A new report finds that violence against Indigenous people, quilombolas and peasants is on the rise as Bolsonaro-enabled capitalists continue to eat away at the Amazon.
Under Bolsonaro, attacks on Amazonians have skyrocketed
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Repressing World Cup protests – a booming business for Brazil
By ANNA FEIGENBAUM Waging Nonviolence On June 12, Brazilian police fired tear gas on a group of 50 unarmed marchers blocking a highway leading to the World Cup arena in São Paulo. On June 15 in Rio de Janeiro another 200 marchers faced floods of tear gas and stun grenades in their approach to Maracana…
Popular protests in Brazil
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Under the presidency of Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva of the Workers Party, Brazil’s economy grew phenomenally, with vast well-developed agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors topping all South American countries. (Brazil is one of the world’s leading “emerging markets,” known as the BRICS:…