Brazil’s Right-Wing Gov’t Charges Journalist Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes

The Brazilian government’s actions immediately drew parallels with how Western governments have treated whistleblowers and publishers who have exposed their secrets.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Glenn Greenwald Feature photo

The Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro has charged investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes– offenses he allegedly committed while reporting on the government’s own high-level corruption. Prosecutors claim that the American journalist “helped, encouraged and guided” a group of hackers to gain access to cell phone messages between

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Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon

“Bolsonaro has overseen the most significant rollback, and full-on assault, on human rights and environmental protection in Brazil since the fall of the country’s military dictatorship.”

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
Brazil Amazon | Bolsonaro

As deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest reaches the highest level in a decade, the rainforest’s indigenous peoples and their supporters have called for action against the political and business interests they blame for a spike in illegal logging and other resource extraction. A report released by Amazon Watch as part of its ongoing

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Watch | Brazil, Colombia, Now Venezuela: US Pursues Right-Wing Hegemony in South America

Watch: From Colombia and Brazil, Kei Pritsker on the decades of US meddling in South America that preceded the ongoing coup in Venezuela.

Kei Pritsker
By Kei Pritsker
Venezuela | US

(Transcript) —This video was produced as part of a MintPress News and Grayzone collaboration —  World domination: it’s a funny concept. We can imagine old dudes with messy hair and thick glasses taking over the world or the caricature of a humanoid villain that wears a skull and crossbones, but what about applying it to the real world? Who’s

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Bolsonaro at Langley: New US Lapdog Pays Homage to the Empire

Brazil’s fascist president going to CIA headquarters tells you all you need to know about the U.S. role in Latin America.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Donald Trump | Jair Bolsonaro

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA -- Brazil’s new fascist president, Jair Bolsonaro, touched down in Washington to pay homage at the CIA headquarters and to visit President Donald Trump, with whom he met on Tuesday. All reports are that the meeting between the two heads of state went very well -- not surprisingly, given how similar their politics and

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Political Powerhouse Celso Amorim on the Iran Deal, Venezuela and a MutliPolar World

An interview with former Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim on how BRICS came into being, how the nuclear deal was done with Tehran and how the South dealt with Chavez

Pepe Escobar
By Pepe Escobar
Celso Amorim

Brazil is once again in the eye of a political hurricane, after President Jair Bolsonaro’s appearance at Davos and explosive revelations directly linking his clan to a criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro. With his administration barely a month old, Bolsonaro is already being seen as expendable to the elites that propelled him to power – from

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Pompeo Tours Latin America with an Eye on Venezuela Regime Change

Miko Pompeo visited newly-minted right-wing governments in Latin America this week, rallying support for US regime change efforts in Venezuela.

Ricardo Vaz
By Ricardo Vaz
Colombia | Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with allies in a tour of Latin America this week, in which he talked about stepping up US-led efforts against Venezuela. The Trump administration has been increasingly hostile towards the Caribbean nation, escalating sanctions and even threatening a military “option.” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

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