Tom Phillips* – The Guardian Protests, scandals, corruption claims, allegations of mafia links … ‘It’s the worst start to a presidency’ in decades, says pollster Brazil was just weeks from last year’s electoral earthquake when rock legend Lobão sat down outside his backyard…
Glenn Greenwald, Leandro Demori, Betsy Reed – The Intercept How and Why The Intercept Is Reporting on a Vast Trove of Materials About Brazil’s Operation Car Wash and Justice Minister Sergio Moro Análisis Part 1 A massive archive of previously undisclosed materials reveals…
By Ellen Brown * – WEB OF DEBT BLOG This article is excerpted from my new book Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age, available in paperback June 1. The U.S. federal debt has more than doubled since the 2008 financial crisis, shooting up from $9.4…
By Peter Foster* – The Telegraph When the Hungarian branch of the Union of European Federalists decided to meet and discuss the new challenges facing EU democracy, its secretary-general was expecting a spirited debate. Eszter Nagy invited the main political groupings, including…
By Letícia Casado and Manuela Andreoni – The New York Times BRASÍLIA, Brazil — When a Brazilian Supreme Court justice blocked the publication of an article about corruption that named a fellow judge, the backlash on social media was swift. Three days later, the justice…
By Vijai Maheshwari* – POLITICO Will a media, metal and aviation tycoon be the big winner of the Ukrainian election? KIEV — With the second round of Ukraine’s critical presidential election less than a week away, it’s looking increasingly likely that the 41-year-old comedic…
By Nelsy Lizarazo* ~Pressenza, International Press Agency 12.04.2019 – Quito, Ecuador Pressenza interviewed Javier Arcentales Illescas, Human Mobility Advisor of the Ombudsman’s Office of Ecuador, an institution that spoke today about the detention of Julian Assange, at the…
By Claire Provost and Mary Fitzgerald (*) – openDemocracy MEPs call for action as openDemocracy analysis reveals ‘shocking’ flows of cash crossing the Atlantic to push ultra-conservative agendas 27 March 2019 (openDemocracy)* — US Christian right ‘fundamentalists’ linked to the…
By Frank Bruni*, Opinion Columnist – The New York Times A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came from an independent consultant who was paid…
