Already immersed in an overlapping health and economic crisis, Brazil is now also being engulfed by a political crisis. Sao Paulo University professor Andr茅 Singer听outlines some of the key dynamics underpinning the current situation in Brazil.
Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva
On November 7, the Brazilian Supreme Court declared it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals鈥 processes have been exhausted. Within 24 hours, former President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva was released to an adoring crowd of hundreds. Despite this, the corporate media is continuing its smear campaign against him.
I spent last week in the Brazilian Amazon in Porto Velho, Rondonia, on the edge of what is called the arco do incendios. The 鈥渁rc of fires鈥 is a region stretching along the yet-to-be-paved highways 319 and 230, between the towns of Humait谩 and Apui in Southern Amazonas, a state that still had as of last year.
Messages between Brazil鈥檚 federal prosecutor, Deltan Dallagnol, who led 翱辫别谤补莽茫辞 Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash) and then-judge, Sergio Moro, have revealed that the evidence used to jail Brazil鈥檚 Workers鈥 Party (PT) former president Luis Inacio 鈥淟ula鈥 da Silva, was tenuous at best and that the charges against him may have been groundless.
A nationwide education strike on May 15 became the platform for the biggest anti-government protests since President Jair Bolsonaro took power.
Brazilian solidarity activists rallied in Sydney on April 7.
Speakers called for the release of jailed former Brazilian president Lula Da Silva and spoke out against the far-right government of Jair Bolsonaro and its attacks on democracy.
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The unexpected strength of far-right demagogue Jair Bolsonaro in the October 7 Brazilian presidential elections sent shockwaves throughout the country, writes James N Green.
In a stunning upset that may radically alter the political landscape of Latin America, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro won 46% of the vote in the October 7 presidential election in Brazil.
Bolsonaro fell short of the needed outright majority to avoid a second round, but he scored a far more decisive victory than expected, reported.
Jailed former president Luiz Inacio听Lula听da Silva has increased his support by five percentage points and would win Brazil鈥檚 October presidential election if he was allowed to run, a poll by CNT/MDA showed on August 20.
This news came just days the United Nations鈥 Human Rights Committee said the Brazilian state must 鈥渢ake all necessary measures鈥 to allow Lula, the candidate of the left-leaning Workers Party (PT), to exercise his full political rights as a candidate in the presidential elections.
Members of the Rural Landless Movement (MST) protested in front of Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) on July 21, to demand former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva be release from prison and allowed to register as a presidential candidate in the October general elections.
For those who have been following Brazil closely in recent years, the case against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is clear-cut. And no, it鈥檚 not about tackling corruption, it鈥檚 about subverting Brazilian democracy for the second time in two years.
Whether 鈥渇ree or imprisoned,鈥澨齃uiz Inacio Lula da Silva听鈥渨ill be elected president鈥 of Brazil following October's general election, said former Brazilian President听Dilma Rousseff, speaking during a visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 1.
Dilma said the recent attacks on Lula and the Workers鈥 Party are all part of a 鈥渓awfare鈥 against the left in the country.听
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