Category: Brazil

Is the Biden Administration Subverting US Allies? ‘Biden Files’ Update

After reportedly playing a role in Brazil’s presidential election, the Biden team is now taking sides against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. By encouraging domestic opposition to elected governments, the White House is interfering in the political process of allied democracies. In the latest episode of Over the Target Live, Israeli writer Caroline Glick uncovers…


LIVE at 2PM ET: Is the Biden Administration Subverting US Allies? ‘Biden Files’ Update

After reportedly playing a role in Brazil’s presidential election, the Biden team is now taking sides against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. By encouraging domestic opposition to elected governments, the White House is interfering in the political process of allied democracies. In the latest episode of Over the Target Live, Israeli writer Caroline Glick uncovers…


Brazil, Argentina Holding Talks Over Possible Common Currency

Brazil and Argentina plan to advance talks about a common currency for financial and commercial transactions in an effort to improve economic integration, leaders of the two nations said on Jan. 21. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was sworn in on Jan. 1, and Argentine leader Alberto Fernandez shared details about the talks regarding…


Brazil Police Raid Governor’s House Over Capital Riots

BRASILIA—Brazil’s federal police on Friday raided the house of the suspended governor of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, who is under investigation for failing to prevent the storming of government buildings by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Rocha was removed from office for 90 days by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Jan. 8 hours…


Protests in China, Brazil, and Iran and the Role of US Free Press

On this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, we discuss protests occurring in Brazil over the controversial presidential election; in China over oppressive COVID lockdowns; and in Iran, sparked by the regime’s brutality toward women. These are just a few of the largest uprisings we’ve seen all over the world—for many reasons, coupled with government suppressions,…


Brazil Supreme Court to Probe Bolsonaro’s Role in Jan. 8 Breach of Government Buildings by Rioters

Brazil’s Supreme Court decided on Friday to include former President Jair Bolsonaro in an investigation into the Jan. 8 storming of government buildings by rioters in Brasilia. “Public figures who continue to cowardly conspire against democracy trying to establish a state of exception will be held accountable,” Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who agreed to the request from…


Capibara: The First Americans | Arkeo Ep3 | Documentary

In Serra da Capivara, a Franco-Brazilian team found traces of the very first Americans. Archaeologist Eric Boëda has discovered man-made tools fashioned out of quartz pebbles, and dated between 22,000 and 25,000 years BC. …


A Response to the Media on Brazil

Commentary Although one wouldn’t know it from the media coverage of gun control, the best social science has shown that law-abiding citizens frequently deter criminals. But when ideology trumps facts, policymakers are easily led astray. The latest example is occurring in Brazil, where massive increase in gun ownership in recent years has prompted gun control…


Brazil Protests Highlight Growing Rebellion Against Latin America’s Left-Wing Governments

It’s been called the “new pink tide” in Latin America—a widespread rise to power of leftist leaders that has swept the region since 2018. Like conservative dominoes falling in quick succession, it began with Mexico, and then Argentina followed suit. As did Bolivia, Peru, Honduras, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil. But now a right-wing fire of…


Brazil’s Lula to Visit White House for ‘In-Depth’ Meeting on ‘Wide-Ranging Shared Agenda’

President Joe Biden held a telephone conversation with Brazil’s newly-elected president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the White House announced on Monday, noting that the socialist leader will visit Washington in early February “for in-depth consultations on a wide-ranging shared agenda.” In a joint statement released by Biden and Lula, the two leaders pledged to…