Category: Brazil

Lula Is Right About Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (C) attends the Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 17, 2024. (Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images) BY SERAJ ASSI Brazilian president Lula forcefully condemned Israel’s brutal war on Gaza on Sunday before … Read More

“There’s no explanation for Israel to be killing women and children,” says Lula in Egypt

Brazil’s president made the statement during his visit to Egypt and while Israel was escalating attacks against Rafah February 15, 2024 by Brasil de Fato President Lula meets his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo on this February 15 (Photo: Ricardo Stuckert) President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made harsh criticisms of Israel during a meeting with his Egyptian … Read More

Lawfare and the Destabilization of Latin America

  By Brian Mier, TeleSur – Brazil Ed. Note: Excerpted for length    Lawfare is the weaponized use of the law to annihilate a political or business enemy. Common tactics used in Lawfare include: forum shopping, as when public prosecutors transfer a case to a jurisdiction with a friendly judge; excessive use and abuse of … Read More

Latin America Between Hope and Danger

  Latin America Between Hope and Danger By Randy Alonso Falcón, Cuban Journalist,  The massive and emotional inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva in Brazil, on the first day of the year, and the announcement in Colombia of the beginning of a ceasefire with five armed organizations in that country is the news that … Read More

BRAZIL: Lula Wins First Round

By the Brazil Solidarity Initiative Ed. Note: edited for length On October 2nd, progressive candidate Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva was on top in the first round of Brazil’s Presidential election. Lula won 48.43% of the vote, with over 57 million voters backing him at the ballot box. Despite the impression given in some media reports, … Read More