Vijay Prashad espouses confidence in rejecting the neoliberal capitalist framework, which arose against plenty of warnings over several decades and now exposes workers to the wolves of the “free market” during the pandemic.
Catholic bishops in Brazil are also accusing the government of systematically using “unscientific arguments.”
Pepe Escobar says revelations of major money laundering in Brazil give the former president an opening to go for broke.
Vijay Prashad explores the differences between the pandemic responses of a few countries with socialist governments and others in the capitalist order.
Vijay Prashad surveys the alarming news about the virus in Brazil and India, where neither government is taking a science-based approach or showing a regard for the people.
Africa has so far been sparred the worst of the coronavirus, but trouble is ahead if measures aren’t taken, says the WHO.
The main objective of the Brazilian president’s expanded authority is expected to be the prevention and possible repressions of a social explosion, write Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram.
Ben Norton reports on comments by Lula da Silva that have been ignored by English-language media.
Arick Wierson, who is pushing the billionaire’s presidential bid, devoted himself in 2018 to softening the image of Brazil’s extreme-right leader, reports Ben Norton.
WATCH: Activists and journalists gathered in front of the Brazilian Embassy in DC on Thursday to sound the alarm about the threat to press freedom emanating from the attempt to charge Glenn Greenwald for practicing journalism.