads on the bows of the boats on the San Francisco River, will understand that:
by Carlos Aznárez
