Three more Chinese companies face import restrictions
From Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United October 1, 2023News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Forced laborThree Chinese companies face restricted imports due to forced labor tiesThree more Chinese companies are added to the list of those facing import restrictions to…
PAHO Director meets with President of Brazil to discuss public health priorities
Brasilia, Brazil, 5 July 2023 (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, today met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during an official visit to the country. The meeting was also attended by the…
Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories from Globetrotter
By Global News Service From the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces Extend Fragile Ceasefire by Five Days The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to extend a fragile truce…
Sub-Imperialism and Multipolarity: Brazil’s Dilemma
A look at sub-imperialism and multipolarity in Brazil historically and into the future. By Justin Podur Source: Globetrotter Galeano Names the Problem In the Open Veins of Latin America Eduardo Galeano described an 1870 genocidal war of regime change waged on Paraguay by…
Lula must save Brazil from savage capitalism, says Federal Deputy Juliana Cardoso
By Vijay Prashad and Zoe Alexandra Author Bio: This article was produced by Globetrotter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor of LeftWord Books and…
Pele dies at 82
Soccer star Pele, Brazilian legend of the beautiful game, dies at 82 December 30 2022 By Andrew Downie and Gabriel Araujo From Reuters SAO PAULO, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one…
Brazil remains the focus of machinery and plant manufacturers
Sao Paolo/Frankfurt, 14. November 2022 – Brazil remains an attractive location for machinery and plant manufacturers from Germany, even after the recent presidential election. According to a recent economic survey by the VDMA, in which almost 80 member companies in Brazil…
BWMN featuring Professor Ollie Johnson discussing “Brazil in Transition”
Brazil in TransitionA Discussion With Professor Ollie Johnson Ollie A. Johnson III is Chair and Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Wayne State University. Professor Johnson is co-editor of three books, Comparative Racial Politics in Latin America (2019),…
OECS congratulates Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on election as President of Brazil
Monday, October 31, 2022 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States extends warm and sincere congratulations to H.E. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his election to the Presidency of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The world has followed this consequential…
Brazil’s Lula remerges—in a very different political world
If Lula wins reelection, he must not only rebuild the social investments that Bolsonaro destroyed, but also restore trust in a nation damaged by fascism’s sophisticated propaganda machine. By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute Brazil’s first round of elections,…
