Brazil
Springtime for fascism: a global struggle
October 25, 2018Bolsonaro, an Army captain, has praised the use of torture during the years of the junta, only suggesting that leftist critics of the regime should have been killed rather than simply maimed.
Read moreBrazil’s Bolsonaro promises to purge the left if elected
October 25, 2018“These red outlaws will be banished from our homeland. It will be a clean-up the likes of which has never been seen in Brazilian history,” the candidate threatened on Wednesday.
Read moreKKK leader David Duke endorses Brazil’s Bolsonaro
October 22, 2018The former Grand Wizard says the far-right Brazilian presidential candidate “sounds like one of us.”
Read moreBig business—as a class—will put dollars over democracy every time
October 19, 2018Economic policy is a challenge for the modern far right, but if overcome, big business won’t hesitate to back extremists.
Read moreBrazil’s election brings far right to threshold of power
October 9, 2018The stakes for the second round could not be higher, not only for Brazil but for the whole of Latin America and beyond.
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