Indigenous occupation of Brazil’s Belo Monte dam site resumes
150 indigenous protesters have once again occupied the Belo Monte dam site in an effort to block the controversial project, reports Amazon Watch, an NGO that is helping lead the fight against the dam....
View ArticleMassive Indigenous Rights Movement Launches Across Brazil
Brasilia, Brazil – Hundreds of indigenous peoples representing Brazil’s native communities converged on government buildings in the nation’s capital yesterday to decry unprecedented and growing...
View ArticleSubimperialism: the U.S. and Brazil in Morales’ Bolivia
Reposted from http://nacla.org/blog/2013/12/24/imperialist-musical-chairs-us-and-brazil-morales%E2%80%99s-bolivia By Michael Abbott Evo Morales’s 2005 election brought an end to a long period of...
View ArticleHaitian ‘Slaves’ Building World Cup Stadium
By Matt Roper [Reposted from http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/englands-world-cup-stadium-being-3103907#.UvDyBfvQA-B] Thousands of desperate Haitians fled the devastation of the 2010 earthquake...
View ArticleBrazil recalls Israel envoy to protest ‘disproportionate force’ in Gaza
Brazil follows Ecuador’s decision a day earlier, as well as the UN human rights council’s decision to open commission of inquiry into Israel’ ‘war crimes.’ Brazil decided Thursday to recall its...
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