By Wendy Wolford, Sérgio Sauer   Can a president institute radical popular change alongside structural inequality and a militarized elite? The Brazilian case suggests that a progressive political party requires more social movement mobilization, not less.   Brazilian history is… Read More

Video via TeleSURtv.net: Video ALEXANDER MAIN, [in D.C.] via Dan Beeton, beeton@cepr.net, @ceprdc Senior associate for international policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Main recently wrote the piece “Congress must take attacks on Brazilian democracy… Read More

KPFK-FM‘s Sojourner Truth Radio show aired an Earth Watch segment on it’s Sept. 14 broadcast focused on the coup of former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff. The segment begins at about the 30:25 mark of the clip below. A transcript… Read More

With just one vote, Brazil’s corrupt, right-wing elites dealt a blow to Dilma Rousseff and democracy #ImpeachmentDay pic.twitter.com/mAroE4hHFy — teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) August 31, 2016 Via CommonDreams.org: As expected, Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday voted to impeach suspended President… Read More