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Brazil’s Democracy to Suffer Grievous Blow as Unelectable, Corrupt Neoliberal Is Installed

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In 2002, Brazil’s left-of-center Workers’ Party (PT) ascended to the presidency when Lula da Silva won in a landslide over the candidate of the center-right PSDB party (throughout 2002, “markets” were indignant at the mere prospect of PT’svictory). The PT remained in power when Lula, in 2006, was re-electedin another landslideagainst a different PSDB candidate. PT’s enemies thought they had their chance to get rid of PT in 2010, when...

Brazil’s Democracy to Suffer Grievous Blow as Unelectable, Corrupt Neoliberal is Installed

(Para ler a versão desse artigo em Português,clique aqui.)

In 2002, Brazil’s left-of-center Workers Party (PT) ascended to the presidency when Lula da Silva won in a landslide over the candidate of the center-right party PSDB (throughout 2002, “markets” were indignant at the mere prospect of PT’svictory). The PT remained in power when Lula, in 2006, was re-electedin another landslideagainst a different PSDB candidate. PT’s enemies thought they had their chance to get rid of PT in 2010, when L...

Brazil’s Democracy to Suffer Grievous Blow Today as Unelectable, Corrupt Neoliberal is Installed

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In 2002, Brazil’s left-of-center Workers Party (PT) ascended to the presidency when Lula da Silva won in a landslide over the candidate of the center-right party PSDB (throughout 2002, “markets” were indignant at the mere prospect of PT’svictory). The PT remained in power when Lula, in 2006, was re-electedin another landslideagainst a different PSDB candidate. PT’s enemies thought they had their chance to get rid of PT in 2010, when L...

Beyond Schadenfreude, the Spectacular Pundit Failure on Trump Is Worth Remembering

Trying to predict the future can be fun, which is why — from office sports pools to stock market speculation —manydo it. Generally, though, people make such predictionswith at least somehumility: with the knowledge that they do not actually know whatthe future holds.

But not America’s beloved political pundits. When they pronounce what the future has in store for us, it comes in the form of definitive decrees, shaped with the tone of authoritative certainty. With a few exceptions, those who p...

100 milhões de brasileiros estão sem WhatsApp graças a um juiz estadual

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UM JUIZ ESTADUAL determinou que as operadoras de telefonia bloqueassem o WhatsApp, serviço de mensagens online extremamente popular em todo o país, por 72 horas. A decisão, emitida em 26 de abril, tornou-se pública hoje quando foi notificada às operadoras de telefonia. Ela entrou em vigor às 14h; a partir deste horário, as pessoas que tentaram usar o serviço no Brasil não podiam se conectar, nem enviar ou receber qualquer mensagem. O não...

WhatsApp, Used by 100 Million Brazilians, Was Shut Down Nationwide by a Single Judge

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A BRAZILIAN STATE JUDGEordered mobile phone operators to block nationwide the extremely popular WhatsApp chat servicefor 72 hours, a move that will have widespread international reverberations for the increasingly contentiousdebate over encryption and online privacy. The ruling, issued on April 26, became public on Mondaywhen it wasserved on mobile service providers. It took effect the same day at 2 p.m. local time (1...

WhatsApp, Used by 100 Million Brazilians, Was Shut Down Nationwide Today by a Single Judge

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A BRAZILIAN STATE JUDGEordered mobile phone operators to block nationwide the extremely popular WhatsApp chat servicefor 72 hours, a move that will have widespread international reverberations for the increasingly contentiousdebate over encryption and online privacy. The ruling, issued on April 26, became public today when it wasserved on mobile service providers. It took effect at 2 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET); as of that time, peop...

Mauricio Lima, Fotógrafo do NYT e Ganhador do Pulitzer 2016, Denuncia a Globo e o “Golpe” no Brasil

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Dez dias atrás, o fotógrafo Mauricio Lima foi festejado pelos grandes meios corporativos de comunicação do Brasil, quando ganhou o Prêmio Pulitzer 2016 na categoria Breaking News Photography, o primeiro brasileiro a ganhar o prêmio. Lima compartilhou o Pulitzer com os colegas, também fotógrafos do New York Times, Sergey Ponomarev, Tyler Hicks e Daniel Etter, com quem trabalhou para produzir uma impressionante série de fotografias document...

The Joke of U.S. Justice and “Accountability” When They Bomb a Hospital

Ever since the U.S. last October bombed a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the U.S. vehemently denied guilt while acting exactly like a guilty party would. First, it changed its story repeatedly. Then, it blocked every effort – including repeated demands from MSF – to have anindependent investigation determine what really happened. As May Jeong documented in a richly reported story for The Intercept yesterday, the Afghan government – rather than denying th...

NYT Photographer Mauricio Lima, 2016 Pulitzer Winner, Denounces Globo and the “Coup” in Brazil

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Ten days ago, the photographerMauricio Lima was fetedby Brazil’slarge corporate media when hewon the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, the first Brazilian ever to win the award. Lima shared the Pulitzerwith fellowNew York Times photographersSergey Ponomarev, Tyler Hicks and Daniel Etter, with whom he worked to produce a series of stunning photographs documenting the journey of a Syrian refugee family, the Majids, as...