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During the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985), many indigenous peoples were targeted by the State’s economic development policy and the repression that, through land invasions, forced labor, compulsory displacement and other violations caused death and suffering…
On August 10, the House of Representatives approved, by 339 votes to 123, part of the basic text of the Proposal for Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) 125/11, which provides for profound changes in the…
On August 10, Brazil experienced another episode of what historian Lilia Schwarcz has characterized as a “theater of power”. On the same day that the vote on PEC 135/19, known as the PEC of the…
The Covid pandemic has often been described by the government in Brazil as a war both literally and metaphorically. While President Bolsonaro himself, a former captain of the army, often argues that it is a…
Carlos Alberto Augusto, better known as Carlinhos Metralha, was the first defendant to be convicted at the criminal level for acting in the persecution of political opponents during the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). In the…
On May 27, 2021, the Office of the General Counsel for the Union (AGU) was activated by the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, to act against the restrictive measures imposed by the governments of…
Former Minister of Health Eduardo Pazuello was heard by the CPI of COVID on May 19, 2021. However, his appearance for the deposition did not happen without raising controversies, even without considering the content of…
Recently, the Defensoria Pública da União (DPU) filed a lawsuit to prevent the Federal University of Rio do Grande do Norte (UFRN) from being removed from the National Committee for the Prevention and Combating of…
This is not March 31 like any other. After reaching the sad mark of more than 300,000 Brazilian victims of the Coronavirus and being immersed in the greatest health collapse in our history and in…
President Bolsonaro (no party), throughout his public career, has always presented strong links with the military class. The chief executive vehemently affirms his pride in assembling a management, in his words, “completely militarized”.
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