Private interests threaten Brazil’s Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous Territory
President-elect Bolsonaro and a general in his security team want to allow niobium mining in protected area
Neoliberalism
If elected, Bolsonaro will bar the expropriations of lands accused of slave labor
The proposal goes against Constitutional Amendment 81, which became known as the "PEC [Proposed Constitutional Amendment] of slave labor"
THE REALITY OF A BOLSONARO GOVERNMENT
Deputy Bolsonaro has already committed himself to the "market" to hand over all the decisions
of the economic area to the great private agents, under the hegemony of financial capital (personified in that by Paulo Guedes).
Worst version of Pension Reform could be passed on the sly in Brazil, expert says
Law expert Ludimar Rafanhin says president Michel Temer may rush to pass proposed reform after runoff election
Lula: There Is a Right-Wing Coup Underway in Brazil -- But justice will prevail.
Mr. da Silva, the former president of Brazil, wrote this Op-Ed essay from prison.
Hunger strikers denounce attacks on Brazil’s sovereignty
Activists point out expansion of finance capital and concerns about state-owned companies Petrobras and Eletrobras
Lula to MST leader: “We’re going to change Brazil starting in January”
Brazil’s ex-president spoke about current events with MST leader and Workers’ Party former chair
Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has been held at the Federal Police headquarters since April 7th, received the visit of Rui Falcão, former chair of the Workers’ Party, and João Pedro Stedile, from the National Coordination of Brazil’s Landless Workers' Movement (MST).
Brazil: Social programs suffer cuts up to 94.9% under Temer
Recipients of housing and education programs that suffered cuts talk about how they were crucial to improve their lives
"Data on Agrarian Reform in the Temer government shows it is more than failing. It is a project of annihilation."
According to Keli Mafort, of the national coordination of the MST, the agrarian counter-reform by the coup government must be defeated in the struggle.
Slave Labor, Deforestation and Greed Create Crisis in Brazilian Countryside
Many believe agribusiness pulled Brazil out of the worst recession in its history. Estimates for 2017 register a scant 0.4% growth after four years of crisis, according to the Boletim Focus from the National Central Bank. Agribusiness represents almost 23% of Brazil’s GDP.